Quote Originally Posted by shawpower
Just a quick question on this. If you get the popularity down to say 70% or so and the city riots rather than rebels, does this have a similar effect? I've seen an instance where up to 1,000 people died in a riot. Is this just a slower version of what has been suggested?

What affects would a riot have on a govenor's traits?
Some good Gov traits can be picked from rioting. But unfortunately bad traits and the fact one can not allow the settlement to riot long enough to significantly drop the population down to a manageable level before it goes rebel.