I'm seriously considering getting it at or near launch (of course I'm willing to wait at least a little bit to hear if it works, is good, etc.) but not if it's going to be obnoxious and woke. I know they were at least talking about "heterosexuality not being the default" or whatever, which definitely isn't a good sign.
What have you guys heard?
Don't do that. Woke or not, its Paradox which means that every major update will overhaul a lot of game features dramatically, and they'll release tons of DLC. Better to wait a bit and see how things shake out down the line.