First, congrats to the sith
Heph, a few things to consider. I think the game was well balanced, of course no one expects you to achieve a perfect balance but considering you were experimenting you had a lot of success, when you say "but, if X had done this instead of that, this other faction would've won", then the game was well balanced, so don't worry about that.
As for criticisms, I think flavors were too long and I didn't really bother reading them, usually the flavor should just be a distraction and not important to the overall game. A big thing I didn't like is updating the OP half-way, if you don't have the time to update the OP, then don't begin the day till you can, and so on.
Also, I think PMs should be a bit more descriptive...though since this site's formatting sucks balls, I think they'd be ruined.
Anyway, that's my take, I enjoyed the game though, so thanks everyone, with this I take an indefinite leave from mafia playing, so it's been fun playing with y'all
Again, NotStan, I apologize