Problem number 1) reposted as new bug #3307. Problem number 2) reposted as new bug #3306. Please close this bug (#3288) as a (messy) duplicate. Things should be cleaner when this issue has been split into two. (Sorry for the mess, I thought both problems were kinda the same.)
Test if nation name is still shown incorrectly
I have reposted number 2) into #3306. I will test if problem number 1) still persists soon. I might repost it in a new bug as well and close this one. (Sadly, I cannot edit the text, apparently.)
Display of people name is broken after declaring independence
Yeah, those comments look reasonable if those would be used as format strings. The idea to turn each case into a separate string sounds the most straight-forward to me.
Haha! :D Well, I don't disagree that this indicator on concept has its usefulness, IF you know what it means. That unscouted settlements are marked in a special way IS useful, it's just done in a IMHO strange and confusing way. My point is not to remove the information altogether, its more about displaying in a more accessible way (like an icon+tooltip). This is also not about myself only, it's about UX in general. I suspect only a small minority will actually understand the meaning of the dollar...
Replace confusing native settlement $ sign with something less confusing
What's the point of displaying region names if they are outdated/wrong? If the game shows "Unknown Region" for a region I actually discovered, this doesn't make sense to me.