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[Dibbler]

The dwarven civilizations offered on embark are very same-y. It would also be fun to make the game a bit more different between worlds. What if civilizations had different cultural traits? They could evolve over time, be generated during world gen, and be a fun slider for world gen ("amount of problematic civ traits"). Some ideas for traits:

• Preference for X - anything in the preferences list for the dwarfs, being more common for this culture.
• Hatred for X - dwarves get unhapy thoughts around the material/thing. Could be a lot of fun if you get this for steel/adamantine..
• Technology - lacking access to tech (or perhaps gaining access to new tech?..)
• Happy/Grumpy - how fast do they tantrum
• Vegetarian/Carnivore - Either wants no meat, or refuse foods without meat
• Hungry/Thirsty - Consumes more food, could also be in steps. 
• Greedy - Grabs more stuff, want to aquire stuff a lot, might start fights over stuff if none is available.
• Clumsy/Careless - Wears down equipment a lot quicker
• Lazy - Takes longer to do tasks, like to hang out more.
• Religious - Will get more god worshipping, and be more assertive in taking the time to pray.

Imagine being about to embark, and having the choice of civilizations: "Hmm, I could go with this one, they all like gold (awesome!) but they are hungry and clumsy, or the happy/religious bunch."

[SixOfSpades]

Additional scope for variation in:

• Respect for / Importance of family
• Respect for / Importance of military
• Respect for / Importance of artisans
• Respect for / Importance of scholars (including medical professionals)
• Relative strength of the idea of personal property
• Relative importance of personal modesty (a perennial suggestion, esp. considering the amount of clothing "necessary" in Hot vs. Cold biomes)
• Distinction between wild animal vs. livestock vs. pet

Most of these differences would be reflected by imposing modifiers to the strength of related emotions--a society that places less emphasis on family would place something like a x75% modifier to the intensity of emotions caused by becoming a parent, or from not speaking to a family member for a long time, etc.

[Putnam]

Different values already cause different emotions. For example, if your civilization does not value decorum, they will feel ambivalent when uncovered rather than embarassed, mortified etc.

[Azerty]

Maybe traditions should be introduced.