Fascism is definitely an odd government; I'm not sure what to make of it. It really isn't much different from Monarchy; the unit support and corruption are minimally better. You trade the population hit and xenophobia for the faster workers and elite spies, which doesn't seem worthwhile to me. The elite spies could have potential in Always War, but other than that it seems pretty useless.
Good game, although if you were doing 6-turn research with Rome also researching, you should've gotten you to space much faster than 1997. Kylearan and I both launched in the mid-1700s. I guess that'll happen if you go for a military win and then switch over to a space goal after already getting to the modern age.
