Victoria 3

About the game

Victoria 3 from Paradox Development Studio is a society simulator set between 1836 and 1936. You lead one of dozens of nations through the 19th century and decide whether it becomes agrarian or industrial, traditional or radical, peaceful or expansionist. The population is split into detailed groups with their own economic needs and political wishes. You can reform the government and constitution to make use of new social ideas, or hold on to tradition to keep the country stable when revolutionaries push back. Research into new technology and ideas improves your nation's position. The economy sits at the centre of it all. You expand industry toward profitable goods and tax the profits, import cheap raw materials, find markets for finished products and balance the available labour force against the need for new kinds of workers. On the world stage you build a web of pacts, alliances and rivalries, and use threats, military strength and bluffs to make opponents back down in conflicts. Prestige comes from growing an industrial giant at home or an empire abroad.