Category: Victoria

Prestige can be gained by: Claiming colonies. Winning battles (bigger battles give more prestige) Winning wars: various war justifications yield limited amounts of prestige. Enacting reforms. How do you become a secondary power in Victoria 2? Secondary powers are countries from 9th to 16th place. To improve your status, you just need to increase your […]

There are 5 prerequisites to sphering a country in Victoria 2: Be a Great Power. The nation you are trying to sphere is not a Great power. 1. Ban Embassy Remove all their influence points. Reduce their relations by 10 points. Stop them from increasing influence for a full year. How do I add countries […]

This crash is caused by map cache data from an old version downloading with the game on Steam. Delete the cache folder. Delete the cache folder. Restart Victoria II and let it regenerate the map cache. How do I get Victoria 2 to work on Windows 10? right click on vicky 2 in your steam […]

go to the diplomacy screen, select “Show Wars”, and select the appropriate country. If the war is going well enough, you may add a wargoal by clicking the “add wargoal” button under the country’s rankings. How do you start a great war in Victoria 2? How Great Wars begin. There are two ways that a […]

War exhaustion reduces naturally by 1 every month while at peace. Other than that, one can use decisions and events to reduce war exhaustion. How can we reduce war exhaustion? Decreasing War Exhaustion Losing ground units in battles will increase your war exhaustion gain. Hence if you are at peace your war exhaustion will decrease. […]

Resolving a Crisis Each side in the crisis must seek a great power to back it, unless one of them is a great power, in which case they will back themselves. From there, the other powers can pick a side. Picking a side is the best option if you do attend, otherwise there is a […]

Plurality increases Consciousness, which for democratic governments makes your citizens vote more in line with their desires. In this way, POPs will accept their government which reduces their militancy. What do the different POPs do in Victoria 2? Units of population are called POPs. They are Victoria 2’s way of simulating an ever-changing populace and […]

Influence is spent on nations automatically over time, based on priorities set on the Diplomacy screen. Influence will be divided among all nations with a priority set, with one share going to nations with Low priority, two shares to nations with Middle priority, and three shares to nations with High priority. How do I add […]

Infamy (called “badboy” in the game files) is a value that represents a country’s overall threat to other nations. When the infamy of any nation becomes 25 or higher, all other nations of the world will take notice and may declare a punitive war to maintain the global balance of power. What is the best […]

Keep taxes and consiciousness low, avoid costly wars, avoid occupations, and use your suppression points wisely. You will be able to stay an absolute monarchy if you pass SOME political reforms. How do you become an absolute monarchy? In absolute monarchies, the succession of power is typically hereditary, with the throne passing among members of […]