Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early nineteenth century, through expansion and colonization, to the achievement of true power at the dawn of the twentieth century. Victoria II is a strategy game set in the colonial era of the nineteenth century, in which the player takes control of the country, guiding it through industrialization, political reform, military conquest, and colonization. Experience an immersive political simulation where every action you take will have different consequences around the world. The population will react to your decisions depending on their political awareness, social class, and willingness to accept or rebel against the government.