These Pops are ‘outside the system’ so to speak, unable to demand reform through the regular political system of Interest Groups, and instead having to rely on other methods to put pressure on the government, but we won’t focus on those today. Some Pops have no political strength at all, usually due to being disenfranchised under the nation’s laws (such as people of a religion or culture that is discriminated against, or women in countries that haven’t instituted women’s suffrage). It’s important to note though that Pops are not unified in which Interest Groups they support – individuals within Pops are the ones who decide their Interest Group, and a single Pop can potentially have individuals supporting every Interest Group in the game (in different numbers). The total Political Strength of all Pops in an Interest Group is what gives it its level of Clout – the amount of political weight it can assert on the country and the government. Individuals inside Pops contribute Political Strength to their Interest Group of choice, with the amount they contribute again dependent on multiple factors, the main ones being their material Wealth and the status (and/or votes!) they are offered under the nation’s power structure.įor example, a single wealthy Aristocrat in an Oligarchy will provide hundreds or even thousands times the political strength of a poor laborer. The Landowners is an Interest Group dominated by the Aristocracy and tends to be firmly in the conservative side of politicsĪs mentioned, Interest Groups are fundamentally made up of Pops – all individuals in all Pops are either members of an Interest Group or Politically Inactive, with the ratio in each based on factors such as Profession, Wealth, Literacy etc. Interest Groups are drawn from a number of different templates, but will vary in their exact views from country to country, based on factors such as the local religion, which social movements have appeared in the country or the personal views of their leader.
What then, are Interest Groups? Fundamentally, an Interest Group is a collection of pops that espouse certain political views and want to change the country to be more in line with those views.
#VICTORIA 3 INTEREST GROUPS SERIES#
Where previous dev diaries have been focusing on the economy, we’re now going to switch gears to another core pillar of the Victoria series – internal politics! More specifically, we’re going to be talking about Interest Groups, which form the nucleus of Victoria 3’s political gameplay. Hello once again and welcome back to yet another Victoria 3 dev diary.
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