These people were generally of the opinion that they liked running their own affairs. Technically, people tended to live in these non-industrialized places. This expansion adds some interesting mechanics to this race for colonies and the potential use of force to acquire them. In the United States this took the form of westward expansion, while European countries looked to Africa. The thing about Europe at this point in time was that, once your nation was all industrialized, it was really tempting to go take over places that weren't all industrialized. HoD centers its improvements around colonization and diplomacy/wars. It is not that HoD is only about politics and economics, but it always seems to come back to those.

This was a good idea, as the Victorian era revolved around politics and economics (rather than, say, bloodlines (“Crusader Kings”) or warfare (“Hearts of Iron”)).

The previous expansion, “A House Divided” focused on politics and economics. “Victoria 2: Heart of Darkness” (HoD) is an expansion for “Victoria 2”.

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