The Comprehensive Victoria 3 Tutorial (2025) | Iberian Twilight | FT. Jillyeon & Lemon Cake

So, you're looking to play Victoria 3? I understand, as it is one of the best grand strategy games out there right now. Unfortunately, with that quality comes complexity, and although Victoria 3 is simple in some ways, it can be very complex in others. Using the power of Belgium, this video goes over not just meta techniques, or little bits of advice to give you a strong start, but rather, it discusses the very nature of Victoria 3, and the sorts of things you can pursue in the game. It's a very long video, however it comes with timestamps galore, and the intention is that you will likely come back to the video many times to hear about each particular mechanic, or you can just watch the whole thing in one sitting. I won't stop you. This video is cut from a stream I did with ‪@jillyeon‬ and ‪@LemonCake101‬ neither of whom have played Victoria 3, and I went in and added some post-commentary to help clarify and expand upon the lessons I taught them during the stream. I hope you enjoy. please check out Jillyeon's channel:    / @jillyeon   please check out Lemon Cake's channel:    / @lemoncake101   Check out my Twitch channel for live Victoria 3 and other Paradox games: TWITCH:   / tarkusarkusarkusarkusar   I also encourage you to ping me on Discord and ask me any questions you like. I'm open to chatting about the game pretty much anytime: DISCORD:   / discord   Chapters: 0.0 Intro: 0:00 0.1 Preamble: 1:18 1.0 Economics: 4:50 1.1 Buildings, Profits, Wages: 6:07 1.2 Peasants: 8:24 1.3 Trade, Specialization and Companies: 11:50 1.4 Economics Conclusion: 17:58 2.0 Pops: 20:48 2.1 Standard of Living, and Slaves: 23:39 2.2 Jobs, and Political Alignment: 25:08 2.3 Qualifications and Literacy: 27:20 2.4 Culture, Faith and Migration: 29:11 2.5 Pops Conclusion: 35:04 3.0 Domestic Politics: 36:11 3.1 Political Power: 36:14 3.2 Interest Groups: 36:45 3.3 Law Changes: 39:03 3.4 Political Movements & Civil Wars: 40:40 3.5 Legitimacy: 41:59 3.6 Institutions: 43:02 3.7 Agitators: 43:36 3.8 Domestic Politics Conclusion: 44:01 4.0 Diplomacy: 45:14 4.1 Relations and Attitude: 46:33 4.2 AI Behaviours: 48:44 4.3 Treaties: 50:19 4.4 Power Blocs: 52:32 4.5 Interests: 53:32 4.6 Influence and Rivals: 55:26 4.7 Subjects: 56:27 4.8 Diplomacy Conclusion: 58:37 5.0 War: 59:30 5.1 Diplomatic Plays: 59:51 5.2 Infamy: 1:03:36 5.3 Army Stats, Expenses, Strategies: 1:05:08 5.4 Reasons for War: 1:11:50 5.5 Army Building, Conscripts and Regulars: 1:14:04 5.6 War Support and Capitulation: 1:16:31 5.7 Dealing with Loss: 1:19:48 5.8 War as a Macro Game: 1:20:18 5.9 War Conclusion: 1:23:04 6.0 What is your Goal?: 1:23:44 7.0 Synthesis (applying the lessons): 1:29:50 8.0 Thank You: 2:26:03 The Music in this video is a mix of Endless Legend, Dwarf Fortress, and Cult of the Lamb OSTs