In Victoria 3, you manage the industry, economy, and politics of the nation you build. There are many parameters that are involved to ensure the success of your nation. Your influence, in this case, is a direct measure of your nation’s relations with foreign nations.
The more influence you have in Victoria 3, the better benefits you can earn for your nation on the international stage.
The world is very well connected internationally, so your harboring influence is essential for your nation’s bright future. The following guide will tell you how to increase influence in Victoria 3.
What is influence
Influence in Victoria 3 is a direct measure of the nation’s relations with foreign nations. The more influence you have, the better benefits you can earn for your nation on the international stage.
The world is very well connected internationally, so your harboring influence is essential for your nation’s bright future. The following guide will tell you how to increase influence in Victoria 3.
How to increase influence in Victoria 3
The amount of influence your nation has is directly related to its rank. The amount of influence you have depends on your nation’s prestige, which is a direct measure of your nation’s military capabilities, GDP, and country tier. Your country tier can be increased by exploring arts and sciences.
With an increase in a nation’s rank, the new power level is determined and you get an increase in influence:
- Insignificant Power: +1000 influence
- Minor Power: +750 influence
- Major Power: +600 influence
- Great Power: +500 influence
In addition to ranking up, there are also other ways to gain a small amount of influence:
- Diplomat traits will grant you +5% influence.
- If landowners +5 happiness, you will gain +10% influence.
- If Petite Bourgeoisie has -5 happiness, -10% influence.
There are some social technologies also termed society technologies that can be improved by performing research and each of them grants a certain level of influence. Following are some technologies that grant influence:
- Empiricism: +10% influence
- Psychiatry: +10% influence
- Philosophical Pragmatism: +10% influence
- Psychoanalysis: +10% influence
- Behaviorism: +10% influence
Influence cheat
Cheat codes can also be used to increase influence in Victoria 3. To enter the cheats, you must open the console window in debugging mode. Following are the cheats with the syntax which can be used to increase influence:
- add_clout (interest group) (amount)
- add_relations (country) (amount)
