In Victoria 3, a nation’s population is its lifeblood. These citizens are your workforce, fueling your economy and shaping your political landscape. A strong population is key to national success, allowing you to expand your industries, maintain a powerful military, and influence the world stage.
A key aspect to consider is the concept of Pops. Each Pop represents a group within your country, categorized by profession, culture, and religion. These factors influence how Pops behave and contribute to the nation’s growth. Managing these diverse groups effectively is crucial for maximizing your population’s potential.
However, population growth is a complex process influenced by various factors. This guide covers the secrets to a thriving citizenry in Victoria 3. We’ll explore the impact of standard of living, healthcare, and cultural acceptance on population growth.
Choose The Right Professions
The leading factor here is understanding the Pops’ occupations/professions. Each occupation naturally requires a certain skill set and, hence, a specific wage.
Due to this reason, the Pops will have different social standards, which leads to a difference in their standings on political power or what political group they support (which would probably be the ones that aim to improve their standards).
Investing the desired amount in whichever industry you want is in your hands. You can build your society this way by investing in the industries you want the Pop’s main profession to be.
Workforce and Dependents
Pops who keep the structures in the game operational are part of the workforce, while those who are excluded are called dependents. They must rely on opportunistic jobs, etc., for which they earn little to no money.
It’s always better to have more people in the Workforce than to have a lot of dependents. Initially, you will have a lot of dependents in the game, but as you begin to expand and make reforms, more and more of the Dependents will start to enter the Workforce.
This can be done by reforming the Rights of Women laws, allowing more women to work outside their homes. Moreover, reducing child labor will also affect this major.
Although it might initially make people more dependent due to a lower income, they will become literate with time, eventually creating a more skilled workforce with better wages.
Increase Standard of Living
One of the primary ways to increase your population in Victoria 3 is by improving the standard of living. You must provide your population with basic needs like food, clothes, and furniture to achieve this. By controlling these essential resources, you’ll see increased population growth. Once you’ve achieved a stable standard of living, you can then focus on luxury resources.
Increase Wealth
The amount of monetary assets a family has and the number of children are directly connected. If your people are wealthy, they will have many children, and the wealth will sustain them. This is good for the long run. If the family is poor, they will have children to help around. This also causes an increase in population but is not sustainable and will cause Turmoil.
Improve Healthcare Systems
better healthcare systems significantly reduce mortality rates and let your people live longer. A population can only grow as long as it can sustain itself. This is possible if you have good healthcare systems to reduce mortality rates and heal your population if they become afflicted by disease. One way to do this is by tweaking the Health System Institution and introducing Private/Public Health Insurance and Charitable Hospitals. Go to the Health System Law group in the law menu and you will find these options there.
Culture and Religion
The grouping of pops, along with aspects of where they live and what profession they have, is also affected by their Culture, which is closely related to their Religion.
Religion acts as a uniting force between pops, while pops with different religions will try to maintain their separate identities. Cultures work in a slightly different way than religions, though. As opposed to religion, a culture might have a special and descriptive trait. A special trait can be its heritage, whereas descriptive traits, such as its language, are much simpler.
The laws will dictate the acceptance of culture at different stages. For example, National Supremacy and Racial Segregation laws require the whole nation to share a heritage (special trait) with a common culture. In contrast, Multiculturalism will accept all cultures with no regard for their traits. Naturally, you’d want no discrimination against the Pop, so you would want to keep laws that widely accept them.
Increase Immigration
Immigration and Emigration would be the simplest factor affecting the population in Victoria 3. Naturally, you would want to maintain your Standard of Living to a point where there’s maximum immigration (influx of pops) and minimal emigration (efflux of pops). Along with a better SoL, modifications in laws leading to more cultural acceptance and job opportunities will also reduce emigration and increase.
Net Growth
The overall population growth is calculated as Net Growth. A pop’s Net Growth is the birth/natality rate ratio to its death/mortality rate.
Initially in the game, both of these factors will have high values. However, as you begin to increase the Standard of Living, both will start to decline, but the decline in Mortality rate will be more than the birth rate, leading to an overall Net Growth.
Other factors affect Net Growth, too. An example of this is the Workplace Safety Laws, which will provide workers safety and allow them to live longer. Additionally, other factors such as warfare, on the other hand, will significantly reduce your country’s population.
Law and Policies
Several other factors can contribute to population growth. For instance, implementing Multiculturalism decreases discrimination, leading to happier citizens and a boost in the standard of living. Providing Guaranteed Liberties through Home Affairs also increases happiness and population growth. Investing in institutions, such as the Home Affairs institution, can further increase population growth.
