Victoria II Cheats & Cheat Codes

Victoria II is an in-depth political simulation set during the colonial era of the 19th century. The game was released on August 13, 2010. Victoria II was developed by the Swedish game studio Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. It is the second game in the series.

The game received generally favorable reviews from critics. And while the game is over a decade old, to this day it has kept very positive reviews from players. Critics praised its improved interface and tutorials which made the game more playable than its predecessor.

Victoria II Premise

Victoria II tasks players with leading a nation for a century, between 1836 to 1936. Players have a wide variety of nations to pick from with over 200 options and 8 different government types. At the start of the game, you can choose between every country that existed in 1836 and as the game progresses more options become available.

In this strategy game, players must manage their focus on their nation’s internal management. Nations will undergo many industrialization and social/political changes over the course of a hundred years. The ultimate goal is to build the player’s idea of a perfect society. There are thousands of historical events and decisions players must navigate their nation through to get there. But if you aren’t careful, these decisions can lead to the disintegration of nation states.

Victoria II has a number of changes that improves it from the original game. Task automation was added and the overall interface was streamlined. And a new feature was added to the military, reconnaissance. This gives a bonus to capturing provinces and defeating enemy armies

These are the key features of the game that make it truly stand out from the genre:

Key features:

• Deep engrossing political simulation with dozens of different governments.
• Detailed economy with over fifty different types of goods and various production factories.
• Over 200 different countries can be played, during the era stretching from 1835 to the onset of WWII.
• Advanced Technological system with thousands of inventions to discover.
• Improved graphics and interface, as well as multiplayer support.
• A streamlined interface makes the game easily accessible.
• Automation of various tasks including, trade and population promotion.
• Advanced spheres of influences system, where the great powers battle over the control of the world.
• Cottage production simulating pre-industrial economies.
• Gunboat Diplomacy, no need for negotiating as a fleet outside a port may be a more persuasive argument.
• Historical and Dynamic missions guiding your country through the history.

Victoria II Series

Victoria II is the second installment in the series. So far, there are three games in the Victoria series:

• Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun (1993)
• Victoria II (2010)
• Victoria 3 (2022)

And if you’re looking for more Victoria II content, don’t worry it has numerous DLCs that add new naval combat systems, cosmetics, a new starting point in 1861 that allows players to experience the American Civil War from the start, and so much more.

Expansion Packs

• A House Divided
• Heart of Darkness

Music packs

• Victoria II: Songs of the Civil War

Special pre-order music

• Victoria II: Lament For The Queen

Cosmetic packs

• Victoria II: A House Divided – American Civil War Spritepack
• Victoria II: German Unit Pack
• Victoria II: Interwar Engineer Unit Pack
• Victoria II: Interwar Cavalry Unit Pack
• Victoria II: Interwar Spritepack
• Victoria II: Interwar Artillery Spritepack
• Victoria II: Planes Spritepack

Victoria II Cheat Codes

Players can access various cheats through console commands. To utilize these cheat codes, the console can be opened by pressing the tilde (~) key. This will bring up the in-game console. Then you can type in which command you would like to use and press enter to get the effect you want.

It’s worth pointing out that the game continues running while the console is displayed and does not pause.

General Commands

• addresearch(addr) [techname] – Adds research at specified name. (any misspelling=crash)
• blockade – Blockade province.
  changeowner [TAG] [province id] – Change the current owner of [province id] to the TAG specified.
• cash – Money
• prestige – Prestige
• yesmen – AI will respond favorably
• instantconstruction – One day completion for buildings
• goods XXX – Gives XXX quantity of Goods
• leadership – Officer points
• instantresearch – One day completion for research
• plurality – Set country plurality
• conquerall [country tag] – Set all enemy provinces under our control.
• debug allmoney – Shows info for money transfers.
• debug alwaysaddwargoal – Removes limits for wargoal.
• debug alwaysdiplo – Makes diplomats endless.
• debug alwaysreform – Eliminates the 1 month wait between reforms. need +50% of the upper-house favourable of reforms. effect won’t disappear till reset game, unknown if AI is affected.
• debug influence – Makes every Great Power’s influence on every country fixed at 100. When deactivated, all influence levels return to normal.
• debug invent (invention) – instantly get chosen invention.
• debug market – Turns on/off a log of price changes.
• debug researchpoints [number] – rpoints [number].
• debug yesmen – The AI accepts any deal with the player or other AI players.
• election – Starts common elections right now.
• fow – Turn on/off fog of war.
• goods “XXX” – Gives XXX goods to player plus the same amount of money (Warning: large amount of goods lead to economic problems.)
• inc – Short version of instantconstruction. Doesn’t affect the AI.
• inr – Short version of instantresearch. Doesn’t affect the AI.
• leaderprestige(lprestige) [province] [value] – Adds prestige to leaders attached to units at specified location.
• Leadership “XXX” – Gives XXX leadership points to the player.
• militancy [level] – Changes militancy level. Try positive and negative values.
• militancy [province] [ideology] – Sets high militancy for pops at location and specified ideology.
• Money “XXX” – Gives XXX money to player.
• Plurality “XXX” – Sets XXX Plurality Level from 1% to 100%.
• Prestige “XXX” – Gives XXX prestige to player.
• reorg – All units in got 100% organization and full strength.
• researchpoints(rpoints) [num] – Adds specified amount of research points.
• revolt [ province id] – Rise all the valid rebels of the country that controls [province id] (use twice).
• showprovinceid(provid) – Toggles province ID visibility in tooltips.
• spawnunit [unit] [province id] – A [unit] appears in the province specified at 0 organization and full strength. In case of a land unit, the soldiers will come from a random province.
• suppress [num] – Adds suppression points to your country.
• tag [TAG] – Change the player country to the one specified. The [TAG] part must be in caps, and more than 1 change “sleeps” the AI of the affected country until reload.
• teleportselectionto(teleport) [province id] – Teleports currently selected unit to location.
• upperhouse – Instant upper house reelection.

Event Commands

Government Type Events

• Event 1000 Make Socialist government available
• Event 1001 Make Communist government available
• Event 1002 Make Anarcho-liberal government available
• Event 1003 Make Fascist government available

Casus Belli Events

• Event 2510 casus belli – Cut Size
• Event 2520 casus belli – Humility
• Event 2530 casus belli – Place in the Sun
• Event 2540 casus belli – Cut Size
• Event 2550 casus belli – Drum of War
• Event 2560 casus belli – Patrimony
• Event 2570 casus belli – Conquest

Reform Events

• Event 3000 Health Care In favor of 30% Support in Provence
• Event 3100 Press Rights
• Event 3200 Forms a New Political Party
• Event 3300 Pensions In favor of 20% Support in Provence
• Event 3400 Unemployment Subsidies In favor of 30% Support in Provence
• Event 3401 Extend Subsidies or No Subsidies
• Event 3402 Lower Subsidies or Good Subsidies
• Event 3403 40% In favor of Acceptable Subsidies or In favor of 40% Acceptable Min. Wage
• Event 3404 20% In favor of Good Subsidies
• Event 3500 30% In favor of Trade Unions
• Event 3600 Safety Regulations
• Event 3700 40% In favor of Lower Work Hour Reform
• Event 3750 Public Meetings
• Event 3800 40% In favor of Increases Wage Reform
• Event 3900 40% In favor of Trade Unions Reform
• Event 4000 Slavery Abolishment Movement Support
• Event 4100 40% In favor of Upper House
• Event 4200 10% In favor of New Voting System Reform
• Event 4300 20% In favor of New Vote Franchise Reform
• Event 12000 Safety Regulations
• Event 12010 Safety Regulation Reform
• Event 60108 Extend Slavery or Not to Extend Slavery

Election Campaign Events

• Event 14000 Trade Policy
• Event 14010 Economy
• Event 14020 Religion
• Event 14030 Citizenship
• Event 14040 War
• Event 14050 Protectionism
• Event 14060 Protectionism vs. Free Trade
• Event 14070 Laissez Faire
• Event 14080 Interventionism
• Event 14090 State Capitalism
• Event 14100 Planned economy
• Event 14110 Atheism
• Event 14120 Secularized
• Event 14130 Pluralism
• Event 14140 Moralism
• Event 14150 Residency
• Event 14160 Limited Citizenship
• Event 14170 Full Citizenship
• Event 14180 Jingoism
• Event 14190 Pro-Military
• Event 14200 Anti-Military
• Event 14210 Pacifism

Upper House Events

• Event 18000 10.0 Socialist
• Event 18010 5 Liberals and 2 Conservatives add or 5 Conservatives and 2 Liberals add
• Event 18020 20.0 Liberals
• Event 18030 10.0 Liberals
• Event 18040 20.0 Socialists
• Event 18050 20.00 Liberals
• Event 18060 10.0 Radicals
• Event 18070 30.0 Liberals
• Event 18080 30.0 Radicals
• Event 18090 45.0 Liberals
• Event 18100 All Population 20% in Favor of Healthcare Reform
• Event 18110 All Population 20% in Favor of Subsides Reform
• Event 18120 50.0 Conservatives
• Event 18130 50.0 Socialists
• Event 18150 20.0 Fascist
• Event 18160 10.0 Liberals
• Event 18170 30.0 Socialists
• Event 18180 All Population Loses 1 Consciousness or Lose 1 Militancy
• Event 18190 All Population 10% in Favor of Jingoism
• Event 18200 All Population 10% in Favor of Laissez Faire
• Event 18520 All Population 5% in Favor of Jingoism and Lose 2.0 War Exhaustion or All Population 10% in Favor of Jingoism
• Event 17500 20% In favor of Socialism
• Event 18580 All Population 20% in Favor of Pacifism

Crimes & Punishments

• Event 22000 Enables Trusty System
• Event 22010 Establish a Penal Colony
• Event 22020 Penal Reform
• Event 22030 Foul Murder
• Event 22040 Chain Gang
• Event 22050 Wanted
• Event 22060 Life Without Parole
• Event 22070 Debtors Prison
• Event 22080 Capital Punishment
• Event 44000 Leper Colony Founded in Hawaii

Leadership Type Events

• Event 60000 Country Becomes Communist Dictatorship
• Event 60010 Country Becomes Military Dictatorship
• Event 60020 Country Becomes Radical Dictatorship
• Event 60030 Country Becomes Fascist Dictatorship
• Event 60040 Country Becomes Absolute Monarchy
• Event 60050 Country Becomes Constitutional Republic
• Event 60060 Country Becomes Semi-Constitutional Monarchy
• Event 60070 Country Becomes Constitutional Monarchy
• Event 60080 Country Becomes Military Dictatorship
• Event 60090 Country Becomes Radical Dictatorship
• Event 60100 Country Becomes Communist Dictatorship
• Event 60110 Country Becomes Fascist Dictatorship

Genocide Events

• Event 21500 Natural Disasters Lose 10 Life Rate and Gain -10% Population in Provence
• Event 21000 Diseases & Famines -4 Population in Provence
• Event 4435 Cultural Minority Genocide
• Event 4434 Religious Minority Genocide

Assimilation Events

• Event 14680 Requires Mission To Civilize invention and a colony
• Event 15260 Requires province to not have primary/accepted culture and can’t be a colony
• Event 15280 Requires the exact same as above, except national value is not a factor.

Militancy, Infamy, Prestige, War Exhaustion & Consciousness

• Event 18500 All Population Lose 1 Militancy or Lose 1 Consciences and Gain 5.250 Prestige
• Event 18540 Lose 3 Infamy or 2 Infamy and Gain 5.250 Prestige “changes your national value”
• Event 18550 Gain 2 Militancy and 10.5 Prestige or Gain 1 Militancy
• Event 18510 Gain 8.400 Prestige
• Event 4402 30.00 Improve Relations with Neighbor and gain 5.250 Prestige
• Event 96150 Lowers the infamy to 25 and Gives 25 Prestige
• Event 18560 All Population Lose 1 Militancy or Lose 1 Consciences
• Event 18570 Gain 10 Prestige and Lose 1 Militancy or Gain 814.61 Research Points
• Event 4305 Provence Lose 2 Militancy
• Event 12060 Lose 1 War Exhaustion
• Event 18550 Gain 2 Militancy and 10.5 Prestige or Gain 1 Militancy
• Event 18560 All Population Lose 1 Militancy or Lose 1 Consciences
• Event 4402 30.00 Improve Relations with Neighbor and gain 5.250 Prestige

Miscellaneous Events

• Event 1100 Gold Rush
• Event 2000 Assimilation Troubles
• Event 60120 Annexation Event
• Event 60140 Political Reform Appointed
• Event 60107 GET them BACK in the kitchen Ends Women Suffrage
• Event 14680 Baby boom event (1% population growth or fast migration to colonies)
• Event 18530 Gain 1629.21 Research Points
• Event 18570 Gain 10 Prestige and Lose 1 Militancy or Gain 814.61 Research Points
• Event 19000 Great Power Rivalries
• Event 19500 Boer War Gain casus belli on Zulu
• Event 4400 Trade Policy Rich and Middle or Middle and Lower Lose Militancy
• Event 4402 30.00 Improve Relations with Neighbor and gain 5.250 Prestige
• Event 5000 Introduce New Sport
• Event 10000 Liberal Revolutions Liberal Gain Militancy
• Event 13000 Enables Western Influence or Isolationism
• Event 14500 Colonial Uprisings
• Event 15000 Nationalist movements Public Meeting/Police Brutality
• Event 16000 American Civil War (only work if your are playing as USA)
• Event 17000 Suffragette Movements
• Event 22500 Economical Events Enables Stock Market Crash
• Event 23200 Exploration the Nile River
• Event 23400 Host the Olympics
• Event 23450 Win a Nobel Prize
• Event 29900 50% Increases of Farmers Efficiency
• Event 30000 Host the World Fairs
• Event 31100 The Discovery of Troy
• Event 31300 All Population Gain 1 Connectionism
• Event 33000 Open a Theater in Berlin
• Event 35000 British Monarchy House Splits
• Event 37700 Order Church Property Sold
• Event 18500 All Population Lose 1 Militancy or Lose 1 Consciences and Gain 5.250 Prestige
• Event 18510 Gain 8.400 Prestige
• Event 18530 Gain 1629.21 Research Points
• Event 18540 Lose 3 Infamy or 2 Infamy and Gain 5.250 Prestige “changes your national value”
• Event 19000 Great Power Rivalries
• Event 19500 Boer War Gain casus belli on Zulu

Victoria II Cheat Code FAQ

Does Victoria II have any cheat codes?

Yes! While it may not have your traditional cheat codes, Victoria II has a wide variety of console commands that can give players a range of game customization. They can use the commands to gain prestige or money, alter how the AI reacts, change government type, and more.

Are the cheat codes or console commands permanent?

No, many of the codes can be turned off by repeating the command, but sometimes reloading the save or exiting the game is necessary.