
The game features a number of historical events, such as the Reformation, the Treaty of Tordesillas and the uprising in the Netherlands, which have a significant impact on the game.įor example, John III Sobieski has high military skills in the game and Suleiman the Magnificent is a character with high administrative skills. The player can take care of technological development in his own country by allocating part of the budget to research. Technological progress is linear and consists in reaching higher and higher levels of technology in four areas: army, navy, infrastructure and trade. With progressive development, the player gains new capabilities, such as improved units. It is also possible to increase spending to maintain stability in the state or to abandon all subsidies to increase the state treasury at the expense of rising inflation. The real-time game can be set to pause at any time or any given event to give players time to plan ahead, thereby creating a semi-real-time environment.Rebellions of the population can be a problem for internal development.A map covering the entire globe encompasses 800-plus named provinces, 550-plus named sea zones, and 100-plus named rivers. More than 200 historical events potentially affect the outcome of your actions.



The game takes place on a map divided into approximately 1,500 provinces, and proceeds in a pausable real time format. Each player takes on the role of one of the major nations of the era, controlling diplomacy, economy, warfare, exploration, and colonization. Europa Universalis is a historical strategy game that simulates all aspects of world history from 1492 to 1792.
