Achievements

Victoria 3 has 97 different achievements with varying difficulty levels, ranging from very easy to very hard. They have no in-game effects and are used mainly to highlight different gaming experiences by providing players goals to strive for.

Once the requirements for an achievement have been completed, a notification pops up to notify the player – note that this happens only once per achievement (unless the achievements are removed from the player's profile using 3rd party tools). Depending on the gaming platform, the achievement can then be used as a vanity item to be displayed on the player's profile.

Note: For convenience purposes, this article references the Steam achievements mechanics, but they may be available on other platforms as well. On Steam, it is possible to see the achievements sorted by the percentage of users that managed to complete them by going to the game's global achievements page (for more precise numbers one can use the Steam web API).

Achievement eligibility

An achievement can only be acquired if the starting conditions for that achievement are met at game start and the achievement has not been acquired previously. Additionally, certain game conditions invalidate achievement eligibility.

The following block achievement eligibility:

• Multiplayer – This includes saves made in multiplayer then loaded in single-player.
• Debug mode
• Game rules that block achievements – Specifically, Achievements Blocked.
• Switching your country via the game menu option – This does not include decisions or releasing countries via the diplomacy screen.
• After reaching the 1936 end screen – This might possibly be due to the player being taken to the country switching screen when picking "Continue Playing" at the end screen.

The following do not block achievement eligibility:

• Older versions of the game – As long as the achievement was present in that version.
• Non-Ironman mode – Unlike other Paradox titles.
• Changed checksum (e.g. mods).

Specific achievements often have opaque requirements – many these are clarified in the list below. Here are some general notes on achievement requirements.

• Achievements which require starting as a certain country often set a variable on that country. Releasing and playing as another country typically prevents gaining those achievements, even if the achievement does not specifically require being country. Forming another country does not typically prevent such achievements.

List of achievements

• The descriptions on this page are taken from the in-game achievement list; the descriptions on Steam (or other platforms) may be different.
• The Notes column includes clarifying information regarding the achievement and short, helpful tips. It should not be longer than 2-3 lines (in total).
• The column indicates whether an achievement requires a certain DLC to complete it.
• Achievements are categorized by the initial version that they appeared in and thus the earliest version that they can be completed on.

• The DI column indicates the achievement's difficulty level. The initial listing uses the game's difficulty categorization, however, it can be changed according to player consensus.

The difficulty levels are:E = Easy,M = Medium,H = Hard,VH = Very Hard,UC = Uncategorized.

Patch 1.0 (base game)

Achievement	Starting conditions	Requirements	Notes		DI
American Territory Starting as the Indian Territory, have the USA as a subject with no more than three states	Playing as  Indian Territory	United States is a subject of  Indian Territory and owns 3 or fewer states	Truly difficult but doable with the new support independence diplomatic pact in 1.7. Forming  Turtle Island does not block this achievement.		VH
An Empire Under the Pun Starting as the Sikh Empire, subjugate Great Britain	Playing as  Sikh Empire	Great Britain is a subject of  Sikh Empire	It is not possible to make  Great Britain a subject while they are a great power or a major power, thus you will need to weaken them in one or more wars first.  In order to survive the early game, becoming a subject of a great power, such as  France, can be very helpful, both for economic expansion and military support. However, keep in mind that autonomous subjects are not automatically supported by their overlord when initiating a diplo play and the overlord may need to be swayed. Expanding westward into  Persia and other Central Asian countries and eastward into South East Asia are good ways to build strength before taking on Great Britain and the  East India (EIC). However, with France or another great power's support, it should be possible to take states from the EIC or Great Britain earlier.		VH
Anarchy in the UK As Great Britain, have an Anarchist form of government	Playing as  Great Britain	Playing as  Great Britain Has the Distribution of Power law:  Anarchy			M
Barbary’s Back Starting as either Mascara, Constantine, Ait Abbas, or Touggourt, form Algeria and become a Major Power	Playing as a country that can form  Algeria  One of:  Ait Abbas  Constantine  Mascara  Touggourt	Fully owns the state of Algiers Has country rank higher than or equal to a Major Power	Unrecognized Major Power is not enough. The country must be recognized to gain the achievement.		M
Belle Époque Starting as France, have the highest GDP and Innovation generation in the world	Playing as  France	Has the highest GDP in the world Has the highest innovation in the world	The name of the achievement is French for "Beautiful Era".		M
Billionare Have a national GDP of at least £1 billion		Has GDP equal to or higher than £1,000,000,000			M
Bourbon for Everyone! As Spain, have an average standard of living of at least 20 while remaining a monarchy	Playing as  Spain	Playing as  Spain Has average standard of living equal to or higher than 20 Has Governance Principles law:  Monarchy	Raising average standard of living requires increasing pop wages and reducing consumption goods costs. Forming  Iberia blocks this achievement, so hold off on unifying until it is unlocked.  Lower strata pops have lower wages, particularly  peasants, so it's very important to fully employ pops in buildings and not leave any subsistence farms. Conquering or colonizing more states increases the number of pops whose standard of living must be raised, so expanding your market through subjects or diplomacy is preferable. Releasing states with low standard of living as subjects can be an effective way to boost the average standard of living. Remember that government and military employees are pops, too; you can set their pay to the max to increase their wages and thus standard of living.		H
Broken Promises As Italy, join a diplomatic play against 2 or more of your allies	Playing as a nation that can form  Italy  Primary culture is either North Italian or South Italian	Playing as  Italy Has 2 or more allies on the opposing side of a Diplomatic Play Did not start and is not the target of the aforementioned Diplomatic Play	Defensive Pacts are considered as alliances for this acheivement, therefore  Multilateral Alliances society technology is not required You cannot oppose the initiator or target of a play if they are your ally. You need to be allies with two countries that are secondary participants of the play on the same side, then join the other side.  You can form the alliances after joining the play. Being on the same side of a play gives a +1000 bonus to attitude, setting it to Genial, allowing you to easily make alliances with other members of your side of the play, as long as you have +80 (Friendly) relations or +50 (Amicable) relations and much larger power projection score. Build a large navy to get diplomatic interests over the entire world, so you can participate in all diplomatic plays. Raise relations with every minor country in the game to +50 and to +80 with the Great Powers. Watch every diplomatic play for the opportunity to make two alliances with secondary participants on one side. The achievement may be a reference to Italy joining the Triple Entente in 1915 despite being a member of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary.		M
Caretaker Complete the 'Egalitarian Society' objective	Started with the Egalitarian Society objective	Has completed the final sub-goal for this objective.	The final objective requires having less than 10% of your population as peasants, an average standard of living of at least 20 and a literacy rate of at least 90%, after enacting (and keeping) the following laws:   Protected Speech  Public Schools  Multiculturalism  Compulsory Primary School  Women's Suffrage Not  State Religion If you are having difficulty raising literacy to 90%, you likely have so much migration that you are bringing illiterate pops into your country faster than you can educate them. Passing Closed Borders should resolve this issue.		M
Deeds, not words! Pass the Women's Suffrage law		Has Rights of Women law:  Women's Suffrage	You need to discover  Political Agitation society technology in order for leaders to have Feminist ideology. Otherwise, you will not have any party's support in passing the  Women's Suffrage law.		M
Educated Complete the 'Learn the Game' objective.	Started with the Learn the Game objective	Has completed the final sub-goal for this objective.	Required sub-goals to complete  Expand a basic Building Change Production Method Expand a Productive Building Establish a Trade Route Improve Access to Consumer Goods Bolster an Interest Group Passing an Institutional Law OR Reform the Government Increase Relations Declare an Interest Create Formation Expand the Military Recruit and Promote a Commander Start Diplomatic Play Mobilize an Army Send General to the Front Make Peace Solidifying our Position A subgoal only counts if it is completed while it is present in the journal. Note that Solidifying our Position has three distinct goals (gain a rank OR become no.1 great power OR obtain the required prestige).		E
Enlightened Despot Have electrical street lights in all states while being an Autocracy		Has Distribution of Power law:  Autocracy All owned states have an Urban Center building with  Electric Streetlights production method	All owned states (including colonies) need to have an Urban Center building in order to gain this achievement.  The Electric Streetlights production method requires  electricity in the state to be used. Therefore, releasing countries or trading away underdeveloped states can make this easier. Recommended to complete with The Paris Commune, because later in the game an event pops up that switch the ideology of leader of the  Trade Unions to  Vanguardist that supports Autocracy. Each level of industry generates 20 or 30 urbanization, and every 100 points of urbanization will generate 1 level of urbanization center, so building 4 or 5 industries everywhere will ensure that all states you own have a urbanization center (it is recommended to use the view list in production lens to build them, so that no province will be missed). Finally, switch the production method to electric streetlights.		M
First Flight Be the first nation in the world to fly aeroplanes		Was the first to have researched technology:  Military Aviation			M
Go West, Young Man As the USA, own California, Oregon and Washington with 250k or more population in each state	Playing as  United States	Playing as  United States Fully owns states of California, Oregon, and Washington California, Oregon, and Washington each have a population of at least 250,000			M
Grander Colombia Form Gran Colombia and own all land in the Gran Colombia, Andes, and La Plata strategic regions	Playing as a nation that can form  Gran Colombia  Any of:  Colombia  Ecuador  Venezuela	Playing as  Gran Colombia Owns all states in the Gran Colombia, Andes, and La Plata strategic regions	Forming  Federation of the Andes blocks the achievement  New Granada is a good candidate to form  Gran Colombia  They can quickly annex or subjugate their neighbors,  Venezuela and  Ecuador. Additionally, once  Central America breaks up, its successors are easily annexed or subjugated. New Granada can also eventually sell the Panama Canal for £30k, giving a short-term boost to the economy.  Mexico is an good long-term trade partner and war ally for when the player starts expanding south. Similarly, the player should befriend  Great Britain,  France, and the  United States from the start, as they are otherwise likely to intervene in diplo plays during the early stages of expansion before the player has a large enough army to hold them off. When expanding southward,  Brazil is a major consideration and allying them will ease the process. Conquering  Argentina and  Chile first is easier and allows for leaving the stronger  Peru and  Bolivia who typically unite as Peru Bolivia for after. Finally, the player needs to conquer Guyana, held by three great powers.  British Guyana is the best to start with, as it has a land border with the state of Bolívar in Venezuela. Make sure to claim and naval invade the South Atlantic Islands (Falklands) also as those are part of the La Plata region. After that,  Dutch Guyana as it neighbors British Guyana, and finally  French Guyana. For all three Guyanas, a naval invasion is useful to bypass the enemy forces on the land border and open a second, less guarded front. With the last Guyana, it can be worth it to trade an enemy war goal, in order to get the final piece of Guyana for the achievement; however be careful not to cede any territory from the required strategic regions, even just a treaty port. Alternatively, colonize/conquer states with British/French presence (outside the required regions and held by another nation) and use "Trade States".		H
Habsburg Resurgence As Austria, own Silesia and Prussia must be Minor Power or lower rank	Playing as  Austria	Playing as  Austria Fully owns the state of Silesia  Prussia does not exist OR has country rank lower than Major Power	Becoming Austria-Hungary does not block this achievement. However, becoming Germany does.  The easiest way to weaken  Prussia is by changing  Bavaria and  Hesse-Kassel into your Customs Union and depriving Prussia of her territory in Brunswick, effectively cutting off the Prussian economy in the Rhineland. Afterwards, weaken Prussian power by humiliating them, changing more nations from their power bloc into yours, taking Silesia and releasing nations from their territory like  Westphalia and  Danzig. Prussian AI will most likely try to conquer German minors by force, so remember to always take their side.		H
Hegemon Complete the 'Hegemon' objective	Started with the Hegemon objective	Has completed the final sub-goal for this objective.	The final step requires having at least 40% of the world's population ruled by you or your subjects.  Although not a recommended nation in the select menu,  Great Britain by far is in the best position to attain this, as they start with 19% of the world's population due to controlling India, in addition to their position as #1 Great Power allowing them to skip straight to the final objective. To cover the remaining population, focus on weakening  China via liberating countries and annexing their most populous states until they drop to Unrecognized Regional Power, after which they can be targeted with a diplomatic play to make them a protectorate.		M
I am a Scandinavian Form the nation of Scandinavia	Playing as a nation that can form  Scandinavia  Primary culture is Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or Icelandic	Playing as  Scandinavia	Easiest to do as  Sweden, since you only need 3 more states and  Pan-nationalism society technology in order to form  Scandinavia. You should be able to easily overcome  Denmark and take the required states.		M
I didn’t vote for Pedro As Brazil, change government to Republic and implement Universal Suffrage	Playing as  Brazil	Playing as  Brazil Has Governance Principles law:  Presidential Republic or  Parliamentary Republic Has Distribution of Power law:  Universal Suffrage	Getting  Universal Suffrage first allows for easier passage of further reforms. Your main opponents are the  Landowners and  Armed Forces, so you may want to start with reforms like  Dedicated Police Force to weaken their influence. Having any republican form of government will close the Magnanimous Monarch journal entry and block the Magnanimous achievement.		H
Institutional Have an institution at maximum investment level		Have any institution with an investment level of 5  One of the following: Law Enforcement is level 5 Colonial affairs is level 5 Social security is level 5 Workplace safety office is level 5 Education is level 5 Health system is level 5 Home affairs is level 5	Easiest to do as  Netherlands since they start with  Dedicated Police Force at level 1 and can immediately start upgrading it to level 5 with sufficient additional  bureaucracy.		E
Inventive Research all technologies across all three categories		Has researched every technology	Increasing  innovation speeds up research. Several companies can increase innovation generation, and Philips in particular increases max innovation investment The  Advanced Research principle provides several advantages for research.		H
Luxurious Luxembourg Starting as Luxembourg, be the leading producer of Luxury Clothes, Luxury Furniture, and Porcelain	Started as  Luxembourg	Is the lead producer of Luxury clothes, Luxury furniture, and Porcelain	Entering a large market, such as  France or  Prussia's, will allow you to specialise exclusively in the required industries without worrying much about pop needs or input resources. However to enter another market you will need to become independent of the  Netherlands or hope they join a large market. Acquiring another state beside Wallonia speeds things up considerably. You will have a decisive surplus of  authority, so you can freely use decrees; they help a lot. Having a high migration attraction is essential for employment, so multiculturalism helps significantly. Forming  United Netherlands does not block this achievement.		H
Manifest Mexico As Mexico, own the Pacific Coast, Great Plains & Texas, and have a higher Power Rank than the USA	Playing as  Mexico	Playing as  Mexico Fully owns all of the following States:  Montana North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming Colorado Kansas New Mexico Texas Washington Idaho Oregon Nevada Utah Arizona California Baja California Rank is Great Power  United States: does not exist OR Rank is less than or equal to Major Power	The required states don't exactly match the strategic regions Great Plains and Pacific Coast. Even though the description does not mention it, if the USA does not exist, it counts for the achievement.		H
Mightier than the Sword Have the other side back down in a diplomatic play		The target of a diplomatic play backed down	During a diplomatic play means before war breaks out; it does not count if they give in to the demand before the play starts either.		E
Minors, not Miners Starting as Lanfang, incorporate all states in Borneo and have the 'Compulsory Primary School' law	Playing as  Lanfang	Fully owns the states of East Borneo, North Borneo, and West Borneo Has Children's Rights law:  Compulsory Primary School	Your overlord,  Great Qing, should provide enough troops for conquering minors. Improve relations to keep other majors from siding against you. Economic development is not hard in the  Great Qing market as there is a large supply of raw materials and non-discriminated labor (in patches before Qing has "Closed Borders"). Your name will change to "Bo-Ni" on full control of Borneo.		M
Muhammed Ali’s Ambition As Egypt, form Arabia and own East Thrace	Playing as  Egypt	Playing as  Arabia Fully own the state of Eastern Thrace	It is very easy to make all Arabian minors your subjects before the truce with the  Ottoman Empire expires. Start with a diplo play to make  Hedjaz a vassal, and continue with neighboring countries from there. If the Ottoman Empire joins in defense of an Arabian minor, you can take war reparations and liberate  Iraq or  Bulgaria to weaken them.		H
Peccavi Starting as the British India Company, fully own the states of Sindh and Punjab	Playing as  East India	Fully owns the states of Sindh and Punjab	Sindh and  Bahawalpur can be conquered day 1 with East India's starting armies. The Sikh Empire in  Punjab will likely trounce your armies, but offering an obligation to  Great Britain is usually enough to get them involved and defeat them immediately as well. Both states can be fully owned by 1837 this way. The name of the achievement is Latin for "I have sinned" (a pun on "Sindh").		M
Perkeletankki Starting as Finland, produce at least 100 units of tanks every week	Playing as  Finland	Producing at least 100 units of Tanks.	Tanks require the  Mobile Armor military technology, which is one of the final technologies you can unlock in the "military" tab, so be prepared for a long campaign. Being independent is not a requirement for this achievement, so remaining a  Russian puppet can be advantageous, as it grants you protection and a larger market. The name of the achievement is Finnish for "Hell Tank".		M
Poor, Huddled Masses Have a cultural migration target in one of your states		Is Mass Migration Target			E
Poppydock Have at least a level 8 port and export at least 2500 units of Opium to foreign markets		Any owned state has Port building of at least level 8 Exports at least 2500 units of Opium	Easily completable within few years as  Great Britain, since you start with more than 1500 exported units of  opium and only need to discover  Hydraulic Cranes military technology to upgrade your port in Home Counties to level 8.		H
Reading Campaign As a nation starting with less than 20% literacy, get to 95% literacy	Literacy rate is less than 20%	Literacy rate is equal to 95%	Increasing education access is key to increasing pop literacy.  Maximum education institution (+50% education access), the social mobility decree (+25%), and 13 standard of living (+26%, 2% per 1 wealth) is enough to hit 100% education access. Due to the need to use the social mobility decree, this should only be attempted in small or single state countries where the decree can be used in every state through the entire game. Necessary technologies are  Empiricism and  Dialectics for +1 level of education institution each, and  Human Rights to pass the Compulsory Primary School law for the final 2 levels. The Trade Unions are the only interest group that endorses Compulsory Primary School (unless another group's leader gains the Reformer trait), while the Industrialists oppose it, so plan on pushing for  Census Suffrage or  Universal Suffrage to give laborers the political strength to boost the Trade Union's clout, and reduce the Industrialist's clout. Suggested nations are  Hawaii and  Two Sicilies. The former due to being a one-state country and the latter due to likely annexing more literate Italian provinces. The company Ericsson increases education access from wealth, and prior to 1.7.2, this was 5% per wealth.		M
Revolutionary Switch sides to the revolutionaries in a civil war and win the ensuing conflict		Switched sides in a revolution diplomatic play and won the war.	Pushing for a law which is unpopular with one or more powerful interest groups is the easiest way to create a strong revolution, particularly if the  Armed Forces is one of them.  For example, as  Japan, reform the government to include the  Intelligentsia, and push for  Presidential Republic. The Shogunate will be upset and likely launch a revolution. When the revolution begins, during the opening moves phase of the diplomatic play you can switch to play as the revolutionary side. The Shogunate is much stronger than Intelligentsia, so you can easily crush them. It is only possible to switch sides in the first phase of the revolution diplomatic play.		E
Risorgimento Form the nation of Italy	Playing as a nation that can form  Italy  Primary culture is either North Italian or South Italian	Playing as  Italy	Easiest to do as  Sardinia-Piedmont or  Two Sicilies. Can be combined with the "Broken Promises" achievement. The name of the achievement is Italian for "Resurgence".		M
Serf’s up Starting as a nation with Serfdom, enact Worker’s Protections Labor Rights Law	Starting nation has Land Reform law:  Serfdom	Has Labor Rights law:  Workers' Protections	You need to discover  Human Rights society technology to unlock the law. The country does not need to keep Serfdom to achieve this, only start with it.		M
Solomon’s Quest Form the nation of Ethiopia	Playing as a nation that can form  Ethiopia	Playing as  Ethiopia	Shewa is the easiest as they start with states in two of the state regions, making it easier to increase their power quickly.  As  Shewa, immediately use the Unify Ethiopia diplomatic play on  Harar. With luck, they should forfeit the territory without a war breaking out. The other Ethiopian states will be making diplomatic plays on one another too, but you should be able to make plays on a couple of states and pick them off one-by-one. If all goes well, you will be able to form  Ethiopia. You do not need all states to form it, though once you do, you will not be able to use the Unify Ethiopia diplomatic play again. The Bandit Prince event will give you an incredibly strong general within a few months of the game starting, which makes the early wars very easy as long as you don't get sandwiched between fronts.		M
Star-Swarmed Banner As the United States, have 100 incorporated states represented on your flag	Playing as  United States	Playing as  United States Has at least 100 incorporated states Has Governance Principles law:  Presidential Republic Does not have Distribution of Power law:  Autocracy	Note: District of Colombia and West Virginia are never counted as states for the flag. Fighting the Civil War allows you a chance to gain Afro-American as a primary culture (requires passing  Multiculturalism during Reconstruction), increasing the number of states which will take 5 years to incorporate (as opposed to 20).		H
The Berlin Conference Starting as Prussia, form Germany and fully own at least 10 states in Africa	Playing as  Prussia	Playing as  Germany Fully owns at least 10 states in any of the following regions:  North Africa West Africa Nile Basin Central Africa East Africa South Africa	Forming  Central Europe blocks this achievement. Can be combined with the "Three Hurrahs" achievement.		M
The Great Game As Russia, own the entire Central Asia region	Playing as  Russia	Playing as  Russia Fully owns all states in the Central Asia Strategic Region	The hardest part will be fighting  Great Qing as they control 4 states needed for the achievement. You should be easily able to steamroll through the Central Asia minors. Afterwards, declare war on  Great Qing for the 4 remaining states. During the conflict, hold them off at your land border; at the same time, start a naval invasion near Beijing and you should be able to easily force them to surrender. Attacking Qing early while they are still struggling with the debuffs from opium addiction will likely make this easier.		H
The Healthy Man of Europe Starting as the Ottomans, be the Greatest Power while having max level Public Health Insurance	Playing as  Ottoman Empire	Playing as  Ottoman Empire Has Health system institution at level 5 Is #1 ranked country	You need to have researched  Medical Degrees,  Pharmaceuticals and  Antibiotics society technologies, as well as, have  Private Health Insurance or  Public Health Insurance enacted, in order to achieve level 5 in  Health system institution. Great Britian will likely be the greatest obstacle to becoming the number one GP; team up with their rivals to liberate their most valuable colonies and states to weaken them.		H
The Paris Commune As France, become a Council Republic and have a Command Economy	Playing as  France	Playing as  France Has Economic System law:  Command Economy Has Governance Principles law:  Council Republic	You need to research the  Central Planning society technology for  Command Economy and the  Socialism society technology for  Council Republic.		M
The Western Protectorate Starting as Great Qing, have a treaty port in France, Germany, the British Isles, Iberia and Italy	Playing as  Great Qing	Has treaty ports in five European regions:  Has a  "British" Treaty Port Has a  "French" Treaty Port Has a  "German" Treaty Port Has an "Iberian" Treaty Port Has an  "Italian" Treaty Port	The treaty ports do not need to be taken from those countries specifically, but instead refers to specific states in those regions.  "British" Treaty Port states Connaught East Anglia Highlands Home Counties Lancashire Leinster Lowlands Midlands Munster Ulster Wales West Country Yorkshire "French" Treaty Port states Aquitane Brittany French Low Countries Languedoc Normandy Picardy Poitou-Saintonge Provence "German" Treaty Port states Elbe Hanover Mecklenburg Pomerania East Prussia West Prussia Schleswig-Holstein "Iberian" Treaty Port states Alejento Eastern Andalusia Western Andalusia Baleares Beira Catalonia Estremadura Galicia Navarra Valencia "Italian" Treaty Port states Abruzzo Apulia Calabria Campania Emilia Istria Lazio Piedmont Romagna Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Umbria Venetia		H
Three Hurrahs Form the nation of Germany	Playing as a nation that can form  Germany  Primary culture is either North German or South German	Playing as  Germany	Easiest to do as  Prussia and combine it with the "The Berlin Conference" achievement or  Austria and do it directly after finishing the achievement "Habsburg Resurgence".		M
Tycoon Complete the 'Economic Dominance' objective	Started with the Economic Dominance objective	Has completed the final sub-goal for this objective.	The final objective is to produce 25% of the world's GDP.		M
Victorian Century Play a full campaign from 1836 to 1936		Date is > 1935.12.30			E
We are not amused As Great Britain, Expel French Diplomats while having Cordial or better relations.	Playing as  Great Britain	Has Cordial or better relations with  France Has expelled diplomats of  France	You need to stop improving relations before selecting "expel diplomats". Otherwise, the game prevents you from selecting the action.		E

Patch 1.3 (VotP)

Achievement	Starting conditions	Requirements	Notes		DI
Agitate Elsewhere Exile an Agitator with at least 100 popularity		Exiled an agitator that had at least 100 popularity			E
Amish Paradise As a Yankee nation, pass the Industry Banned Law before 1846 and have at least 20 average Standard of Living	Has Yankee primary culture	Has Yankee primary culture  Industry Banned was enacted before 1846.1.1 Has Economic System law:  Industry Banned Has average standard of living equal to or higher than 20	Requires that Industry Banned is enacted before 1846 and must be enacted for the achievement to complete.		M
Authoritarian Pass the Single-Party State, Militarized Police, and Outlawed Dissent Laws		Has Distribution of Power law:  Single-Party State Has Policing law:  Militarized Police Force Has Free Speech law:  Outlawed Dissent	It is inadvisable to combine this with the Integralist branch of an Estado Novo game as Brazil because the Integralists do not specifically favor Outllawed Dissent over Censorship, requiring characters to spawn with Authoritarian or Fascist ideology rather than Integrallst.		M
Breadbasket Pass the Homesteading Law and be the leading producer of Grain and Groceries		Has Land Reform law:  Homesteading Is the lead producer of Grain, and Groceries	Easiest to do as the  United States since they start with the Homesteading law and are, at the start, one of the biggest producers of both  grain, and  groceries. However, note that  China and  East India are high producers of grain due to the sheer size of their subsistence farms and population.		M
Crush the Commune As France, defeat the rebellion of the Paris Commune	Playing as  France	Paris Commune was crushed	The Paris Commune journal entry requires the following to activate:  Has researched  Socialism and  Anarchism Île-de-France has 20%  turmoil Either: Has capitulated or white-peaced in the last 5 years A French  homeland is owned by another country		M
Emperor Norton As the USA, become a Monarchy with Joshua Norton as monarch	Playing as  United States	Playing as  United States Has Governance Principles law:  Monarchy Ruler of the  United States is Joshua Norton	Norton will appear as an agitator between 1860 and 1880 if you have California incorporated.  Either finish Manifest Destiny to have California become a Yankee homeland or conquer it early, as it takes 20 years for it to become incorporated otherwise. Once Norton shows up, he will immediately start a Political Movement to enact Monarchy. That's a red herring. The monarch always ends up being your country's current ruler, so Norton will not end up being Emperor. In order to enthrone him, you need to give him leadership of the Petite Bourgeoisie and get him elected President (or get him to become ruler under a different political system). In order for that to happen, his interest group needs to have the highest Clout at the end of an election. Norton's popularity is high for an agitator, but it might not even be enough to get the  Petite Bourgeoisie out of being marginalized. There are many ways to increase their political power: - Roll back citizenship laws to only enfranchise Primary Culture pops, as only those ever support the Petite Bourgeoisie.  National Supremacy is enough to only enfranchise Yankee and Dixie pops. Going through the American Civil War and failing to keep Dixie as a Primary Culture (which is a significant challenge) makes it much harder to garner support for the Petite Bourgeoisie, though Afro-American support might be enough if you play your cards right. It is recommended you avoid the civil war unless you have a good plan for keeping Dixie as a Primary Culture. - Take advantage of any events that let you boost the interest group's political power. The bonuses really stack up if you're willing to make a few sacrifices. - Build Government Administrations: primary culture clerks will primarily support the Petite Bourgeoisie. - Roll back freedom of speech laws and suppress/bolster the right IGs before the election to help yourself get the desired outcome. - Enacting  Mercantilism ensures that Trade Centers will exclusively employ Shopkeepers, who are both wealthy and strongly favor the Petite Bourgeoisie. -  Private Health Insurance provides +10% political strength to the Petite Bourgeoisie per institution level. - Recruit Petite Bourgeoisie commanders and promote them to the highest rank. Once Norton becomes President of the United States, you can enact Monarchy, which should be relatively easy since the Petite Bourgeoisie will support it as long as Norton is in charge and they will likely have enough support to make it an easy law pass.		M
Euphoric Pass the State Atheism Law and have the Intelligentsia be Powerful		Has Church and State law:  State Atheism  Intelligentsia is powerful  Intelligentsia is  in government			M
Hexagon No More Complete the Natural Borders of France Journal Entry	Playing as  France	Playing as  France Has completed The Natural Borders of France journal entry	Completing the entry requires fully owning all French  homelands, as well as Wallonia, Flanders, Rhineland, and North Rhine.		H
Huge Ego, Sorry Unite Germany and have Max Stirner rule your nation	Playing as a nation that can form  Germany  Primary culture is either North German or South German	Playing as  Germany Ruler of  Germany is Max Stirner	Max Stirner is created as an agitator by the journal entry The Nihilist Movement, if activated between 1844 and 1866 (inclusive)  The journal entry activates with the following conditions: Has researched  Realism Has not researched  Socialism Has an empty  Agitator slot Has enacted  State Religion Has enacted either  Monarchy or  Theocracy Has enacted either  Autocracy or  Oligarchy The  Intelligentsia is not  marginalized and either: Is being  suppressed Has approval less than 0		M
It Never Ends Cement the Bonaparte dynasty, become a Republic, and Stamp Out Monarchism	Playing as  France	Playing as  France [[French_content#Cement_the_House_of_[Dynasty]|The Bonaparte dynasty was cemented]] Has Governance Principles law:  Presidential Republic Stamped out monarchy	Note that you need to be a  Presidential Republic in order to get this achievement; other republics, such as  Council Republic do not count. It is possible to get the achievement by completing "Stamp Out Monarchism" first and then getting  Presidential Republic.		M
L'Allemagne, c'est Rien As France, prevent Germany from unifying until 1930	Playing as  France	Playing as  France Date is > 1929.12.31 No country has formed  Germany	The name of the achievement is French for "Germany is nothing". To prevent Germany from forming, hold parts of 9 states required for the formation or recreate the  Confederation of the Rhine. Alternatively, support  Austria to force  Prussia to give up its unification candidacy, as Austria rarely forms Germany on its own.		H
Meiji Restoration Complete the Restoration Journal Entries as Japan before 1912	Playing as  Japan	Playing as  Japan Date is before 1913.1.1 Has completed The [Ruler Name] Restoration journal entry	The deadline year is a reference to the year the historical Emperor Meiji passed away in.		M
Military Junta Have the Armed Forces coup the government		The  Armed Forces have started and completed a coup.	Easiest to do as  Ecuador as they start with Landed Voting enacted. Spam recruit and promote Armed Forces generals to make them powerful and they will start a coup to enact a more autocratic Distribution of Power law. In order for the  Armed forces (or any Interest Group) to perform a coup, they must be powerful (have more than 20% clout at any point and not drop below 18%), have less than 0 approval while also being a part of the government, and be opposed to the current Governance Principles or Distribution of Power.  Four types of coups can occur: Autocratic coup: Country is neither an Autocracy nor an Oligarchy and the Interest Group endorses Autocracy Anti-Communist coup: Country is a Council Republic and the Interest Group opposes Council Republic Anti-Republican coup: Country is either Parliamentary Republic or Presidential Republic and the Interest Group opposes Republics Anti-Monarchist coup: Country is a Monarchy and the Interest Group opposes Monarchy The Armed Forces are usually indifferent to any of the laws described above. The only way to get them to care about the government is to wait for the leader of the armed forces to have a trait like Monarchist, Republican, Theocrat etc. Since at game start the most countries are monarchies, the quickest way to get a coup is to restart until the leader of the armed forces has the trait Republican. To increase the Armed Forces clout, bolster them, hire and promote their generals and admirals, expand the army, increase army funding or employ people in the military industrial complex. To get the Armed Force's approval below 0, fire their generals or admirals, decrease their funding or pass laws that they oppose. Be careful to not push them below -10 or they might leave the government and start an insurrection. Starting in a country that already has unfavorable laws to the Armed Forces (e.g. Tripolitania) will help. The event is random and might not fire immediately even when all conditions are satisfied.		E
Shut the Door Behind You Have an invited Exile become the ruler of your nation and pass the Closed Borders Law		Ruler is an invited exile originating in another country Has Migration law:  Closed Borders	Can be done very easily as the  United States, who start with a strong Rural Folk and  No Migration Controls.  First, invite Juan Lavalle and have him assume leadership of the Southern Planters. Then, bolster the Southern Planters and wait for the 1836 election to finish. Juan Lavalle should then become president, due to the Southern Planters having more clout than the Yeoman Farmers. After that, use the Yeoman Farmers to pass  Closed Borders.		M
Vox Populi Pass a Law with the support of an Agitator		Has passed any law while an  agitator supports a movement to pass it.	The name of the achievement is Latin for "(The) voice of the people". Can be combined with the Shut the Door Behind You achievement		E

Patch 1.5 (CotS)

Achievement	Starting conditions	Requirements	Notes		DI
Banana Republic As Yankee or Dixie nation, achieve maximum prosperity with the United Fruit Company and have at least 75 Banana Plantations	Has Yankee or Dixie primary culture	Has the company United Fruit Company at 200 prosperity Has at least 75 total levels of  Banana Plantations	Note that while  Sugar Plantations are a part of the United Fruit Company, they do not count towards the 75 required building levels necessary for the achievement. A combination of Sugar Plantations and  Banana Plantations may, however, be used to get the company to 200 prosperity.		M
Deșteaptă-te, Române! As a Romanian nation, form Romania and directly own all Romanian homeland states	Has Romanian primary culture	Playing as  Romania Fully owns all Romanian homelands:  Wallachia Moldavia Southern Transylvania Northern Transylvania Banat Békés Dobrudja Bessarabia	Note that player needs to control required states in their entirety, split states do not count towards the achievement. The name of the achievement is Romanian for "Awaken Thee, Romanian!", and is the name of the national anthem of Romania and former national anthem of Moldova.		H
Devil's Railroad Complete the Exploiting the Amazon Journal Entry, own all Amazon states, and construct railways in them		Has completed the Exploiting the Amazon journal entry Owns every Amazon state and has Railways in all of them:  Guyana Bolívar Guaviare Pastaza Santa Cruz La Paz Pará Maranhão Amazonas Acre Goiás Mato Grosso	For Guyana, try conquering/colonizing states with British/French presence (but held by another nation) and using "Trade States".  Brazil is the most obvious country, but any country can complete this achievement		H
Estado Novo As Brazil, make Getulio Vargas the ruler of your nation, and complete the New Republic Journal Entry	Playing as  Brazil	Getulio Vargas is the ruler of Brazil Has completed the New Republic journal entry	Note that Getulio Vargas is not actually required—this can be completed earlier than 1909 with completion of the New Republic journal entry.		M
Federation Day Form the Federation of the Andes	Playing as a nation that can form  Federation of the Andes  Has Platinean, North Andean, or South Andean primary culture	Playing as  Federation of the Andes	Start as Bolivia and immediately go to war with Brazil while they are already at war with the minors and you probably can get a good chunk of land (if great powers don't intervene; note that Bolivia starts with 50 infamy). Alternatively, declare war to liberate nations from Brazil. Maybe go for them a second time later to weaken them, so they won't intervene in your future expansion. After that, it should be easy. Can be combined with "Viva la Confederación" and "Devil's Railroad"		H
Magnanimous As Brazil, complete the Magnanimous Monarch Journal Entry and preserve the monarchy	Playing as  Brazil	Has Governance Principles law:  Monarchy Has completed the Magnanimous Monarch journal entry	The easiest and fastest way for the achievement is to abdicate after Isabel has been confirmed as heir and is 18 years old. Start the enactment of a law which greatly angers the Intelligentsia to get their opinion to −10.		H
Not Yet Lost As Krakow, form Poland-Lithuania and complete the Expanding the Commonwealth Journal Entry	Playing as  Krakow	Playing as  Poland-Lithuania Has completed the Expanding the Commonwealth Journal Entry	The name of the achievement is a reference to the current national anthem of Poland: "Poland is not yet lost" ("Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła").		VH
Piratini, not Pira-tiny Starting as Piratini or Grão-Para, have a higher GDP than Brazil	Playing as  Piratini or  Grão-Pará	Has higher GDP than  Brazil OR  Brazil does not exist			VH
Republic or Death! As Paraguay, complete the Expanding Paraguay and Populating the Americas Journal Entries	Playing as  Paraguay	Has completed the Si Vis Pacem, Fac Bellum journal entry Has completed the Populating the Americas journal entry	Activating the Si Vis Pacem, Fac Bellum Journal Entry requires that you do not continue Francia's legacy in the Meeting at Asunción event.		H
SPQR As the Papal States, become the Roman Republic and then form Italy	Playing as  Papal States	Playing as  Italy Has Governance Principles law:  Presidential Republic,  Parliamentary Republic, or  Council Republic	During the Risorgimento journal entry, by having enough radicals in your country, an event Tricolors Over [Capital City] will fire and force the democratic system upon you, allowing for you to skip the process of slow reforms entirely.  However, if the number of radicals isn't reduced, it can cause you to be annexed by another Italian country. Also, note that you do not need to start the game as the Papal States, only be the Papal States at some point before forming Italy. The Risorgimento mechanics allow any Italian nation to be annexed by another Italian nation with the player switching to the annexing nation. Thus, it is possible (though unlikely) that you can switch to play as the Papal States after going through the Italian powers, and thereby have enough states to form Italy.		M
Stonks Have three companies at max prosperity at the same time		Has three companies with maximum prosperity			M
Viva la Confederación! As Bolivia, successfully form the Peru-Bolivian Confederation	Playing as  Bolivia	Playing as  Peru-Bolivia			E

Patch 1.7 (SoI)

Achievement	Starting conditions	Requirements	Notes		DI
Bootlicker As a subject, have the pro-overlord lobby at max appeasement.		A pro-overlord lobby has 10  appeasement	Starting as  Parma, form a defensive pact with  Austria, then start a diplomatic play against  Lucca for investment rights. Sway Austria to your side by offering to become their subject, then ask for regime support. This should bring the Pro-Austrian lobby to max appeasement.		M
Can't Touch This As a country with at least 10% of your GDP owned by a foreign power, nationalize all buildings and prevent them from being privatized for 12 whole years.		At least 10% of GDP was owned by a single foreign country All buildings are government owned for 12 years	Cuba, the  British East India Company, and the  Dutch East Indies meet the foreign ownership of GDP requirement at the start of the game.  Starting as  Cuba, achieve independence from Spain – preventing them from further investing in your economy, and enact Command Economy to enable nationalization without compensation. Make sure that your overlord holds all the provinces that invested in your country when you start nationalizing or you can get a NULL_STATE ownership which won't allow you to nationalize some of the buildings, and you will be unable to fulfill the requirements It should be noted that the investment pool is actually disabled if you have no construction sectors, allowing you to nationalize every building easily without having to wait for command economy, as well as not having to worry about non-nationalized buildings being built by the investment pool. This opens up the door to getting the achievement much faster by utilizing releasable nations. For example, as  Denmark, you can build and privatize a whaling station on Iceland. Once the building is successfully sold, release and play as  Iceland. You can subsequently nationalize the whaling station, and from then on just need to wait 12 years for the achievement.		H
Cult of Reason Pass the State Atheism Law and be the leader of an ideological power bloc with at least 10 members.		Leads an  Ideological Union power bloc with at least 10 members Has enacted  State Atheism			M
Declaration of Independence Starting as a subject nation, break free from your overlord.	Is a subject nation	Is independent	The  Ottoman subjects automatically go free if the Ottomans fail the Tanzimat.  Hanover is almost guaranteed to become independent shortly after the game starts.		E
Diplomatic Victory As a Great Power, have a pro-country lobby for your country in every other Great Power.		Is a  Great Power All other Great Powers have a  pro-country lobby towards this country	You can simply conquer other great powers, the achievement will trigger once you're the only great power.		M
Duran Duran As Herat, form Afghanistan, own all the historical states of the old Durrani Empire, and do not be a member of any power bloc led by any other country.	Playing as  Herat	Playing as  Afghanistan Is not a junior member of a power bloc Owns all of the following states  Hazaristan Southern Turkestan Kabulistan Kandahar Quetta Pashtunistan Northern Baluchistan Herat Baluchistan Kashmir Punjab Khorasan Sindh			VH
For Twelve Years You Have Been Asking Privatize all buildings and prevent them from being state or worker-owned for 12 whole years.		All non-government buildings are fully privately owned for 12 years	Starting as  Bahrain.Do nothing for 12 years.		E
Great Game no re Complete the Great Game Objective.	Started with the Great Game objective	Has completed the final sub-goal for this objective			M
Iranzamin As Persia, complete the Eastern Frontier Journal Entry, and have a literacy rating of 80%	Is playing as  Persia	Has an average  Literacy of 80% or more Has completed The Eastern Frontier journal entry	80% literacy is only needed in the incorporated states. Start by building a university in every incorporated state and promote social mobility in as many of them as possible, starting with the most populated. The countries to the east is easily conquered and will bolster your armies, but leave a strip of land between you and India as a buffer. Once these are captured and you've colonized as much of the north as possible, keep switching alliances with Britain and Russia to secure the remaining territory. Literacy will hit 80% by 1890 this way.		H
Hermit Kingdom As Korea, act on the Donghak movement's petitions.	Is playing as  Korea	Has completed the Gyojo Shinwon journal entry	The Gyojo Shinwon journal entry is activated by an pulse event of the The Donghak Movement journal entry, which requires the following:  1. Research  Human Rights 2. Do not have  Isolationism enacted 3. Any power bloc lead by a European country has more than 0  leverage advantage over Korea. 4. 10% or more of Korea's pops are  radical The Donghak Movement journal entry ends 'early' when either 5% or less of Korea's pops are  radical or the  Rural Folk are supporting a revolutionary political movement. Then, there is a 1 in 11 chance each month of triggering the event The Samrye Petition which requires 20% or more of Korea's pops are  radical and that the  Rural Folk are in opposition and not marginalized. Select the second option to start the Gyojo Shinwon journal entry. Gyojo Shinwon requires the following to complete: 1. Enact  Isolationism 2. Do not have  State Religion enacted 3. The  Landowners are in opposition and not powerful This journal entry also fails if the  Rural Folk are supporting a revolutionary political movement, and otherwise times out after 10 years.		VH
Honor and Life As Circassia, complete the Honor Before Life journal entry.	Is playing as  Circassia	Has completed the Honor Before Life journal entry	Becoming a protectorate of Great Britain makes it much easier to fight off Russia.  Reload until Great Britain’s attitude towards you is "domineering". Declare a interest in England and launch a diplomatic play against Britain, then it should set "making you a protectorate" as primary demand. Just back down to become protectorate of Britain. With Great Britain’s protection, you can keep Russia from invading you for quite a long time. Since Circassia has access to the sea, you can expand yourself by colonization or conquering. A random event will add North Caucasian as a primary culture, which has Mideast heritage. With that, you can simply conquer every Mideast country to strengthen yourself. When prepared, attack the Russians to get state of Kuban to trigger the achievement. (You can see before declaring war if the British are likely to join you.)		VH
Hyperpeace As any country, have both Finland and Korea in your power bloc.		Is a member of a power bloc  Finland and  Korea are members of the same power bloc	Easiest to do as  Russia; be sure to strike while Qing is still suffering from opium addiction. Can be completed as either Finland or Korea as well		E
I'm the Captain Now Look at me. As a member of a power bloc, win the struggle for power bloc leadership.		Start and win a power struggle for power bloc leadership.	Starting a power struggle requires at least 20% more prestige than the leader; winning requires maintaining at least 15% more prestige for 12 months. Starting as a large German minor in  Prussia's power bloc, such as  Bavaria or  Saxony, annex the other German minors and industrialize until your prestige exceeds Prussia's. Best done on a non-Ironman game, as you could lose all progress if the leader kicks you out of the bloc.		M
Standard Oil Own at least 30 levels of oil rigs in foreign countries.		Own 30 or more levels of  Oil Rigs in foreign countries	This is very easy to accomplish in virtually any playthrough, but inevitably requires you to wait until the oil tech is unlocked more globally. Easiest to do as a Great Power and then just puppeting a nation that will eventually have oil, like Venezuela. Although it doesn't require  Sphere of Influence, without the DLC, only subjects can be invested in.		M
The New Order Have a fully decked out power bloc.		Leads a power bloc with four tier three principles	Unlocking four principle slots requires at least ten members and rank 3 or better for the power bloc		M

Patch 1.8 (PoE)

Achievement	Starting conditions	Requirements	Notes		DI
Azadi As the Mughal Empire, complete the Prisoner of the Red Fort journal entry, expel the British, and bring all of India under your control.	Is playing as  Hindustan	Has completed Prisoner of the Red Fort journal entry Is not in a power bloc led by  Great Britain Every state in the Bengal, Bombay, Central India, Delhi, and Madras regions are controlled by this country or its subjects	You need to start play with Delhi and than control all India Region (Bombay, Delhi, Central India and Bengal) with territory or vassals, including ports. While colonizing, you need to directly control the territory or you'll get unpassable terrain. Forming  India does not block this achievement provided it is formed by  Hindustan. You can actually start with EIC, raise your taxes and waiting for stability to drop, in the meantime annex as many vassals as you can. Right before civil war event pops up, give every possible province to Hindustan, and choose to play as Hindustan in the event. Save your game and reload, you'll see this achievement is able to unlock.		H
Be Prepared! Be prepared and avert a famine during a high-intensity harvest condition.		Any state has a 6 or higher intensity negative harvest condition No state has a famine Has any of:  National Guard and  Home Affairs level 3 or more  Charity Hospitals and  Health System level 3 or more  Social Security level 3 or more			E
Caste Away Enact Affirmative Action as a country with the British Indian caste system.	Starts with a Caste Hegemony law	Has enacted  Affirmative Action			M
Cosmopolitan Have 10 non-primary cultures present in your country, and have all their constituent pops be at Full Acceptance.		10 Non-primary cultures are at Full Acceptance	Start game as France to get this achievement as there are 13 non-primary cultures that are at Full Acceptance at the start of the game.		M
Folkhemmet As Sweden, enact Corporate State and have level 5 Social Security, Health, and Workplace Safety institutions.	Is playing as  Sweden	Has  Corporate State enacted Has  Social Security at level 5 Has  Health System at level 5 Has  Workplace Safety Office at level 5	Forming  Scandinavia does not block this achievement		M
On the Edge As Punjab, have four rulers die during the Sikh Sovereignty Journal Entry, before successfully completing it.	Is playing as  Punjab	Have exactly four rulers die while the Sikh Sovereignty journal entry is active Has completed the Sikh Sovereignty journal entry			M
Our Words are Backed… Have Gandhi as your head of state, whilst having Infamy over 100.		Mohandas Gandhi is the ruler Infamy is at least 100	Gandhi spawns in 1910 if there is Indian Pan Nationalism movement, you need to play as EIC and remain UK subject to be eligible.		H
ProleCorp As a council republic with command economy, have a company at max prosperity.		Has enacted  Council Republic Has enacted  Command Economy Has any company with 200 prosperity			E
The Man Who Would be King Unify Afghanistan as Kafiristan under Josiah Harlan.	Is playing as  Kafiristan	Is playing as  Afghanistan Josiah Harlan is the ruler	There's a chance for Kunduz to try to invade Kabul. Restart until this happens and then counter invade them. Another option is just to become a subject from Persia if you were attacked by Kunduz and then try to invade Kabul with an obligation to Persia as offer to join war. After that, just focus in military tech (for line infantry) and build military units and industry and you should be fine.		VH
The Real Movement Have a Communist Movement with support over 50%		Has a  Communist movement with over 50% support	Communist Movement requires  Socialism to be researched It draws more support from heavily urbanized states and from  laborers and  machinists.  Literacy,  radicalism, and low  standard of living each also increase pop attraction, though not exclusively for a Communist movement.		M

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