Victoria 3 – Law Categories: The Ultimate Guide

There are three major categories of laws with seven sub-categories in each, which themselves contain up to half a dozen specific law options.

Although laws are almost always completely independent from one another, in some sub-categories, it is not possible to move directly from one extreme to the other — the player will have to make gradual changes, first picking the intermediate laws before getting to the other extreme.

Power structure laws

• Army Model – How your army is organized and regulated.

• Bureaucracy – How your country is administered.

• Church and State – The relationship between physical and spiritual governors.

• Citizenship – Extending the rights of citizenship.

• Governance Principles – The foundational principles and authority by which your country is governed. Determines who the Head of State is.

• Distribution of Power – How political power is distributed. Determines who the Head of State is accountable to.

• Internal Security – Keeping your own affairs in order.

Economy laws

• Colonization – Your stance on establishing colonies to supplant and conquer decentralized nations.

• Economic System – The fundamental principles of your economy.

• Education System – For when the children are done with chimney sweeping chores.

• Health System – Laws about the government’s involvement (or lack thereof) in providing healthcare for its citizens.

• Policing – The priorities of the national police force.

• Taxation – How the state raises revenue by taxing its citizens.

• Trade Policy – Laws governing trade and the exchange of goods across borders.

Human rights laws

• Children’s Rights – The rights and protections afforded to children.

• Free Speech – Laws regulating free speech and right to public assembly.

• Labor Rights – The rights of workers.

• Migration – Controlling the flow of people.

• Rights of Women – The legal regulations of the fairer sex.

• Slavery – People as property.

• Welfare – Government assistance for the income deprived.