While I don’t recommend using cheats in a game like Victoria 3 because it just ruins the fun for me, but I get how sometimes it can become frustrating dealing with all the politics.
You can make life a lot easier in Victoria 3 by using the debug mode to activate cheat codes.
Right click on the game from your Steam Library and enter Properties. In the General tab enter -debug_mode in the Launch Options section.
Once the command console is on, you can press “~” key to open it and start using the following Victoria 3 cheat codes.
All Victoria 3 Cheats and Console Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| annex (country tag) | Annexes a chosen country. |
| annex_all | Annexes all countries. |
| create_pop_history | Creates a dump file in debug.log with a complete pop history. |
| change_law (law) (country) | Changes laws in a specified country. |
| add_war_support (country) (amount) | Adds war support with a certain country. |
| Version | Displays the game version. |
| add_ideology (interest group) (ideology) | Adds an ideology to a given interest group. |
| screenshot | Forces the game to take a screenshot. |
| set_pollution_level state region (amount) | Sets pollution level to the specified amount in a state region. |
| add_approval (interest group) (amount) | Adds approval rating with a certain interest group. |
| add_clout (interest group) (amount) | Adds clout rating with a certain interest group. |
| add_loyalists (culture) (amount) | Adds a certain amount of loyalist population to your country. |
| add_radicals (culture) (amount) | Adds a certain amount of radical population to your country. |
| add_relations (country) (amount) | Adds relations with a certain country. |
| yesmen | Makes AI agree to all proposals and offers made by the player nation. |
| cthulhu | Displays a fun little Easter egg with Cthulhu chant text. |
| vsync | Toggles main swap chains vsync. |
| validate_pops | Ensures all populations have valid parameters and prints errors to the log. |
| time | Displays the current time in the console. |
| textureviewer | Allows you to view textures. |
| texturelist | Displays a texture list. |
| tag (country) | Allows you to play as a specified country by its tag. |
| skip_migration | Toggles migration skipping. |
| Settings | Opens the settings GUI. |
| update_distribution (state id) | Updates garrison unit distribution in the HQ region of a specified state. |
| update_employment | Transfers employees between buildings in the specified state. |
| validate_employment | Prints out unemployment statistics in states. |
| validate_income | Prints out countries with income deficits. |
| treatyport (state) | Gives players a treaty port in a specified state region. |
| switchlanguage (language) | Changes the game’s language to the chosen one. |
| popstat | Shows the total active population. |
| help | Provides a list of commands for the user. |
| enable_ai | Enables AI in the game. |
| Adjacencies.Rebuild | Rebuilds adjacencies. |
| Application.ChangeResolution | Changes the game’s resolution through the console. |
| disable_ai | Disables AI in the game. |
| research (technology key) | Grants a specified technology to your country. |
| set_devastation_level (state) (amount) | Sets the devastation level of a specified region. |
| wagerate (building) (rate) | Changes a building’s wage to a new chosen rate. |
| province borders (true or false) | Enables or disables province borders. |
| portrait editor | Enables the game’s portrait editor. |
| nosecession | Disables secessions in Victoria 3. |
| norevolution | Disables revolutions in Victoria 3. |
| own (province or state region tag) (country) | Makes a province or state region owned by a specified country. |
| kill_character (name) | Kills a chosen character. |
| money (amount) | Adds money to the player’s treasury. |
| ignore_government_support | Enables ignoring government support. |
| Observe | Toggles Victoria 3’s observation mode. |
| changestatepop (state id) (population type) | Changes the population size of the given type to a specified factor. |
| Tag | Provides a country’s tag in the console. |
| skip_migration | Toggles the cheat mode skip_migration. |
| show_goals | Shows AI goals in the console. |
| date (yyyy.mm.dd.hh) | Changes the current date. |
