Hearts of Iron III Review

Politics

The politics tab in my opinion is one of the weaker sides of the HOI3 management system. In theory you should be able to change the party in power and the members of your government what position they hold and which political view they have. The game does give you the option to swap political ministers around but very often there are not enough for you to fully customise your government. It is also very difficult to change your style of government, so if you start off in my position as a National Socialist Germany becoming communist or democratic is impossible even though there is enough support in the electorate.

This tab is also important in managing that balance between war and peace, you can choose to mobilise your economy for all out war or you can choose to divert the majority of resources towards a peaceful economy. You have the option of automatic computer or manual user control here.

Intelligence a.k.a Espionage

Here you can keep a watchful eye over other nations in the world or use your spies in order to keep your own people under control. Espionage is a useful tool to the management of your nation although for many you may not want to allocate many points towards it on the slider in the technology tab because military and economic advancements are probably of more value to your nation. This tab can be set to automatic computer or manual user control.

Statistics

The statistics tab quite simply provides statistics on your economy, military and the international nation-by-nation break down of victory points. This is probably the tab you will use the least but it still provides some very interesting information to users who want to make educated decisions.