Influence and manipulate

• Declare wars and sign peace treaties, make pacts and alliances
  
• Guarantee the independence of your allies, force someone into vassalage, or simply insult your opponents (as seen on TV)
  
• Get rich by trading with the big shots of global politics or choke your opponents with economic sanctions
  
• Drag your allies into international conflicts: the more, the deadlier!

Crush and rule

• Wipe out your enemies with a deadly array of military forces—from infantry to nuclear bombs
  
• Rule the seven seas with cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers
  
• Protect your land with fortresses and other defensive infrastructure
  
• Despise the laws of warfare using a chemical or nuclear weapon

Expand and thrive

• Progress through the technology tree to discover a wide variety of buildings and structures
  
• Choose one of half a dozen political regimes, and make political decisions that might change the course of history
  
• Control each province of your country independently to ensure an economic and scientific breakthrough

Create, share, and play your own worlds

• Make your own scenarios in the included editor
  
• Use the editor for creating your own maps, as historically accurate (or not) as you want
  
• Share them with other players, if you wish to: best community-made content even makes it into the official game