Posts tagged "culture":
学中文
This is part of a series of posts written during or shortly after my visits to the mainland of the People’s Republic of China in the summer of 2025.
Continue ReadingA Phenomenology of the PRC
This is part of a series of posts written during or shortly after my visits to the mainland of the People’s Republic of China in the summer of 2025.
Continue ReadingDivided Empire
The video game Victoria 3 is a historical, and often times ahistorial, 4X grand strategy video game by Swedish developer Paradox Interactive. It is meant to depict the period of world history from 1836 to 1936, including events such as the middle and late industrial revolution, American civil war, the scramble for Africa, the first world war, among numerous others. Emerging from the Napoleonic wars as one of the great European powers of the age was the Austrian empire. In reality, the history of the Habsburg monarchy was very tumultuous during the period portrayed. In Victoria 3 however, the Austrian monarchy often remains stable and even when it undergoes significant economic and social reforms when controlled by the player, the empire often exits the fires of nationalism comparatively unscathed. This essay intends to describe the limitations of the model in Victoria 3, as well to recommend changes that might better represent the unique history of the dual monarchy.
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