- Grandiose gaming is here, as you control a nation's destiny from the 19th to the early 20th centuries
- Bring prestige to the Empire by sending explorer to Africa and the Americas, to uncover resources for expansion
- Revolutionary economic management system helps you industrialize, to keep ahead of the competition
- Simulate politics by creating several forms of government, from absolute monarchy to parliamentary democracy
- Let ironclads rule the seas while you develop gatling guns and repeater rifles for your land troops