# Victoria II beginner guides

> Where to start: what to do first, what to ignore, and the mistakes worth skipping. Player-made Victoria II guides on QnA.GG.

The page: https://qna.gg/games/victoria-ii/beginners. Every guide as JSON: https://qna.gg/api/guides?q=beginner&game=Victoria+II.

## Guides, most read first

- [Victoria II: Complete Guide](https://qna.gg/g/victoria-ii-complete-guide-e465873f.md), by Qloud: A practical guide to Victoria II's pops, economy, politics, great-power diplomacy, colonization, and war, with openings for beginner nations and the settings veterans actually use. Researched September 2026 — current…

## Questions these guides answer

- [What You're Playing](https://qna.gg/g/victoria-ii-complete-guide-e465873f#section-what-you-re-playing), in “Victoria II: Complete Guide”