In my experience, Victoria 2 was a lot like that as well. With a planned economy and understanding of the game's mechanics, you could turn your nation into an industrial juggernaut, while the free market policies tended to result in a barely-functional mess.
In my experience, Victoria 2 was a lot like that as well. With a planned economy and understanding of the game's mechanics, you could turn your nation into an industrial juggernaut, while the free market policies tended to result in a barely-functional mess.
Realism the gamers deserve.
The game still artificially buffed market economy ideologies. So it's so-so.