| Trade |
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| Global and national markets with limited interplay between the two. |
State markets interacting on national and international levels equally. |
| Economy |
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| Prices are bound to min and max range misrepresenting the value of goods. |
Prices represent the real value of goods based on supply and demand. |
| Buildings operate at a lower rate even with no inputs (or a severe shortage). |
Factories can't operate without inputs. |
| Buildings change their production methods momentarily without any investment |
Buildings have to be refitted for a fraction of the construction cost to use the newest production methods. |
| Buildings don't incur any fixed expenses. |
Buildings pay a fraction of the construction cost as a fixed expense (territory, building, etc.) |
| Tax types include: consumption taxes, land taxes, per-capita taxes, income taxes, dividends taxes, tariffs. |
Tax types include income taxes and tariffs. |
| Tariffs are set on each good manually |
Tariffs are set separately on inputs and exports of the country. |
| Money is inserted into the economy with minting based on nation's GDP |
Money is inserted into the economy only through gold mines. |
| National investment pool builds buildings in the nation and abroad. |
National investment pool builds buildings in the nation. |
| Credit line is formed by local buildings. |
Credit line is formed by deposits of local investors. |
| Capitalists, aristocrats, middle class, and farmers can invest. |
Capitalists, aristocrats, middle class, and farmers can invest. |
| Economy of scale as more factories are operating in the same state. |
Economy of scale as more factories are operating in the same state. |
| Trade companies represent a group of industries under same ownership giving throughput and other bonuses. |
National specialization in industries influenced by both the state and private capital reduces factory inputs. |
| Trade companies produce prestige goods that give bonuses on consumption and trade for higher prices. |
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| Politics |
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| Interest groups supporting various laws |
Political parties supporting various laws |
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Political party in power determines short-term policy issues |
| Political lobbies push the nation to behave in a certain way towards other countries |
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| Political movements push the nation to adopt certain laws |
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| Excess radicalism and insatisfaction of interest groups leads to civil wars. |
Excess militancy and political changes lead to rebellions. |
| Military |
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| Indirect control of armies occupying states. |
Direct control of armies occupying provinces. |
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Army automation helps redeploy troops or perform carpet sieges. |
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Macro builder helps standardize army compositions in the country. |
| Armies upgrade to the latest unit types for free. |
Regiment upgrades cost goods. |
| No investment in the land military infrastucture |
Forts impact the siege time and victory points score of a province. |
| Virtually no army supply mechanisms |
Supply is impacted by factors such as ownership, occupation, neighbouring, railways infrastructure. |
| Navies operate in nodes and have to be repaired after defeat. |
Navies operate in sea provinces and have to be rebuilt after defeat. |
| No investment in the naval military infrastructure |
Big ships can be built only in provinces with naval bases |
| Diplomacy |
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| Power blocks provide benefits to its leader and members. |
Spheres of influence provide trade benefits to its leader and members. |
| Power block principles allow specializing the block with particular modifiers. |
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| Diplomatic treaties allow for a wide variety of interactions with the AI. |
Limited number of diplomatic actions. |
| Nations can have second-level subjects (subject of a subject) |
Second level subjects are generally not supported. |
| AI |
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| AI plays along with some strategies often leading to suboptimal results such as Germany never forming. |
AI plays for the win. |
