(click to play the video)Paradox Interactive has just released brand new footage for their upcoming strategy game, Victoria 2. Watch as Producer Johan Andersson takes viewers through the title which calls upon players to guide their chosen nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century through expansion and colonization, and then ultimately become a great power by the dawn of the 20th century.

“Victoria 2 is an economical game in its core,” says Johan, when stressing the title’s large focus on simulating the economy and political landscape during an era which featured the largest free market in the world. For fans of Paradox’s war strategy titles, Johan adds, “there is of course, still war.”

Victoria 2 is scheduled for a Q3 2010 release.