--- title: "Victoria 3 State and Revolution: Tsars, Revolution and Civil War, What the Russian Pack Promises" description: "Victoria 3 State and Revolution, a Russian pack announced for October 22 at $14.99: Tsars and favorites, revolution, civil war and national struggles. Now delayed to November 5." url: https://after-strategy.com/en/victoria-3-state-and-revolution-dlc-2026/ lang: en published: 2026-09-19 updated: 2026-10-26 author: "Simon Dougnac" author_url: https://after-strategy.com/en/auteur/simon/ game: "Victoria 3" game_url: https://after-strategy.com/en/jeux/victoria-3/ categories: [grand-strategy] tags: [victoria-3, paradox, state-and-revolution, dlc-2026] translations: fr: https://after-strategy.com/fr/victoria-3-state-and-revolution-preview-2026/ es: https://after-strategy.com/es/victoria-3-estado-y-revolucion-dlc-2026/ publisher: "After Strategy" --- # Victoria 3 State and Revolution: Tsars, Revolution and Civil War, What the Russian Pack Promises > Victoria 3 State and Revolution, a Russian pack announced for October 22 at $14.99: Tsars and favorites, revolution, civil war and national struggles. Now delayed to November 5. On September 3, 2026, Paradox opened the Dev Diary series for State and Revolution, the Victoria 3 Immersion Pack about Russia. The pack was then announced for October 22, with the free 1.15 update, at $14.99 on PC and included in the Volume 3 expansion pass. The usual Immersion Pack question applies: do these packs change the player's decisions, or only the scenery? > **Update, October 26, 2026:** Paradox has delayed the pack from October 22 to Thursday, November 5, 2026. Dev Diary #192 of October 8 cites time for polish and bug fixing, after the lessons of releasing The Great Wave too early ([Steam](https://steamcommunity.com/games/529340/announcements/detail/703281660030878694)). The [free 1.15 update](https://after-strategy.com/en/victoria-3-patch-1-15-free-update-all-players-2026/) is expected alongside it. ## Tsars with their own ambitions According to the September 3 Dev Diary, each Tsar, from Nicholas I to Nicholas II and beyond, pursues an ambition tied to his ideology and historical personality. Helping him reach it lets him pass ukases, decrees that move the levers of government in his own way. The Tsar can also appoint favorites. These figures influence the shape of government, the laws and the sovereign's ambitions. Paradox's announcement adds a dynamic Journal Entry that changes with the traits of the reigning Tsar. He can also exile dissidents to Siberia, with an outcome that is not always the one you expect. ## Revolution and civil war The Revolution is described as a force built in reaction to the Tsars and the state. A rigid autocracy makes liberals and socialists alike long for it, while a reformist turn can irritate conservatives. Paradox says its severity and length depend on the Tsarist government and the legacy of predecessors. After the state collapses, the Russian Civil War is played out, and the player then builds a post-revolutionary Russia, communist or otherwise. One question stays open: will Bolsheviks, Mensheviks or Social Revolutionaries lead the radical wing? Paradox gives no count of the possible outcomes. ![Victoria 3 Gendarme of Europe journal entry over a map of Europe](https://after-strategy.com/images/articles/victoria-3-state-and-revolution-preview-2026/screenshot-1.webp) ## Poland, Ukraine, Belarus The pack adds a Journal Entry on Russification and the Ukrainian and Belarusian cultural renaissances. It also brings narrative content for Poland, where players can save a crumb of autonomy by courting Moscow, or quietly prepare an uprising. On the map, the September 17 post splits cultures too: the North Caucasian culture breaks into groups such as the Ossetians and Dagestanis, and the Russian Far East gets larger states. ## What 1.15 gives everyone Part of the news stays free for base game owners. A September 10 post presents a rework of socialism, with new laws for Council Republics. The one of September 17 adds a Cold system that slows ships, Cossack Hosts and copper as a new good. ## What cannot be judged yet For players, the appeal depends on the depth of the civil war. A scripted sequence with two or three outcomes quickly looks like a tree of Journal Entries. Paradox does not give that number, and no hands-on test happened before release. Worth watching: the civil war outcomes, the share of paid content next to 1.15 and the final release date. ## Going further - [State and Revolution delayed to November 5: Tsars, favorites and Siberian exile](https://after-strategy.com/en/victoria-3-state-and-revolution-released-tsar-siberia-2026/) - [The free Victoria 3 1.15 update](https://after-strategy.com/en/victoria-3-patch-1-15-free-update-all-players-2026/) - [All our Victoria 3 articles](https://after-strategy.com/en/jeux/victoria-3/) Source : [Victoria 3 State and Revolution: Tsars, Revolution and Civil War, What the Russian Pack Promises](https://after-strategy.com/en/victoria-3-state-and-revolution-dlc-2026/) — After Strategy