Publisher Paradox Interactive has unveiled Hearts of Iron IV: Graveyard of Empires as the grand strategy game’s next country pack.
Set to launch on March 4, 2025, it introduces new national focus trees for India, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, allowing us to direct the countries towards new fates, with a particular focus placed on “regional resistance to European domination of the region.”
Hearts of Iron IV: Graveyard of Empires Country Pack
In addition, HoI IV: Graveyard of Empires also brings new art for the four countries, portraits for the leaders in the region, unique 3D models for infantry and vehicles alongside, perhaps most importantly, elephants.
Here is a breakdown of the choices introduced by the new national focus trees, as shared on the DLC’s Steam page:
- Iran: Iran is a potential great power, hemmed in by the pressure of the Soviet Union and the British Empire. A significant new Focus Tree allows the player to resist the imperial incursions that historically weakened Iran, as well as offering potential for a revived and modern Persian Empire in the heart of Asia.
- India: The Raj is the jewel of the British Empire, rich and strategically vital. However, a growing independence movement threatens to disrupt the war effort and dissolve the empire. A large focus tree focused on the struggle of Indian Independence offers many alternate historical paths, including the revival of the East India Company as a corporate nation, as well as the possible freedom of the Princely States, restoration of the Mughal Empire and more.
- Iraq: Take control of this British client state and try to chart your own path, embracing the calls for pan-arab nationalism and siding with the axis against the allies. Manage the many competing ethnic and religious factions in Iraq and develop the strategically important oil fields.
- Afghanistan: The historic Graveyard of Empires, isolated from the wider war, offers many alternate paths. Continue the historical path of neutrality and isolation, or choose the road of rapid industrialization and building a new power in the mountains of Central Asia.
The announcement was accompanied by a trailer, which you’ll find embedded below.
With the launch of its Götterdämmerung DLC, Hearts of Iron IV also received the Expansion Pass treatment, similar to other Paradox grand strategy games, and Graveyard of Empires is included in the discounted bundle alongside a forthcoming, currently unannounced unit pack.
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