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Given Victoria is about industrialisation and innovation just as much as it is about politics and warfare, how about using a famous inventor or industrialist like Tesla, Edison, Benz, or Bell? They also feel like more of a icon of the era than someone like Napoleon III.
On a serious note maybe Giuseppe Garibaldi?
One of the more spectacular generals of the time, you probably know him from Garibaldi's redshirts that had a crucial role in uniting Italy.
Both Lincoln and Lee would fit but both already feature on the AHD cover if I'm not mistaken.
It does a terrible job representing anything pre-1648 because it has to impose post-1648 game design on it, and it does a terrible job representing anything post-1648 because it has to impose pre-1648 game design on it.
Any of the 3 Willem's that ruled the Netherlands during the era?
Willem I is one of the most enthousiastic kings our country has ever had.
Willem II was a war hero and allowed Thorbecke to create the '48 constitution
And Willem III is just a meme for his name, King Gorilla
I love the fact that Victoria II's loading screens depict alternate history things that never happened, like US-British naval battle near London and Britain fighting the Confederacy and stuff like that.
I'd like more of that, maybe Theodore Roosevelt captured by the Spanish or, as other people mentioned, Queen Victoria and Bismarck in a bedroom together.
As for a specific icon? I'd throw my support behind Napoleon III or Mitterrand. They were both significant figures in this period and either would look great for the face of the game.
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