EUROPE IN THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM. IN IMPERIAL, PLAYERS REPRESENT INTERNATIONALLY OPERATING INVESTORS WHO WHO SEEK TO IMPOSE THEIR FINANCIAL INFLUENCE ONTO VARIOUS NATIONS. ONLY THE INVESTOR WHO GETS THE BEST RETURN ON HIS INVESTMENTS, WHO GAINS INFLUENCE OVER THE MOST POWERFUL IMPERIAL NATIONS, AND WHO CAN INFLUENCE THE EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY TO HIS BENEFIT, MAY WIN THE GAME.`