With Victoria 2 gold and nearing release, a playable demo is now available for the 19th century grand strategy sequel. Here's the content of the demo's read me: "The Victoria 2 demo features 15 years of game play as the USA. Your manifest destiny awaits you. The demo covers colonisation, the borders between the USA, Mexico and Great Britain are not yet final, use your national focus and troops to solidify your claims. Diplomacy, Texas battles for freedom against the Mexicans do you join in on the side of Texas and hope the state will decide to join the Union? Then you have your manifest destiny to claim, research Romanticism to unlock the decision and prepare to battle for a border between sea and shinning sea." The 356 MB download can be found on AtomicGamer, FanGaming, and Gamer's Hell.