机构是政府对其人群提供的“服务”，包括学校、工作场所安全控制、征兵署、军事化警察部队、济贫等。
法律是利益集团的政治热情所寄，而机构则是法律的副产品——扩大已有的医保体系并不像存废那样亟需承受巨大政治压力。话虽如此，法律规定了机构的效果，而利益集团将对此尤为关切。
需要注意的是，机构的效果和收益仅能影响已整合地区。未整合地区——如殖民边界、争议领土或新近吞并的土地——既然不纳税，那也就不再需要官僚制度，亦无法纳入机构的作用范围内。
设立机构
To establish institutions the player first needs to enact a law which enables them and then they would need to ensure they have sufficient bureaucracy for their operation. There are always several different laws that enable a certain institution, and which is chosen will "flavor" the institution accordingly.
For example, the 
colonial affairs institution has a base effect which generates colonial growth in all established colonies in relation to the size of the incorporated population, by encouraging people to move and invest there. If the institution is enabled via the 
colonial resettlement law then each institution level will also provide increased colonial migration pull to entice the population to move there. If instead, the institution is enabled via the 
colonial exploitation law then it would instead increase the throughput of the colonial industries (per each level) while reducing the standard of living of pops who live there.
机构类型
共有7类机构：
| 机构类型 | 基础修正 | 法律需求 | 描述 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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殖民事务 | +10% 殖民地增长产生 | 殖民 | 这个部门负责海外殖民地财产的管理。 |
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教育 | 无 | 儿童权利 | 国家的教育系统，确保国民识字率的增长。 |
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卫生系统 | 无 | 卫生系统 | 阻止疾病的传播。 |
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内务 | −10% 革命/分离进展速度 | 国内安全 | 负责阻挠公民的反抗。 |
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执法 | −15% 来自动乱的地区惩罚 | 警察机构 | 执行国家法律的国家警察部队。 |
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社会保障 | +10% 福利金 | 社会福利 | 为老弱张开的安全网。 |
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工作场所安全部门 | −20% 危险工作条件 | 劳动者权益 | 确保劳动法被遵守的部门。 |
行政力花费
Institutions run on 
bureaucracy which comes from government administration buildings, which employ clerks and bureaucrats that consume 
paper (and later on other goods, like 
telephones) in the process. The more government administration buildings the nation has, the more and larger institutions that it can operate at once.
The cost of institutions, or the cost of one level of an institution, is dependent on the size of the population across the nation's incorporated states. This means the total cost of maintaining the country's institution setup can suddenly increase due to a rise in the country's population. If it will lead to a deficit of bureaucracy, then a pretty hefty "tax waste" modifier penalty will be applied, which causes a percentage of all taxes collected to never make it to the treasury.
The bureaucracy invested into institutions can be redistributed as needed, but this takes time. The player may opt to reduce the level of one of the institutions, which will restore the bureaucracy balance, while the government administration is being expanded to be able to regain the lost level. Since institutions expand gradually, restoring that lost level will take some time, so if possible it's best to stay ahead of the change and expand government administration proactively -- especially if there happens to be strong population growth or immigration waves to the incorporated states.
Running a positive bureaucracy balance is great for remaining responsive to the people's evolving needs. In the meantime, any excess bureaucracy will be used to marginally improve construction efforts around the country.
减少行政力花费
Ways of decreasing the cost of providing institutions to the pops include:
- Passing laws to decentralize the bureaucracy with elected rather than appointed officials.
- Society inventions like Behaviorism that provide insight into people management.
- Refraining from incorporating colonies and conquered territories.
- Reducing the size of the population (via war or disease).
参见
- To update institutions modifiers see reference file Victoria 3\game\common/institutions/00_institutions.txt
- To update institutions flavor text see reference file Victoria 3\game\localization/english/institutions_l_english.yml: