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Requirements for Democracy 3 Achievements (And how many have done so)

I get asked about how to beat all of the Democracy 3 achievements quite a lot, so where better to give the definitive answer, along with a breakdown of just what percentage of Democracy 3 players have managed to get them done! Some of these achievements are pretty easy, some of them are extremely hard, even for veteran Democracy 3 players. How many have you managed?

Name Requirements % of Users
Agrarian Society Farmers membership > 65% for 6 turns. 4%
Apathetic Electorate Win more than 1 election with a voter turnout below 50%. 0.1%
Banana Republic Poverty > 45% Farmers Membership > 50% and International Trade > 50% all for 4 turns. 1.9%
Budget Balancer Have income higher than expenditure for 20 consecutive turns. 39.6%
Cabinet Government Last 24 turns or more without a single minister sacking or resignation. 31.9%
Crime Free Utopia Crime rate < 25% and Violent Crime < 25% both for 4 turns. 57%
Darwin’s Legacy Religious membership < 5% for 4 turns. 34.1%
Divided Society Equality < 10% for 6 turns. 2.2%
Divisive Ruler Win an election with a margin of 5% or less. 11.8%
Economic Miracle GDP > 80%. Unemployment < 25% both for 4 turns. 20.9%
Economic Stability Over the last 16 turns, GDP has not varied by more than 15% either way. 5.6%
Educational Failure Have Education drop 10% or more below the starting value for 6 turns. 1.1%
Egalitarian Miracle Equality > 75% for 4 turns 61.3%
Elder Statesman Win 4 or more elections 29.8%
Electoral Success Win an election. 55.1%
Fillibustering Play for more than 2 hours in one session. 32.8%
Flip Flops Changed your opinion on a policy within 24 turns 12 or more times. 19.9%
Freemarket Paradise Private Schools, Pensions and Housing all >75%. No Import tariffs. Private prisons > 0% No Agriculture or clean energy subsidies, all for 4 turns. 1.2%
Full Employment Unemployment < 12.5% for 8 turns. 25%
Gods Kingdom Religious membership > 75%, Ban Sunday Shopping implemented, Creationism < 25% and Abortion law < 25% all for 4 turns. 4.1%
Green Utopia Environment > 80%, CO2 < 25% and Energy Efficiency > 75% all for 4 turns. 39.2%
Inebriated Society Alcohol Consumption > 95% for 6 turns. 1.2%
Intelligentsia Education > 96% for 8 turns. 40%
Kyoto Award CO2 less than 020% for 8 turns. 37.1%
Landslide Win 90% or more of the vote in an election. 42.2%
Legitimate Ruler Win more than 50% of the total potential votes in an election. 50.4%
Lonely At The Top Fire 6 or more ministers in a single term. 1.6%
Military State Have 8 turns of Armed Police > 80% and Military spending is > 25% of your budget. 0.1%
Narcotic Economy More than 10% of government income is from a recreational drugs tax. 0.2%
Oil Dependency Oil Demand > 75% for 4 turns. 2.4%
One Party State Your party membership > four times the size of the opposition, and >= 50% of the population. 44.3%
Police State CCTV Cameras > 50% Armed Police > 50%, Curfews > 25% all for 4 turns. Detention without trial > 75% for 8 turns. 4.9%
Popular Leader Have a popularity of 70% or more over 80% of the voter groups. 1.1%
Poverty Eradicated Poverty < 20% for 8 turns. 39.1%
Socialist Paradise Equality > 80%, Working week < 40%, Poverty < 25% all for 4 turns. 9.3%
Sovereign Wealth Have government reserves higher than GDP. 42.9%
Surveillance CCTV Cameras, Intelligence Services, Internet Censorship, Phone Tapping, Prisoner Tagging, Speed Cameras & Police Drones all > 50% for 4 turns. 4.4%
Survivor  Survive 4 or more assassination attempts. 26.7%
Technological Superiority Education > 80%, Technology > 95%, Space program > 50% and Robotics Research > 50%, all for 4 turns. 18.8%
True Patriot Patriot membership > 75% for 8 turns. 2.8%
World Health Health > 80% for 4 turns. 41.9%
World Stage Beat every country. 1.3%

3 thoughts on Requirements for Democracy 3 Achievements (And how many have done so)

    1. Most of the 44.9% probably never played the game. That’s pretty sad because the game is great.

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