Hearts of Iron 4 is a strategy game, based on the events of World War II. There are two modes — you can either keep the historical focus turned on and live through the events of WWII, or you can turn it off and play a non-historical version, where anyone could win the war. You can’t play as India, since it didn’t exist then, but you can play as the British Raj. Unfortunately, since it is a puppet of the British Empire there are a few decisions to be made. If you want your troupes to see combat early on, it is more fun to select a country that had a more significant role in the war.