Countries

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• Nations marked with a were added in Heir to the Throne.
• Nations marked with a were added in Divine Wind.

Next to the country name is its TAG used for modding and console commands.

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• General style guide

Western Europe Aachen (AAC) Alsace (ACH) Aquileia AQU) Aragon (ARA) Austria (HAB) Auvergne (AUV) Avignon (AVI) Bar (BAR) Bavaria (BAV) Berry (BER) Bohemia (BOH) Bourbonnais (BOU) Brabant (BRB) Brandenburg (BRA) Brittany(BRI) Brunswick (BRU) Burgundy (BUR) Castille (CAS) Denmark (DAN) England (ENG) France (FRA) Genoa (GEN) Germany (GER) Granada (GRA) Great Britain (GBR) Gotland (GOT) Hainaut (HAI) Hamburg (HAM) Hansa (HSA) Holland (HOL) Holstein (SHL) Ireland (IRE) Italy (ITA) Liege (LIE) Lorraine (LOR) Luxembourg (LUX) Mainz (MAI) Mantua (MAN) Mecklenburg (MKL) Milan (MLO) Modena (MOD) Munster (MNS) Münster (MUN) Naples (NAP) Oldenburg (OLD) Orleans (ORL) Navarra (NAV) Netherlands (NED) Norway (NOR) Papal States (PAP) Pommerania (POM) Portugal (POR) Provence (PRO) Prussia (PRU) Rev. France (RFR) Savoy (SAV) Saxony (SAX) Scotland (SCO) Sicily (SIC) Siena (SIE) Silesia (SIL) Styria (STY) Sweden (SWE) Switzerland (SWI) Tirol (TIR) Tuscany (TUS) Utrecht (UTR) Venice (VEN) European minors Dutch minors Irish minors Russian minors Turkish minors

Eastern Europe Athens (ATH) Bosnia (BOS) Byzantium (BYZ) Crete (CRT) Croatia (CRO) Cyprus (CYP) Georgia (GEO) Hungary (HUN) Lithuania (LIT) Livonian Order‏‎ (LIV) Mazovia (MAZ) Muscovy (MOS) Naxos (NAX) Novgorod (NOV) Poland (POL) Ragusa (RAG) Ryazan (RYA) Serbia (SER) Teutonic Order (TEU) The Knights (KNI) Transylvania (TRA) Tver (TVE) Wallachia (WAL) Yaroslavl (YAR) Near East Ak Koyunlu (AKK) Astrakhan (AST) Aydin (AYD) Candar (CND) Crimea (CRI) Duldakir (DUL) Jalayirids (JAI) Karaman (KAR) Khorasan (KHO) Mamluks (MAM) Najd (NAJ) Oman (OMA) Ottomans (TUR) Persia (PER) Qara Koyunlu (QAR) Saruhan (SRU) Trebizond (TRE) Timurid (TIM) Yemen (ADE) India Ahmadnagar (BAS) Bali (BLI) Berar (BRR) Bihar (AHM) Delhi (DLH) Golcanda (GOC) Gondwana (GDW) Gujarat (GUJ) Hindustan (HIN) Orissa (ORI) Rajputana (RAJ) Vijayanagar (VIJ) Indian minors

Asia Aceh (ATJ) Ayutthaya (AYU) Brunei (BEI) Dai Viet (DAI) Golden Horde (GOL) Japan (JAP) Kazakh (KZH) Kazan (KAZ) Korea (KOR) Manchu (MCH) Malacca (MLC) Minamoto (MIN) Ming (MNG) Mongol Khanates (KHA) Mughals (MUG) Nogai (NOG) Oirat Horde (OIR) Pegu (PEG) Qasim Khanate (QAS) Qin (QIN) Shaybanid (SHY) Sibir (SIB) Ryukyu (RYU) Wu (WUU) Xia (XIA) Southeast Asian minors Americas Aztecs (AZT) Haiti (HAT) Inca (INC) Maya (MAY) USA (USA) Zapotec (ZAP) American Natives Analysis Africa Adal (ADA) Algiers (ALG) Ethiopia (ETH) Morocco (MOR) Mutapa (ZIM) Songhai (SON) Tunisia (TUN)

Unifications

• England
• France
• Germany
• Great Britain
• Hindustan
• HRE
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• Malaya
• Mughal Empire
• The Netherlands
• Persia
• Prussia
• Romania
• Russia
• Scandinavia
• Spain
• Westphalia

See also

• Unifications

See also

• Initial Slider Positions
• Why to play as any given country - A list containing a short description of every country.
• The Great Country Love Thread. - A list explaining why the members of the PardoxPlaza forums enjoy certain countries.