Formable countries

See also: Formation decisions

A formable country is one that can be formed by decision if certain conditions are met. A reformable country is a formable country that exists at the 1444 start; if it ceases to exist other countries with similar culture may transform into it, adopting their flag, ideas, and identity. All the relevant formation decisions can be found in their respective country pages (unless otherwise stated).

Forming a country through decision

Generally, a nation must meet the following requirements to form most formables:

• Target formable does not exist
• Current nation is not an end-game tag
• At peace
• Is not a non-tributary subject
• Is not a Steppe Horde
• Own and core certain provinces (Some provinces can also be owned by non-tributary subjects)

And forming a country will have the following effects:

• A new name and color; often some prestige, permanent claims and the "Increased Centralization" modifier.
• Most formable countries have unique national ideas. An event triggered by the formation decision gives a choice between switching ideas or keeping the existing set. Note that custom nations do not get the event this way.
• Formation of a new country changes "historical rival" attitudes regarding other countries. For example, if Christian Ottomans form Roman Empire, they will no longer be historical rivals with Austria. This also applies inversely; if Burgundy form France, they will become historical rivals with Austria.
• Forming another nation while being the Emperor of China resets all reforms made as the previous nation. This is important to keep in mind if looking to form Qing or Yuan.
• Forming a country may require your capital to be in a region, or it may move your capital. This may void your trade company investments, and if you don't have a main trade port it may move your home node.
• Forming a country resets any expanded infrastructure done in any provinces. Centralized states remain centralized however.

Formable countries

All of these formation decisions require that the game is using the historical setup.

Non-colonial formable nations

Country	Subcontinent	Culture	Faith	Relocate capital	Missions	End-game tag	Notes
Aksum	Northern Africa	Tigray		Yes	No	Yes	Ethiopia can bypass the culture requirement.
Algiers	Northern Africa	Algerian or Berber		Yes	No	No	Changes tribal countries into a monarchy.
Andalusia	Western Europe	in Maghrebi group or Andalusian	Muslim	Yes	Yes	Yes
Aotearoa	Oceania	Maori		Yes	No	No
Arabia	Levant	in Levantine group except Turkish		No	No	Yes	Requires administrative technology 10.
Armenia	Persia	Armenian	Coptic	No	No	No
Austria	Western Europe	Austrian		No	Yes	No	German regional tag.
Bavaria	Western Europe	Bavarian		Yes	Yes	No	German regional tag.
Bharat	India	in Dravidian, Hindustani, Western Aryan, Central Indian or Eastern Aryan groups	Dharmic or Buddhist	No	Yes	Yes	Requires administrative technology 20.
Bukhara	Tartary			Yes	No	No	can only be formed by Uzbek. Changes government to monarchy.
Bulgaria	Eastern Europe	Bulgarian	Christian	Yes	No	No
Byzantium	Eastern Europe	Greek or Pontic	Orthodox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Montferrat can bypass the culture and religion requirement.
Commonwealth	Eastern Europe	-	Christian	No	No	Yes	Can only be formed by Poland or Lithuania.
Croatia	Eastern Europe	Croatian or Dalmatian		Yes	Yes	No	Changes republics into a monarchy.
Dai Viet	East indies	Vietnamese or Sino-Vietnamese		No	Yes	No
Dalmatia	Eastern Europe	Dalmatian		No	No	No	May have at most 10 provinces.
Delhi	India	in Hindustani, Eastern Aryan or Western Aryan group	Muslim	Yes	Yes	No
Deccan	India	in Dravidian group or Marathi	Muslim	No	No	No	Requires administrative technology 20.
Egypt	Levant	Egyptian		Yes	No	No	Requires administrative technology 20.
England	Western Europe	English		Yes	Yes	No	Mann can bypass the culture requirement.
Ethiopia	Northern Africa	Amhara		Yes	Yes	Yes	Can still form Aksum.
France	Western Europe	in French culture group, Basque or Breton		Yes	Yes	No
Franconia	Western Europe	Franconian		No	Yes	No	German regional tag.
Georgia	Persia	Georgian		No	No	No
Germany	Western Europe	in Germanic group except Dutch		No	Yes	Yes	Requires administrative technology 20.
Golden Horde	Eastern Europe	in Tartar group		No	Yes	No	Must be steppe nomad.
Great Britain	Western Europe	in British group or Highlander		Yes	Yes	Yes
Greece	Eastern Europe	Greek		Yes	No	No
Hanover	Western Europe	Low Saxon		Yes	Yes	No	German regional tag.
Hausa	Northern Africa	Hausa		Yes	Yes	No
Hawai'i	Oceania	Polynesian		Yes	No	No
Hindustan	India	In Dravidian, Hindustani, Western Aryan, Central Indian or Eastern Aryan groups	Muslim	No	Yes	Yes
Holy Roman Empire	Western Europe			No	Yes	Yes	Formed through the centralization reforms. Can be formed by end game tags.
Iceland	Western Europe			Yes	No	No	May have at most 4 provinces.
Ilkhanate	Persia	in the Altaic or Tartar group		Yes	No	No	Must be steppe nomad. Capital must be in Persia region.
Inca	Andes	in Andean group, Caran or Chachapoyan	Pagan	No	No	No	Changes religion to Inti and tribal/native government into a monarchy.
Ireland	Western Europe	Irish		No	Yes	No	Requires administrative technology 10.
Israel	Levant		Jewish	Yes	No	No
Italy	Western Europe	in Latin group		Yes	Yes	Yes	Requires administrative technology 10.
Japan	Far East	Japanese		No	Yes	Yes
Jerusalem	Levant		Catholic	Yes	Yes	No	If your capital is in Egypt, Arabia or Mashriq, any nation can become Jerusalem. ( Provence and the crusader states don't have this requirement). Otherwise Jerusalem will be released as an independent state. Non-theocracies change into a monarchy. Can be formed by hordes.
Kitara	Southern Africa	in Great Lakes group		Yes	No	No
Kongo	Southern Africa	Kongolese		Yes	Yes	No
Kurland	Western Europe	-	Protestant or Reformed	Yes	No	No	Can only be formed by Livonian Order or Riga. Changes a theocracy into a monarchy.
Lanfang	East indies	-	-	Yes	No	No	Can only be formed by Sambas. Changes religion to Confucian and government to republic.
Lan Xang	East indies	Lao		No	Yes	No
Lotharingia	Western Europe	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Can only be formed by Burgundy or Lorraine.
Macina	Northern Africa	Fulani	Muslim	Yes	No	No
Malaya	East indies	in Malay group		No	No	No
Mali	Northern Africa	Mali	Sunni	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mamluks	Levant		Muslim	Yes	No	No	Requires Iqta government reform.
Manchu	Far East	Jurchen		Yes	Yes	No
Marathas	India	Marathi		No	No	No	Requires administrative technology 20; change