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
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	Eastern Europe	-	Protestant or Reformed	Yes	Yes	No	Must own less than 4 Cities. 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.
Livonia	Eastern Europe	-	Protestant, Reformed, Hussite or Anglican	Yes	Yes	No	Can only be formed by Livonian Order or Riga. Changes a theocracy into a monarchy. The Livonian Order can form this country via Mission, bypassing all requirements.
Lan Xang	East indies	Lao		No	Yes	No
Lotharingia	Western Europe	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Can only be formed by Burgundy or Lorraine.
Lübeck	Western Europe			Yes	Yes	No	Name will change to "The Hanseatic League" Gain Hanseatic Ideas
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; changes tech group to Indian.
Maya	Central America	in Mayan group	Mayan	No	No	No	Changes tribal countries into a monarchy.
Mongol Empire	Tartary	in Altaic or Tartar group or Sino-Altaic		Yes	No	Yes	Can only be formed by Yuan, Golden Horde or Ilkhanate. Changes government to tribal. Having the Holy Horde government reform bypasses the tag and culture requirements.
Morocco	Northern Africa	Moroccan or Berber		Yes	Yes	No	Changes government to monarchy.
Mossi	Northern Africa	Mossi		No	Yes	No
Mughals	India	in Iranian group, Turkmeni, Uzbek or Kyrgyz	Muslim	Yes	Yes	Yes	May be formed by steppe nomad. Changes tech group to Indian and government to monarchy.
Nagpur	India	in Central Indian group		Yes	No	No
Nepal	India	Nepalese or Pahari		Yes	No	No
Netherlands	Western Europe	Dutch, Flemish or Frisian		No	Yes	No	Burgundy can bypass the culture requirements, but moves the capital and loses provinces to France. Requires administrative technology 10.
Nubia	Northern Africa	Nubian	Christian	Yes	No	No
Orissa	India	Garjati, Jharkandi or Oriya		No	Yes	No
Persia	Persia	in Iranian group		No	Yes	No	Aq Qoyunlu can bypass the culture requirements. Changes government to monarchy.
Poland	Eastern Europe	Polish or Silesian		No	Yes	No
Pomerania	Western Europe	Pomeranian		No	Yes	No	German regional tag.
Prussia	Eastern Europe	Pomeranian, Saxon or Prussian	Protestant, Reformed, Anglican or Hussite	No	Yes	No	German regional tag that can be formed by other German regional tags. Changes non-republics to monarchy. The Teutonic Order can bypass the religious requirements via their mission tree.
Punjab	India	Panjabi	Sikh	No	No	No
Qing	China			Yes	No	Yes	Can only be formed by Manchu. Changes hordes into a monarchy.
Rajputana	India	Rajasthani		Yes	Yes	No	Changes tech group to Indian.
Romania	Eastern Europe	Romanian		No	No	No
Roman Empire	Western Europe		Christian or Pagan	Yes	No	Yes	Can be formed by end game tags.
Rozwi Empire	Southern Africa	-	-	No	Yes	Yes	Can only be formed by Butua.
Rûm	Levant	Turkish	Muslim	No	Yes	Yes	Changes government to monarchy.
Russia	Eastern Europe	Muscovite, Novgorodian or Ryazanian		No	Yes	Yes	Changes government to monarchy. Requires administrative technology 10.
Ruthenia	Eastern Europe	Byelorussian or Ruthenian		Yes	Yes	No	Changes government to monarchy.
Sardinia-Piedmont	Western Europe	Sardinian or Piedmontese		Yes	Yes	No	Sardinia or Savoy can bypass the culture requirements.
Saxony	Western Europe	Saxon		No	Yes	No	German regional tag. Saxe-Lauenburg can bypass the culture requirements.
Scandinavia	Western Europe	in Scandinavian group		No	Yes	Yes	Requires administrative technology 20. Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland can bypass this requirement via their mission trees.
Scotland	Western Europe	Scottish or Highlander		Yes	Yes	No
Shan	East indies	Shan		No	No	No
Siam	East indies	in Tai group		No	Yes	No
Silesia	Eastern Europe	Silesian		No	Yes	No
Sokoto	Northern Africa	Fulani accepted	Sunni	Yes	Yes	No	Changes government to monarchy.
Somalia	Northern Africa	Somali		Yes	No	No
Spain	Western Europe	Iberian culture group	not Muslim	No	Yes	Yes
Swabia	Western Europe	Swabian		No	Yes	No	German regional tag.
Switzerland	Western Europe	Swiss		No	Yes	No	Changes non-theocracies into a republic.
Tibet	Tartary	Tibetan or Sino-Tibetan	Vajrayana	Yes	Yes	No	Can change further by event.
Timurids	Tartary	in Iranian group, Uzbek or Turkmeni	Muslim	Yes	Yes	No
Tripoli	Northern Africa	Tunisian or Berber		Yes	No	No	Changes tribal countries into a monarchy.
Tunis	Northern Africa	Tunisian or Berber		No	Yes	No	Changes tribal countries into a monarchy.
Tuscany	Western Europe	Tuscan		No	No	No
Two Sicilies	Western Europe	Neapolitan or Sicilian		No	Yes	No	Requires administrative technology 10.
Viti	Oceania	Melanesian		Yes	No	No
Westphalia	Western Europe	Westphalian or Rhenish		No	Yes	No	German regional tag.
Yemen	Levant	Yemeni		No	Yes	No
Yuan	China	in Altaic group or Sino-Altaic		Yes	No	Yes	Can form Mongol Empire.
Zimbabwe	Southern Africa	-	-	No	No	Yes	Can only be formed by Mutapa and, if is enabled by the Rozwi Empire and any other country who can enact the mission Eclipse Great Zimbabwe, because it was one of those countries before.

End-game tags

Some countries are end game tags. These countries are not allowed to form other countries even if they otherwise meet the prerequisites. Seven exceptions are forming Aotearoa, Hawai'i, Roman Empire or Viti, the last imperial reform creating the Holy Roman Empire, Yuan forming the Mongol Empire and Ethiopia forming Aksum. However, none of these options are available to the Holy Roman Empire or the The Papal State. The end-game tag restrictions can be lifted by disabling the option Limited Country Forming.

• Aksum
• Andalusia
• Arabia
• Australia
• Bharat
• Brazil
• Byzantium
• Canada
• Commonwealth
• Ethiopia
• Germany
• Great Britain
• Hindustan
• Holy Roman Empire
• Italy
• Japan
• Lotharingia
• Mali
• Mexico
• Ming
• Mongol Empire
• Mughals
• Ottomans
• Qing
• Roman Empire
• Rozwi Empire
• Rûm
• Russia
• Scandinavia
• Spain
• Synthetics
• The Papal State
• United States
• Yuan
• Zimbabwe

German regional tags

Some countries are German regional tags. These countries are not allowed to form other German countries even if they otherwise meet the prerequisites. The decision to form Prussia is the only one of these that does not exclude German regional tags, so Prussia can be formed by the other nations on this list, but Prussia itself can't form the other countries.

• Austria
• Bavaria
• Brandenburg
• Franconia
• Hanover
• Pomerania
• Prussia
• Saxony
• Swabia
• Westphalia

Former colonial nations

The following nations can only be formed by former colonial nations who have achieved independence. Unlike other formable nations, these can be formed in games using the random setup. A country can only form one of these nations during a scenario, with exceptions of forming United States and Canada. Around half of these nations don't have unique ideas or events, so the formation decisions are mostly cosmetic, although they usually provide prestige and permanent claims on their respective regions.

• Alaska
• Australia
• Brazil
• California
• Canada
• Cascadia
• Chile
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Florida
• Haiti
• Illinois
• La Plata
• Louisiana
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Quebec
• Sonora
• Texas
• United Central America
• United States
• Venezuela
• Vermont
• West Indies
• Zealandia

Federation countries

These countries can be formed by uniting a federation with the federation advancement “Federal Constitution”. Which country gets formed depends on the primary culture of the federation leader (in parenthesis).

• Creek (Creek)
• Huron (Huron)
• Illiniwek (Illini)
• Iroquois (Iroquois)
• Potawatomi (Anishinabe)
• Shawnee (Shawnee)
• Sioux (Dakota)
• A new federation tag with a custom name and flag (any other culture)

Event countries

These nations can appear and be played via special events. Most are not strictly formable nations, because you abandon your current nation to the AI to take over the newly spawned nation.

• Tibet mission event Meeting with the Khans: the country can become Khalkha, Khoshuud or Zunghar. Note that this changes primary culture and government type, but not national ideas or missions.
• Teutonic Order event The End of the Teutonic State: the country becomes Danzig.
• When Pest is taken by the Ottomans, Hungary can become Transylvania in the fall of Hungary event.
• Sunda mission event A New Capital, A New [Root.GovernmentName]: gives the choice to become either Banten, Cirebon or stay the current country.
• Dai Viet Divided: splits up Dai Viet into Tonkin and Annam one of which can be played depending on previous decisions.
• Civil war events for Lan Xang: allows to become Champasak, Luang Prabang or Vientiane in some circumstances.
• Zulu can be spawned and optionally played through an event after the Militarize the Nguni decision.

Pirate event countries

The pirate nations are spawned through an event which allows the player to either: release said country as an independent nation, release it as a march, or play the country as a newly released independent nation.

• Libertatia
• New Providence
• Port Royal
• Salé
• Tétouan
• Tortuga

Name changes

Some missions and decisions change the name of a country without changing its tag or flag. Changing the name does not form a new country. A name change has no effect on the game. For all conditions and effects, the country is still the same.

Name	Available to	Source of the name change
North Sea Empire	A norse Denmark, Norway and Scandinavia	The mission “The North Sea Empire”
Finnish Baltic Empire	Finland	The mission “A Baltic Empire”
Dai Nam	Dai Viet	The mission Claim the Mandate
Viet Nam	Dai Viet	The mission Claim the Mandate
Latin Empire	Byzantium	Getting released by a catholic Commonwealth with the mission Purple Phoenix
Latin Empire	the Knights	The mission "The Latin Empire"
Pueblo	Countries with Pueblo missions	The mission Ancestral Puebloans
Kingdom of God	The Papal State	The decision Declare the Kingdom of God
The Caliphate	Muslim countries	The decision Unify Islam
The Hanseatic League	Lübeck	Forming Lübeck or completing the mission Queen of the Hansa
The Hanseatic League	Hamburg and Bremen	The mission Unite the League
Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth	Commonwealth	The decisions Form Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lithuania) or Enforce Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth while having Lithuanian as the primary culture
Srivijaya	Malaya	Forming Malaya while having the dynasty “Srivijaya” (optional)
Majapahit Empire	Malaya	Forming Malaya while having the “Javanese” primary culture (optional)
Nusantara	Malaya	Forming Malaya (optional)
Revolutionary Turkey	Ottomans	The revolution disaster
Revolutionary China	The emperor of China with a primary culture in the chinese culture group	The revolution disaster
Revolutionary Gurkani Empire	Mughals	The revolution disaster
Turkey	Ottomans	becoming non-revolutionary after getting the name “Revolutionary Turkey”
China	A country with the name “Revolutionary China”	becoming non-revolutionary
Gurkani Empire	Mughals	becoming non-revolutionary after getting the name “Revolutionary Gurkani Empire”
Burma	all Nations with Burmese Missions	The Mission "First Burmese Empire"
Ramannadesa	Pegu	The Mission "The Golden Land"
Hariphunchai	Lan Na	Pegu's Mission "Restore Hariphunchai"
Dvaravati	Ayutthaya	Pegu's Mission "Reconquer Dvaravati"
Ducal Prussia	Danzig might turn into this version of Prussia after spawning via the "Prussian Confederacy", depending on Polands choices	Polands Event "The peace of thorn"