The regional divisions of the South of the African super-region.
Africa southern regions
Central Africa region
East Africa region
Kongo region
South Africa region
The Southern African regions are part of the Africa super-region. The nations in these regions are mainly divided into 2 main separate areas, the central inner lands and the eastern coast and the island, allowing nations in each area to try and become a local power uninterrupted before dealing with any other threat. This is especially true for inner Africa which can remain untouched by Europe well into the mid-late game. Since Fetishism is the dominant religion in these parts, nations from one main area quick to interact with nations from the other main area will be able to double their available cults and get a bit of an advantage over their immediate neighbors.
There are many uncolonized provinces along the southern coast for outside forces - such as the European powers - to use as a stepping stone to get to Asia before turning the focus onto Africa itself. There are also uncolonized provinces acting as a divider between the aforementioned main areas which can be colonized, although it would be done at a rather great cost due to high native aggressiveness and ferocity. Controlling the trade nodes in the inner regions ensures the flow of money into Europe from its African holdings. Getting a hold of the eastern coast lines and diverting the trade coming from India will also help in obtaining the rich Asian trade.
The break-down of the Southern African regions is as follows:
Government types
Tribal government forms are the dominant type in these parts (split mostly between Tribal Monarchy and Tribal Despotism). Some nations in the east are sultanates.
Religions
Fetishist is the dominant religion in these parts at the 1444 start.
Sunni is present in the eastern part (with a bit of Ibadi).
Technology groups
Central African is the dominant tech group in these parts.
East African in the eastern part.
Culture groups
Great Lakes in the northern part.
Congo in the western and central parts.
East Bantu and Southern African in the eastern part.
Notes: These articles refer to the state of the world at the start of the grand-campaign (1444-11-11); meaning, if a nation is picked in other time points it may have different attributes. Table listings include: [1] 1444 starting nations, [2] 1444 releasable nations. Other tags, [3] later start/pure formables/revolters ("wild card" stats), are mentioned at the top. Worth noting, [4] a nation is assigned a home region based on its capital's location, [5] location names use the default localisation for consistency reasons (for searching in-game enter the provided province numbers). For a list of all available tags check the countries article.
Notes: These articles refer to the state of the world at the start of the grand-campaign (1444-11-11); meaning, if a nation is picked in other time points it may have different attributes. Table listings include: [1] 1444 starting nations, [2] 1444 releasable nations. Other tags, [3] later start/pure formables/revolters ("wild card" stats), are mentioned at the top. Worth noting, [4] a nation is assigned a home region based on its capital's location, [5] location names use the default localisation for consistency reasons (for searching in-game enter the provided province numbers). For a list of all available tags check the countries article.