Regions

Topic Continents African continent Asian continent East Indian sub-continent European continent Indian sub-continent Oceanian continent North American continent South American continent

Topic Regional nations Africa northern regions Africa southern regions Europe western regions Europe central regions Europe eastern regions Middle East regions India super-region East Indies super-region Tartary super-region Asia eastern regions North America super-region Central and South America regions Oceanian super-region

The world of Europa Universalis IV is divided into provinces which are grouped into areas, regions, super-regions and continents. These groupings play a big part in the game as they are often used as scope triggers for the various scripted events, decisions, and similar.

Structure

Areas

Each ordinary land province belongs only to one area, which belongs to one region, which itself belongs to one super-region (also referred to in-game as subcontinent). This makes it easier to discern at a glance what "makes up" a region and a province's value when considering mission goals, territorial claims, Victory cards, etc. The smallest of the groupings - the area - comprises two to five provinces. They are usually based on historical context and have a tendency to be around the same development levels within their region. The division of provinces into areas is the basis for the states and territories mechanic.

In addition to those groupings, every land province (including wastelands) also belongs to one continent. Continents bear no special relationship to regions or super-regions, and even areas can cross continental borders.

Every sea province belongs to an area within a region, but these sea regions do not have any super-region. Sea regions are the basis for many naval missions that do not involve trade nodes.

Overlapping regions may be added to the game by modding a special file, but are not present in the unmodded game.

Note: A super-region and a continent bearing the same name do not necessarily have the same scope.

Regional naming

If a nation owns land which is disconnected from its capital, it will display the nation's name following the location's name. The feature can be turned on/off through the General Options sub-menu.

The name of the location depends on its size:

• Exclaves that are part of the same region as the capital will still display the nation's name. Example: France.
• Exclaves that are small and belong mostly to one area will add the area's name. Example: French Alexandria.
• Exclaves that are large and belong mostly to one region will add the region's name. Example: French Egypt.
• Exclaves that are very large, with no one region containing half its provinces will add the super-region's name. Example: French Middle East.

Viewing modes

Main article: Map#Geographical Map Modes

When using the Area, Regions, or Subcontinents map modes, hovering over any province will reveal which area, region, subcontinent and continent it belongs to.

There are three map modes that are used to view some of the groupings. The Areas map mode will color code all the areas, and the Regions map mode will color code all the regions, highlighting only the region's areas when selecting a certain region. The Subcontinents map mode colors the provinces according to which subcontinent they belong to.

Continents

See also: List of provinces

Continents

Continents

Africa Asia Europe

North America Oceania South America

A continent is a closed landmass of the earth. Each land province (including wastelands) belongs to one continent. A few sea zones also belong to a continent, but most by far do not.

The following table lists the in-game continents along with their respective values (not including wastelands or sea zones):

Continent	Provinces	Base Tax	Base Production	Base Manpower	Development
Africa	438	924	916	656	2496
Asia	1133	3038	2989	2172	8199
Europe	827	2709	2675	1811	7195
North America	535	939	936	580	2455
Oceania	90	170	170	115	455
South America	249	399	433	271	1103
Total	3272	8179	8119	5605	21903

List of regions

Regions

Subcontinents

Note: Subcontinents were called superregions in patches prior to 1.30

Super-regions

Subcontinents

India East Indies Oceania China Western Europe

Eastern Europe Tartary Far East Northern Africa Southern Africa

Amazonia Andes North America Central America Levant Persia

All of the land regions are grouped together to form the following in-game subcontinents:

India subcontinent

• Bengal
• Hindustan
• Western India
• Deccan
• Coromandel

East Indies subcontinent

• Burma
• Malaya
• Moluccas
• Indonesia
• Indochina

Oceania subcontinent

• Oceania
• Australia

China subcontinent

• North China
• Xinan
• South China

Western Europe subcontinent

• France
• Iberia
• Italy
• Britain
• South Germany
• North Germany
• Scandinavia
• Low Countries

Eastern Europe subcontinent

• Poland
• Baltic
• Russia
• Ruthenia
• Carpathia
• Balkans
• Pontic Steppe
• Ural

Tartary subcontinent

• East Siberia
• West Siberia
• Mongolia
• Central Asia
• Tibet

Far East subcontinent

• Korea
• Japan
• Manchuria

Northern Africa subcontinent

• Niger
• Guinea
• Sahel
• Horn of Africa
• Maghreb

Southern Africa subcontinent

• East Africa
• Congo
• South Africa
• Central Africa

Amazonia subcontinent

• Brazil
• Colombia

Andes subcontinent

• Peru
• Upper Peru
• La Plata

North America subcontinent

• Hudson Bay
• Cascadia
• Great Plains
• Mississippi
• Southeast
• Northeast
• Great Lakes
• Canada

Central America subcontinent

• Central America
• Mexico
• Caribbeans
• Rio Grande
• California

Levant subcontinent

• Anatolia
• Mashriq
• Arabia
• Egypt

Persia subcontinent

• Khorasan
• Persia
• Caucasia

Sea regions

Inland sea zones indicated in turquoise (Simple Terrain map rendition).

In addition to land regions there are many water regions as well. Those can be divided into two types as listed below (inland sea zones provide bonuses to galleys):

With some inland sea zones

• Baltic Sea
• Mediterranean
• Arabian Sea
• Eastern Indian Ocean
• South China Sea
• East China Sea

Without any inland sea zones

• North Atlantic
• American East Coast
• Caribbean Sea
• West African Sea
• Western Indian Ocean
• South Indian Ocean
• North West Pacific
• South West Pacific
• South East Pacific
• North East Pacific
• Pacific South America
• Atlantic South America
• South Atlantic

List of areas

The below list of areas is divided into land and sea area with further division into regions. Clicking on a region name will lead to a more detailed province page. To find a specific area fast use Ctrl+F or browse the list.

Land areas

Anatolia

• Hüdavendigar
• Aydin
• Karaman
• Rum
• Karadeniz
• Erzurum
• Kurdistan
• Dulkadir
• Çukurova
• Ankara
• Aegean Archipelago
• Germiyan

Arabia

• Tabuk
• Medina
• Mecca
• Asir
• Tihama al-Yemen
• Upper Yemen
• Lower Yemen
• Mahra
• Hadramut
• Bahrain
• Oman
• Pirate Coast
• Dhofar
• Muscat
• al-Qasim
• al-Yamamah
• An Nafud

Australia

• Perth
• Capricornia
• New South Wales
• Victoria
• Top End
• Princeland
• Illawara
• Queensland
• Brisbane
• Pilbara
• Tasmania

Balkans

• Croatia
• Dalmatia
• Bosnia
• Serbia
• Rascia
• Bulgaria
• Macedonia
• Northern Greece
• Morea
• Thrace
• Albania
• Silistria
• Slavonia

Baltic

• Aukstaitija
• Livonia
• Estonia
• Curonia
• West Prussia
• East Prussia
• Samogitia

Bengal

• Gaur
• West Bengal
• North Bengal
• East Bengal
• Naga Hills
• Jharkhand
• Orissa
• Garjat
• Assam
• Upper Mahanadi
• Tripura

Brazil

• Rio Grande do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Goias
• Mato Grosso
• Sao Paulo
• Rio de Janeiro
• Bahia
• Pernambuco
• Sao Francisco
• Maranhao
• Grao Para
• Amazon
• Diamantina
• Pontal
• Ofaie
• Piauí
• Amapá
• Guapore
• Ceará
• Guayra

Britain

• East Midlands
• West Midlands
• Yorkshire
• Northern England
• Wessex
• London
• East Anglia
• Wales
• Lowlands
• Highlands
• The Isles
• Munster
• Connacht
• Leinster
• Ulster

Burma

• Kachin
• Upper Burma
• Lower Burma
• Shan Hills
• Karenni
• Rakhine
• Central Burma
• Chindwin

California

• Alta California
• Baja California
• Arizona
• Colorado Plateau
• New Mexico
• Central Valley
• Apacheria
• North California
• Sonora

Canada

• Upper Acadia
• Lower Acadia
• Newfoundland
• Labrador
• Cote Nord
• Québec
• Lower Canada
• Upper Canada
• Laurentia
• Huronia
• Upper Ontario
• Greenland
• St John's Valley
• Trois-Rivieres
• Ottawa Valley

Caribbeans

• West Cuba
• East Cuba
• Haiti
• Dominica
• Greater Antilles
• Leeward Islands
• Windward Islands
• Lucayan Archipelago

Carpathia

• Transdanubia
• Alföld
• Slovakia
• Northern Transylvania
• Southern Transylvania
• Wallachia
• Moldavia

Cascadia

• Oregon
• Columbia River
• Snake River
• Puget Sound
• Interior Plateau
• Hecate Strait
• Western Alaska
• Straits of Georgia
• Alaska Panhandle

Caucasia

• Circassia
• Shirvan
• Armenia
• Dagestan
• Imereti
• Samtskhe
• Kartli-Kakheti

Central Africa

• Buha
• Shaba
• Zambia
• Luba
• Sankuru
• Tanzania
• Kenya
• Buzinza
• Uganda
• Rwanda
• Chokwe
• Bunyoro

Central America

• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• West Yucatan
• East Yucatan
• Chiapas
• Guatemala Lowlands
• Costa Rica
• Campeche

Central Asia

• Nogai
• Transcaspia
• Transoxiana
• Kazakhstan
• Balchash
• Khiva
• Ferghana
• Jetysuu
• Arys
• Lower Yik
• Syr Darya
• Kashgaria
• Central Altishahr
• Shanshan
• Kyzylkum
• Khuttalan

Colombia

• Upper Guyana
• Guyana
• Suriname
• Venezuela
• Eastern Llanos
• Western Llanos
• Coquivacoa
• Bogota
• Popayan
• Panama
• Maracaibo
• Central Llanos
• Cordillera Occidental
• Colombian Amazonas

Congo

• Kongolese Coast
• Kongo
• Angola
• Matamba
• Lower Kasai
• Kasai

Coromandel

• Andhra
• Madura
• North Lanka
• South Lanka
• Tanjore
• Kongu
• South Carnatic
• North Carnatic

Deccan

• Gondwana
• North Telingana
• Maidan
• Desh
• Rayalaseema
• Mysore
• Kanara
• Konkan
• Malabar
• Raichur Doab
• South Telingana
• Berar
• Ahmednagar

East Africa

• Northern Swahili Coast
• Central Swahili Coast
• Mozambique
• Lower Zambezi
• Upper Zambezi
• Ruvuma
• Ngonde
• Mascarenes
• Madagascar Highlands
• Betsimasaraka
• Sakalava
• Southern Madagascar
• Makuana
• Jubba
• Shire
• Mombasa

East Siberia

• Yakutia
• Sakha
• Okhotsk
• Kamchatka
• Buryatia
• Kolyma

Egypt

• Lower Nubia
• Cyrenaica
• Red Sea Hills
• al-Wahat
• Delta
• Bahari
• Vostani
• Said

France

• Brittany
• Normandy
• Provence
• Guyenne
• Languedoc
• Auvergne
• Savoy
• Lorraine
• Picardy
• Champagne
• Île-de-France
• Loire Valley
• Eastern Burgundy
• Western Burgundy
• Gascony
• Poitou
• Orléanais

Great Lakes

• Ohio
• Illinois
• Michigan
• Indiana
• Lake Superior
• Wisconsin
• Southern Illinois

Great Plains

• Central Plains
• Southern Plains
• High Plains
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Upper Missouri
• Badlands
• Iowa
• Minnesota
• Kansas

Guinea

• Benin
• Cap Verde
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea
• Futa Jallon
• West African Coast
• Jolof
• Sao Tome

Hindustan

• Bihar
• Oudh
• Purvanchal
• Nepal
• Himalayan Hills
• Lower Doab
• Upper Doab
• Sirhind
• Lahore
• Multan
• Kashmir
• Mithila
• Baghelkhand
• Gird
• Katehar
• Baisi Rajya
• Bundelkhand
• Sind Sagar

Horn of Africa

• Ajuuraan
• Kaffa
• Central Ethiopia
• Ifat
• Tigray
• Somaliland
• Ogaden
• Majeerteen
• Mogadishu
• Red Sea Coast
• Upper Nubia
• Sennar
• Dongola
• Hadiya
• Damot
• Aussa
• Shewa

Hudson Bay

• James Bay
• Hudson Bay
• Red River of the North
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• Athabasca
• Abitibi
• Assiniboia
• Manitoba

Iberia

• Aragon
• Catalonia
• Valencia
• Lower Andalucia
• Upper Andalucia
• Castille
• Toledo
• Asturias
• Leon
• Alentejo
• Beiras
• Vasconia
• Galicia
• Baleares
• Extremadura

Indochina

• Annam
• Luang Prabang
• Central Thailand
• Chiang Mai
• Cambodia
• Mekong
• Angkor
• Champa
• Khorat
• Tay Nguyen
• Sông Hông
• Sukhothai
• Champasak
• Vientiane

Indonesia

• Kutai
• Brunei
• Kalimantan
• Banjar
• Sabah
• East Java
• Central Java
• West Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Surabaya
• Banten

Italy

• Venetia
• Lombardy
• Piedmont
• Tuscany
• Liguria
• Western Mediterranean Islands
• Eastern Sicily
• Campania
• Calabria
• Apulia
• Emilia-Romagna
• Marche-Abruzzo
• Lazio-Umbria
• Po Valley
• Western Sicily

Japan

• Hokkaido
• Hokuriku
• Western Kanto
• Eastern Kanto
• Southern Kyushu
• Western Chubu
• Eastern Chubu
• Kinai
• Tohoku
• Sanyodo
• San'indo
• Shikoku
• Northern Kyushu

Khorasan

• Merv
• Balkh
• Kabulistan
• Ghor
• Sistan
• Makran
• Kalat
• Birjand
• Herat
• Mashhad

Korea

• Pyongan
• Hamgyeong
• Western Korea
• Eastern Korea
• Southern Korea

La Plata

• Neheunken
• Patagonia
• Cuyo
• Southern Pampas
• Buenos Aires
• Banda Oriental
• South Atlantic Islands
• Southern Chile
• Central Chile
• Mesopotamia
• Patagonian Andes
• Bahiá Blanca

Low Countries

• Wallonia
• Flanders
• Holland
• Frisia
• South Brabant
• North Brabant

Maghreb

• Fezzan
• Tunisia
• Djerba
• Kabylia
• Algiers
• Hautes Plains
• North Sahara
• Tafilalt
• Sus
• Central Morocco
• Ouled Nail
• North Morocco
• Southern Morocco
• Gharb
• Tripolitania
• Barbary Coast
• Macaronesia

Malaya

• Aceh
• Riau
• Lampung
• Jambi
• Central Tenasserim
• Malaya
• Johor
• North Malaya
• North Tenasserim
• Malacca
• Batak
• Minangkabau
• Indian Ocean Islands

Manchuria

• West Heilongjiangord
• East Heilongjiangord
• South Jilin
• South Ilin Hala
• North Ilin Hala
• Liaoning
• Ningguta
• Central Heilongjiang
• Sakhalin
• Furdan

Mashriq

• Syria
• Palestine
• Al Jazira
• Iraq Arabi
• Basra
• Transjordan
• Syrian Desert
• Aleppo

Mexico

• Veracruz
• Mexico
• Michoacan
• Guerrero
• Oaxaca
• Durango
• Jalisco
• Gran Chichimeca
• Nayarit
• Zacatecas
• Tierra Caliente
• Puebla
• Huasteca
• Mixteca
• Guanajuato

Mississippi

• Louisiana
• West Florida
• Upper Louisiana
• Alabama
• Kentucky
• Mississippi
• Vandalia
• Tennessee
• Arkansas
• Western Kentucky
• Ozarks

Moluccas

• Moluccas
• North Sulawesi
• Northern Luzon
• Southern Luzon
• East Mindanao
• West Mindanao
• Visayas
• Palawan
• Papuan Peninsula
• Vogelkop Peninsula
• Timor
• South Sulawesi
• Makassar
• Spice Islands

Mongolia

• Outer Mongolia
• Inner Mongolia
• Ordos
• South Dzungaria
• North Dzungaria
• Kobdo
• Eastern Mongolia
• Gobi
• Uliastai
• Turpan-Kumul
• Tannu Uriankhai
• Xilin Gol
• Chahar
• Cicigar

Niger

• Adamawa Plateau
• Lower Niger
• Kano
• Katsina
• Zazzau
• Upper Volta
• Atacora Oueme
• Lower Volta
• Kong
• Massina
• Manding
• Tekrur
• Jenne

North China

• North Hebei
• South Hebei
• Shandong
• South Henan
• Shanxi
• East Gansu
• Shaanxi
• North Henan
• West Gansu
• North Jiangsu
• North Anhui

Northeast

• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• Hudson Valley
• Delaware Valley
• Iroquoisia
• Lake Champlain
• Westsylvania
• Maine
• Maryland
• Eastern Maine
• New York
• Alleghenies

North Germany

• Erzgebirge
• Saxony
• Saxony-Anhalt
• Thuringia
• Neumark
• Mittelmark
• Vorpommern
• Bohemia
• Moravia
• Hinterpommern
• North Rhine
• Lower Rhineland
• South Westphalia
• North Westphalia
• Hesse
• Lower Saxony
• Weser
• Schleswig-Holstein
• Mecklenburg
• Braunschweig
• Lusatia

Oceania

• Polynesia
• East Micronesia
• West Micronesia
• Melanesia
• Fiji
• Te Ika a Maui Hauauru
• Te Ika a Maui Waho
• Te Waipounamu
• Northern Polynesia
• Eastern Polynesia

Persia

• Luristan
• Farsistan
• Iraq-e-Ajam
• Tabarestan
• Azerbaijan
• Isfahan
• Kerman
• Gulf Coast
• Tabriz
• Khuzestan
• Shahrizor
• Mogostan

Peru

• Kuntisuyu
• Chimor
• Ucayali
• Cajamarca
• Huanuco
• Antisuyu
• Quito
• Iquitos
• Peruan Coast

Poland

• Wielkopolska
• Malopolska
• Red Ruthenia
• Mazovia
• Silesia
• Central Poland
• Sandomierz
• Kuyavia

Pontic Steppe

• Crimea
• Lower Don
• Astrakhan
• Zaporizhia
• Yedisan
• Azov

Rio Grande

• Tamaulipas
• Coahuila
• Texas
• Coastal Prairie
• Pecos
• Llano Estacado
• Chihuahua
• Texas Plains

Russia

• Moscow
• Suzdal
• Novgorod
• Pskov
• Beloozero
• Pomorye
• South Karelia
• Ryazan
• Tambov
• North Karelia
• Tver
• Yaroslavl
• Vladimir
• Oka
• Arkhangelsk
• Vologda

Ruthenia

• West Dniepr
• East Dniepr
• Sloboda Ukraine
• White Ruthenia
• Podolia
• Pripyat
• Smolensk
• Minsk
• Podlasie
• Volhynia
• Chernigov

Sahel

• Central Sahara
• Kanem
• Bornu
• West Azbin
• Kurdufan
• Western Sahara
• Dendi
• Baghena
• Niger Bend
• East Azbin

Scandinavia

• Västra Svealand
• Norrland
• Östra Götaland
• Skåneland
• North Jutland
• Denmark
• Finland
• Trøndelag
• Østlandet
• Vestlandet
• Ostrobothnia
• North Atlantic Islands
• Laponia
• Västra Götaland
• Östra Svealand

South Africa

• South African Plateau
• Cape of Good Hope
• Zimbabwe
• Quelimane
• Butua
• Natal
• Transvaal

South China

• East Guangdong
• West Guangdong
• Fujian
• Jiangxi
• Hubei
• Zhejiang
• South Anhui
• Taiwan
• South Jiangsu
• Hunan
• Guangxi

Southeast

• Virginia
• Great Valley
• Piedmont Plateau
• Georgia
• Florida
• North Carolina
• Overmountain
• South Carolina
• Upper Georgia
• East Florida
• South Carolina Piedmont

South Germany

• Tirol
• Austria Proper
• Inner Austria
• Carniola
• Switzerland
• Lower Bavaria
• Upper Bavaria
• East Bavaria
• Lower Franconia
• Upper Franconia
• West Swabia
• East Swabia
• Baden
• Romandie
• Palatinate
• Alsace

Tibet

• Tsang
• U
• Amdo
• Kham
• Bhutan
• Ngari

Upper Peru

• Beni
• Upper Peru
• Tucuman
• Chaco
• Paraguay
• Northern Chile
• Potosí
• Jujuy
• Moxos

Ural

• Ural
• Perm
• Kazan
• Galich
• Saratov
• Kama
• Bashkiria
• Samara
• Volga

Western India

• Marwar
• Mewar
• Jaipur
• Malwa
• Saurashtra
• Tapti
• Southern Sindh
• Northern Sindh
• Khandesh
• Ahmedabad
• Patan
• Jangladesh

West Siberia

• Yrtesh
• Ob
• Central Siberia
• Tunguska
• Irkutsk
• Ishim
• Kara
• Aqmola

Xinan

• Sichuan
• Yun-Gui Hinterland
• Chuannan
• Yun-Gui Frontier
• Chuanbei

Sea areas

American East Coast

• Labrador Sea
• Hudson Bay Sea
• Gulf of St Lawrence
• Gulf Stream

Arabian Sea

• Arabian Sea
• Persian Gulf
• Red Sea

Atlantic South America

• Coast of Brazil
• Argentine Sea

Baltic Sea

• Baltic Sea
• Kattegat

Caribbean Sea

• Bahama Channel
• Coast of Guyana
• Caribbean Sea
• Gulf of Mexico
• Sargasso Sea

East China Sea

• East China Sea
• Philipine Sea
• Sea of Japan
• Sea of Okhotsk

Eastern Indian Ocean

• Eastern Indian Ocean
• Bay of Bengal
• Andaman Sea

Mediterranean

• Eastern Mediterranean
• Western Mediterranean
• Black Sea

North Atlantic

• North Sea
• Norwegian Sea
• White Sea
• Celtic Sea
• English Channel
• Bay of Biscay
• North Atlantic
• Denmark Strait

North East Pacific

• North Pacific
• Pacific Coast
• Bering Sea
• Gulf of Alaska

North West Pacific

• East Pacific

Pacific South America

• Chilean Sea
• Sea of Grau
• Gulf of Panama

South Atlantic

• South Atlantic
• Skeleton Coast
• Cape of Storms

South China Sea

• Java Sea
• South China Sea
• Celebes Sea
• Banda & Arafura

South East Pacific

• South Pacific
• Polynesian Triangle

South Indian Ocean

• South Indian Ocean

South West Pacific

• Coral Sea
• Tasman Sea
• Great Australian Bight

West African Sea

• West African Sea
• Gulf of Guinea Sea

Western Indian Ocean

• Western Indian Ocean
• Swahili Coast

Footnotes

Mechanics

Customization

Nation designer • Random New World

Ages and Institutions

Ages • Institutions

Innovativeness and Technology

Innovativeness • Technology

Defense

Fort • Zone of control