All Formable Nations in Europa Universalis 5

Players of Europa Universalis 5 will likely wonder which countries they can create by winning wars or using diplomacy to take control of specific territories. They’ll have plenty of options, as the game launches with 114 different nations that can be formed, and the developers may add even more in the future.

All Formable Nations In Europa Universalis 5

Building a successful nation in the EU5 game requires fulfilling certain conditions. These can include having a suitable culture, controlling key regions, or possessing important cities.

These nations fall into three categories: Historical, Plausible, or Fantasy. A nation is considered Historical if it could have formed within the timeframe of the game Europa Universalis V. Plausible nations emerged after 1837. For instance, the Roman Empire is categorized as Fantasy because it didn’t exist during or after that period, despite being a well-known historical empire.

Nation	Requirements	Type
Air	Tuareg Culture Own 75% of Air Area	Historical
Albania	Albanian Culture Own 75% of Albania, North Epirus, Illyria Provinces	Historical
Andalusia	Maghrebi or Iberian Culture Muslim Own 75% of Iberia Region No independent non-Muslims in Iberia	Plausible
Aotearoa	Maori Culture Own 50% New Zealand He Whakaputanga Advance	Plausible
Arabia	Arabian group Culture Own 75% of Arabia Region	Plausible
Armenia	Armenian Culture Own 75% of Armenia and Kars, Malazgirt Provinces	Historical
Austria	Danube Bavarian or Southern Bavarian Culture Own 60% of Austria, Styria, Carinthia as well as the Traungau and Muhlviertel Provinces Own Vienna, St. Georgen, Linz, and Braunau	Historical
Ayutthaya	Can only be enabled via events or scripts	Historical
Aztec	Nahua Culture Nahuatl Religion Own 75% of Mesoamerica Own Tenochtitlan	Historical
Banten	Sudanese Culture Own 50% of Banten, Ogan, Tulangbawang, Lampung Own Banten	Historical
Bavaria	Danube Bavarian Culture Own 75% of Bavaria, Braunau, Ried, Scharding Own Munich Not have the Bavarian Share of Land Estate Privilege	Historical
Beja	Beja Culture Own 75% of Deraheib, Agordat, Tesenei, Massawa, Zulu	Historical
Belgium	Walloon or Low Franconia Culture Age of Revolutions Own 75% of Wallonia and Flanders	Historical
Bengal	Bengali Culture Own 80% of Bengal	Historical
Bohemia	Czech of Moravia Culture Own 75% of Bohemia and Moravia Own Prague	Historical
Borneo	Own 90% of North and South Borneo	Plausible
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Culture Own 90% Bulgaria	Historical
Burgundy	Arpitan, Vivaro-Alpine, Franc-Comtois, or Provencal Culture Own 50% of Provence, Savoy, Lyonnais, Franche-Comte, Western and Central Switzerland	Plausible
Byzantium	Greek group Culture Orthodox Religion Own 50% of Balkan and Anatolia Regions Own Constantinople	Historical
Canada	Non-native Culture British or French Culture groups Own 35% of Canada Region	Plausible
Carthage	Own 70% of Tunis, Tripolitania, Sicily, Algiers Own Tunis	Fantasy
Celtica	Celtic group Culture Celtic Traditions Reform Brythonic or Gaelic Court Language Own 90% Ireland, Wales, Scottish Highlands/Lowlands, Herbrides, Brittany, and Cornwall	Fantasy
China	Chinese group Culture Middle Kingdom not active Own 70% of North/East/South/West China	Historical
Circassia	Own 60% of Matrega	Historical
Connacht	Celtic or Hibernian Culture group Own 75% of Connaught	Historical
Croatia	Croatian Culture Own 50% of Croatia and Slavonia Own Zagreb	Plausible
Dahomey	Can only be enabled via events or scripts	Historical
Dalmatia	Dalmatian or Croatian Culture Own 75% of Croatia Own Dubrovnik	Historical
Dalriada	Scottish or Hibernian group Culture Gaelic Language Own 75% of Ulster, Hebrides, Scottish Highlands	Fantasy
Deccan	Marathi, Kannada, or Telugu Language Sunni Religion Own 70% of Deccan	Historical
Delhi	Indian, Iranian, Mongolian or Turkic Cultural groups Muslim Religion Own 70% Hindustan Own Delhi	Historical
Denmark	Danish Culture Own 75% of Denmark and Skaneland	Historical
Egypt	Not Mamluk Own 75% of Egypt	Historical
England	English Culture or Language Own 75% of Home Counties, East Anglia, West Country, Midlands, Wales, Northumbria, Scottish Lowlands	Historical
Ethiopia	Agaw, Amhara, Tigre, Tigrinya, or Miaphysite Culture Own 60% of Ethiopia Own Axum, Lalibela, or Gonder	Historical
Europe	Must be past the year 1500 Own 50% of Europe	Fantasy
Finland	Finnish Culture Own 50% of Finland	Historical
France	French Culture group Own 75% of France Own Paris	Historical
Franconia	East Franconian Culture Own 60% of Franconia	Plausible
Georgia	Georgian Culture Own 75% of Georgia	Historical
Germany	German Culture group Own 75% of North and South Germany	Plausible
Great Britain	Any British Culture Own 75% of Great Britain Hundred Years’ War must be over If countries such as England exist, they must be you or your subjects.	Historical
Greece	Greek Culture group Byzantium must not exist Don’t be Turkey Own 50% of Thrace, Northern Greece, Macedonia, Morea, Aegean Archipelago Own Athens	Historical
Gujarat	Gujarati Language Muslim Religion Own 60% of Gujarat and Saurashtra	Historical
Hanover	Lower Saxon Culture Own 60% of Lower Saxony Own Hanover	Historical
Hausa	Hausa Culture Own 50% of North and South Hausa	Historical
Hen Ogledd	Brythonic Language Own 50% of Northumbria and Scottish Lowlands	Fantasy
Hindustan	Own 70& of the Indian sub-continent	Plausible
Holy Roman Empire	Must already exist with you as a member Own 75% of North and South Germany	Plausible
Hungary	Hungarian Culture group Own 75% of North Alfold, South Alfold, and Transdanubia Own Pest & Buda	Historical
Iceland	Icelandic Culture Own 75% of Iceland	Historical
Ilkhanate	Be a member of the Ilkhanate organization Not be Iran Own 75% of Persia, plus Iraq-Arabi, Jazira, Shirvan, Armenia, Armenian Highlands, Georgia, Pontus, Cappadocia The Ilkhanate must have no active claimants	Historical
Inca	Quechuan Language Andean Religion Own 80% of Acamama and Puna	Historical
Ireland	Hibernian Culture group Lead the Irish High Kingship Own 75% of Ireland Not be a part of the Lordship of Ireland	Historical
Iroquois	Haudenosaunee Culture group Own 80% of Iroquois	Historical
Italy	Italian Culture Group Own 75% of Italy Own Milano, Florence, Naples	Plausible
Kingdom of Africa	Catholic Religion Own 75% of Tunis & Tripolitania Own Tunis & Tripoli	Plausible
Kingdom of Jerusalem	Catholic Religion Military Order Reform Own 75% if Filastin Own Jerusalem	Plausible
Kongo	Bantu Religion Own 50% of West Kongo & Kongo	Historical
Latin Empire	Catholic Religion Own 50% of Thrace & Thessaly Own Constantinople	Plausible
Livonia	German Culture group Own 75% of Baltic	Plausible
Lotharingia	Rhine-Alemannic, Burgundian, Franc-Comtois, Lorrain, or Walloon cultures Own 50% of Lorraine, Wallonia, Brabant, Friesland, Rhineland, Alsace, Palatinate, Rhine Valley	Plausible
Malaysia	Malay Culture Muslim Religion Own 90% of Malay Peninsula	Historical
Mali	Mande Language Own 75% of Mali & Ghana Own Niani	Plausible
Manchu	Jurchen Culture Own 50% of Liaodong, Lower/Middle Amur, Songhua, Songnen, Ussuri	Historical
Maratha	Marathi Language Not Sunni Religion Own 50% of Deccan	Historical
Mazovia	Mazovian Culture Own 90% of Mazovia Own Warsaw	Historical
Mecklenburg	Western Pomeranian Culture Own 75% of Mecklenburg	Historical
Mexico	Iberian Culture path or Native Culture Christian Religion Own 50% of Mesoamerica	Historical
Moldavia	Moldovan Culture Own 90% of Moldavia	Historical
Mongolia	Mongolian or Turkic Culture group Own 85% of Mongolia, Persia, China, Steppe Own lots of named cities Can’t be in a civil war	Historical
Mossi	Mossi Culture Own 75% of East & West Mossi	Historical
Mughal Empire	Muslim Religion Iranian, Turkic or Afghani Culture Own 80% of Hindustan Own Delhi, Agra, Lahore	Historical
Nassau	Rhine or Moselle-Franconian Culture Control Dillenburg, Hadamar, Siegen, Usingen, Wiesbaden	Historical
Navarre	Basque Culture Own 80% of Navarre and Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port	Historical
Nepal	Nepali Culture group Own 70% of Nepal	Historical
Netherlands	Netherlandish Culture group Own 30% of Brabant, Flanders, Friesland, Holland, Wallonia	Historical
Northumbria	English Language Own 50% of Northumbria, Scottish Lowlands	Plausible
Nubia	Nubian Culture Own 75% of Nubia Proper & Butana	Plausible
Nusantara	Javanese, Dudanese, or Madurese Culture Own 50% of Indonesia Own Trowulan, Palembang	Plausible
Persia	Iranian Culture group Own 50% of Persia	Historical
Poland	Polish Culture group Own 75% of Central, Greater, Lesser Poland, Mazovia Own Krakow, Warsaw	Historical
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth	Polish or Lithuanian Culture group Own 50% of Polish/Lithuanian areas Own Krakow, Vilnius, Warsaw If either nation exists, they must be you or a subject	Historical
Pomerania	Eastern or Western Pomeranian Culture Own Pomerania	Historical
Prussia	German Culture group Own 75% of Prussia Can’t be a military order Not at war Clergy Power under 20% Noble Power above 20%	Historical
Pueblo	Keres, Zuni, Hopi, Hualapai, Tanoan, or Hohokam Culture Control one of the Pueblo settlements	Historical
Punjab	Punjabi Culture Own 80% of Punjab	Historical
Rajputana	Rajasthani Language Own 80% of Rajputana	Historical
Roman Empire	Be Byzantine or own Rome If you aren’t Byzantine, it must not exist Christian of Hellenism Religion Own 75% across much of Europe & the Mediterranean Own Rome & Constantinople	Fantasy
Romania	Romanian Culture group Own 50% of Wallachia, Transylvania, Moldavia Own Bucharest	Plausible
Rum	Turkic Culture group Muslim Religion Own 85% of Anatolia	Historical
Russia	Russian Culture group Own 50% of Russia, Ural, Steppe Own Moscow & Novgorod	Historical
Ruthenia	Ruthenian Culture group Own 60% of Ruthenia Own Kyiv	Plausible
Sardinia	Italian Culture group Own 85% of Sardinia	Historical
Saxony	Saxon or Lower Saxon Culture Own 25% of Lower & Upper Saxony, plus Flaming	Historical
Scandinavia	Scandinavia Culture group Own 75% of Scandinavia & Iceland	Plausible
Scotland	Scottish Culture group Own 75% of Scottish Highlands, Lowlands, Herbrides	Historical
Serbia	Serbian Culture Own 80% of Serbia	Historical
Shan	Shan Culture group Own 90% of Shan Highland	Historical
Siam	Thai Culture Own 75% of Chao Phraya & Northern Tai Highland	Historical
Silesia	Silesian or German Silesian Culture Own 75% of Silesia	Historical
Sokoto	Hausa Culture Sunni Religion Own 75% of North & South Hausa Own Sokoto	Historical
Spain	Iberian Culture group Christian Religion Own 75% of Iberia No independent non-Christian rulers in Iberia	Historical
Swabia	Swabian Culture Own 80% of Swabia	Plausible
Sweden	Swedish Culture Own 75% of Svealand, Gotaland, Norrland, Finland	Historical
Switzerland	Swiss Culture group Own 75% of Central, Eastern, Western Switzerland Swiss Confederation must not exist.	Historical
Tibet	Tibet Culture group Own 60% of Tibet	Historical
Timurids	Uzbek Culture Own 80% of Persia	Historical
Transylvania	Hungarian, Transylvanian, German-Transylvanian, or Szekely Culture Own 75% of Transylvania	Plausible
Two Sicilies	Sicilian or Neapolitan Culture Italy must not exist Own 80% of Basilicata, Apulia, Abruzzo, Campania, Sicily Own Naples, Palermo	Historical
Ulster	Celtic or Hibernian Culture group Own 75% of Ulster	Historical
USA	British Culture group and non-native Own 35% of East Coast	Historical
Wales	Welsh Culture or Brythonic Language Own 75% of Wales	Historical
Westphalia	Westphalian Culture Not a theocracy Own 75% of Westphalia	Historical

As a big fan of Europa Universalis 5, I’m excited to hear the developers plan to add even more countries you can actually play as over time. So, if your dream nation isn’t in the game right now, don’t lose hope! Plus, the modding community for EU5 is amazing, so there’s a good chance someone will create it if Paradox doesn’t.

2025-11-26 00:20

All Formable Nations In Europa Universalis 5

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