Europa Universalis 5 Formable Nations Guide

These are all the formable nations in Europa Universalis 5 (EU5), along with the requirements you need to meet to create them.

There are over a hundred nations that are formable in the new Europa Universalis 5. However, almost all of these have certain conditions that you will need to meet before they will be created.

These formable nations in Europa Universalis 5 (EU5) will be listed below, sorted according to their tier. These formable countries span over a duration of 500 years in Europa Universalis 5.

DISCLAIMER: Some formable countries might have even more unlock requirements that have not yet been discovered yet in Europa Universalis 5. This article will be updated with the latest information.

All Formable Nations in Europa Universalis 5 (EU5)

These are the formable nations in Europa Universalis 5 (EU5). Each nation has an identifying tag that can be used to shorten its name.

TAG	Country	Tier	Rule	Culture	Requirements
AIR	Air	1	Historical	Tuareg	Own 75% of locations in the Air area
AZT	Aztec	1	Historical	Nahuatl religion, or Nahua culture	Own Tenōchtitlan Own 75% in the region of Mesoamerica
BEJ	Beja	1	Historical	Beja	Owns 75% of the locations in the area of Connaught
BUL	Bulgaria	1	Historical	Bulgarian	Owns 75% of Zula, Massawa, Tesenei, Agordat and Dereheib
CIR	Circassia	1	Historical	–	Own 60% in the Matrega area
CNN	Connacht	1	Historical	Celtic or Hibernian group	Owns 90% of Bulgaria
DAL	Dalmatia	1	Historical	Dalmatian or Croatian	Owns 75% of locations in the Iceland area
FIN	Finland	1	Historical	Finnish	Own 50% of Finland
KRY	Gilan	1	Plausible	Gilak	Own Bandar-e Anzalī and all locations in the province of Gilan
ICE	Iceland	1	Historical	Icelandic	Owns 75% of locations in the Desht-i Kipchak and Zhetysu areas
KAZ	Kazakh	1	Historical	Language: Kipchak	Own Warsaw Owns 90% of locations in the area of Mazovia
MAZ	Mazovia	1	Historical	Mazovian	Owns 75% of locations in Mecklenburg area
MKL	Mecklenburg	1	Historical	Western Pomeranian	Owns 75%of locations in East and West Mossi areas.
MSI	Mossi	1	Historical	Mossi culture	Own Florence Owns 75% of locations in the area of Tuscany
NSA	Nassau	1	Historical	Rhine Franconian or Moselle Franconian	Own Dillenburg, Hadamar, Siegan, Usingen, and Wiebaden
TUS	Tuscany	1	Historical	Tuscan	Owns 75% of locations in the area of Ulster
ULS	Ulster	1	Historical	The Celtic or Hibernian group	Owns 75% of locations in the provinces of Albania, North Epirus and Illyria
ALB	Albania	2	Historical	Albanian	Owns 75% of Armenia and the provinces of Kars and Malazgirt
ARM	Armenia	2	Historical	Armenian	At least Age of Revolutions Owns 75% of of Wallonia and Flanders
HAB	Austria	2	Historical	Southern Bavarian or Danube Bavarian	Owns 60% of locations in Austria, Styria, or Carinthia areas and in Traungau and Muhlviertel provinces; Also own St. Georgen, Linz, and Braunau, Vienna
BAV	Bavaria	2	Historical	Danube Bavarian	Owns Munich, Braunau, Ried, and Scharding, own 75% in Bavaria area. MUST NOT have estate privilege Bavarian Share of Land
BEL	Belgium	2	Historical	Walloon or Low Franconian	Owns 50% of Provence, Savoy, Lyonnais, Franche-Comté, Romandy, and Switzerland
BOH	Bohemia	2	Historical	Czech or Moravian	Owns Prague and 75% of Bohemia and Moravia
BGP	Burgundy	2	Plausible	One of the following: Arpitan, Alpine, Franc Comtois, or Provençal OR DAU/SAV tag	Own Zagreb Owns 50% of Croatia and Slavonia
CTH	Carthage	2	Fantasy	–	Owns 75% in Ulster, Hebrides, and Scottish Highlands areas.
CRO	Croatia	2	Plausible	Croatian	Must own Tunis Owns 70% of Tunis, Tripolitania, Sicily, and Algiers
DRD	Dalriada	2	Fantasy	Language is Gaelic, Scottish Hibernian culture	Owns 75% in Denmark and Skaneland Area.
DAN	Denmark	2	Historical	Danish	Owns 75% of Home Counties, East Anglia, West Country, Midlands, Wales, Northumbria, and Scottish Lowlands area
ENG	England	2	Historical	Culture is British or language is English	Owns 60% of locations in the area of East Franconia
FKN	Franconia	2	Plausible	East Franconian	Own Tbilisi Owns 75% of locations in the area of Georgia
GEO	Georgia	2	Historical	Georgian	Own Athens Owns 50% of Thrace, Northern Greece, Macedonia, Morea, and Aegean Archipelago
GRE	Greece	2	Historical	Byzantium does not exist Country is not the Ottomans Culture: Greek	Own Hanover Owns 60% of Lower Saxony
HAN	Hanover	2	Historical	Lower Saxon	Owns 50% of North Hausaland and South Hausaland
HAU	Hausa	2	Historical	Hausa	Owns 75% of locations in the area of Holstein
SHL	Holstein	2	Historical	Holsatian	Owns 75% of locations in the region of Madagascar
MIR	Imerina	2	Historical	Malagasy group	Own Cyprus, Naples, or have the Military Order government reform Owns 75% of locations in the province of Filastin Must own Jerusalem
NOL	Ireland	2	Historical	Hibernian Culture Group or playing as Pale	Own 75% of Ireland region, and is leader of a high kingship in Ireland.
KOJ	Jerusalem	2	Plausible	Religion: Catholic	Owns 75% of locations in Baltic area
LVA	Livonia	2	Plausible	German	Own Niani Owns 75% of locations in the areas of Mali and Ghana
MAL	Mali	2	Plausible	Language: Mande	Owns 50% of locations in the areas of Cháak te’ éemal, Chilapan, Ma’ya’ab, Peten, Pu’uk, and Tezulutlan
MAY	Maya	2	Plausible	Maya language Religion is Mayan	Owns 90% of locations in the area of Moldavia
MOL	Moldavia	2	Historical	Moldovan	Owns 75% of locations in the areas of Al-Maġrib al-Aqṣā and Sūs
MOR	Morocco	2	Historical	Moroccan	Owns 80% of locations that are in the province of Navarre or are Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
NAV	Navarre	2	Historical	Basque	Owns 70% of locations in the area of Nepal
NPL	Nepal	2	Historical	Nepali	Owns 30% of Brabant, Flanders, Friesland, Holland, and Wallonia areas.
NED	Netherlands	2	Historical	Netherlandish	Owns 50% of Scottish Lowlands and Northumbria areas
NOL	Northumberland	2	Plausible	Language: English	Own 50% of Scottish Lowlands and Northumbria areas
NTR	Nu Tireni	2	Plausible	Maori	He Whakaputanga advance 50% of locations in New Zealand
NUB	Nubia	2	Plausible	Nubian	Owns 50% of locations in the areas of Northumbria and Lowlands
HEN	Old North	2	Fantasy	Language: Brythonic	Own Kraków and Warsaw Owns 75% of locations in Central Poland, Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, and Mazovia areas
POL	Poland	2	Historical	Polish	Owns 75% of locations in the Prussia area.
POM	Pomerania	2	Historical	Eastern or Western Pomeranian	Own the area of Pomerania
PRU	Prussia	2	Historical	German Not at war Noble estate power at least 20% Clergy estate power less than 20% Noble Land Rights privilege granted Does not have Military Order government reform Does not have Powerful Dioceses privilege for the clergy	Owns 50% of locations in the areas of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia Own Bucharest
PUE	Pueblo	2	Historical	One of the following: Keres, Zuni, Hopi, Hualapai, Tanoan, Hohokam	Own one of the following eight locations: Iałopháybo, Ohkwee Ówîngeh, T’han-u-ge, Tsi’ya, Tuf Shur Tia, Shiewhibak, Áak’u, and Teypana
RMN	Romania	2	Plausible	Romanian	Owns 85% of locations in Sardinia area
SAR	Sardinia	2	Historical	Italian	Owns 25% of locations in Lower and Upper Saxony areas and Flaming province.
SAX	Saxony	2	Historical	Saxon or Lower Saxon Is an elector in Holy Roman Empire	Owns 75% of Scottish Lowlands, Scottish Highlands, and Hebrides areas
SCO	Scotland	2	Historical	Scottish	Owns 80% of locations in the area of Serbia
SER	Serbia	2	Historical	Serbian	Owns 75% of locations in the area of Silesia
SIL	Silesia	2	Historical	Silesian or Silesian German	Owns 50% of locations in the region of Somalia
SOI	Somalia	2	Plausible	Somali	Owns 80% of locations in the area of Swabia
SWA	Swabia	2	Plausible	Swabian	Owns 75% of locations in Svaeland, Gotaland, Norrland, and Finland areas.
SWE	Sweden	2	Historical	Swedish	Swiss Confederation no longer exists Owns 75% of Central, Eastern, and Western Switzerland area
SWI	Switzerland	2	Historical	Swiss	Owns 60% of locations in the region of Tibet
TIB	Tibet	2	Historical	Tibetan	Owns 75% of locations in the area of Transylvania
TRA	Transylvania	2	Plausible	Hungarian, Transylvanian, Transylvanian German, or Székely	Owns 80% of locations in the areas of Basilicata, Apulia, Abruzzo, Campania, and Sicily Own Naples and Palermo
TWS	Two Sicilies	2	Historical	Is not Italy Culture is Sicilian or Neapolitan If playing as Naples, Sicily has no presence in Italy If playing as Sicily, Naples has no presence in Italy If playing as neither of them, then neither of these countries have presence in Italy	Owns 75% of locations in Wales area
WLS	Wales	2	Historical	Welsh Language is Brythonic	Owns 75% of locations in the area of Westphalia
WES	Westphalia	2	Historical	Is not a Theocracy Cologne does not exist or it is at least the Age of Revolutions	Owns 75% of locations in Tunis and Tripolitania areas Own Tunis and Tripoli locations
KOA	Africa	3	Plausible	Catholic	Owns 75% of Iberia region. No non-Muslim owners independent owners in Iberia
ADU	Andalusia	3	Plausible	Maghrebi or Iberian	Own Banten Owns 50% of Banten, Ogan, Tulangbawang, and Lampung provinces
AIA	Arabia	3	Plausible	Arabian	75% of Arabia region.
BAN	Banten	3	Historical	Sundanese	Owns 80% of Bengal
BGL	Bengal	3	Historical	Bengali	Owns 90% of North Borneo and South Borneo
BNO	Borneo	3	Plausible	–	Owns 35% of the region of Canada
CAN	Canada	3	Plausible	British or French group, NOT a Native American culture	Owns 90% in the region of Ireland, the province of Cornwall, and the areas of Wales, Lowlands, Highlands, Herbides and Brittany
CEL	Celtica	3	Fantasy	Celtic Celtic Traditions reform Court language: Brythonic or Gaelic	Owns 50% of locations in Thrace area and Thessaly province Owns Constantinople
LAT	Constantinople	3	Plausible	Catholic	Owns 50% in the Deccan region
DEC	Deccan	3	Historical	Language is Marathi, Kannada, or Telugu Religion is Sunni	Own Delhi Owns 70% of Hindustan
DLH	Delhi	3	Historical	Religion is Muslim Culture: Indian, Iranian, Mongolian or Turkic group	Owns either Axum, Lalibela, or Gonder Owns 60% of Ethiopia region
EGY	Egypt	3	Historical	NOT Mamluks	Own 75% in Egypt region
ETH	Ethiopia	3	Historical	Miaphysite religion; Agaw, Amhara, Tigre, or Tigrinya Culture	Own Paris Owns 75% of France
FRA	France	3	Historical	French	Owns 60% of Gujarat and Saurashtra
GBR	Great Britain	3	Historical	British	Hundred Years War situation must be over, Own 75% of locations in Great Britain Wales, England, and Scotland do not exist, or must be your subjects
GUJ	Gujarat	3	Historical	Language: Gujarati Religion: Muslim	Owns 80% of locations in the provinces of Onondowaga, Gayogohono, Onondagega, Onyotaaka, and Kanienkehaka
IRO	Haudenosaunee	3	Historical	Haudenosaunee	Own Pest and Buda Owns 75% of North Alföld, South Alföld, and Transdanubia
HUN	Hungary	3	Historical	Hungarian group	Owns 80% of locations in the areas of Acamama and Puna
INC	Inca	3	Historical	Quechuan language Religion is in Folk Peruvian group	Own Milan, Florence, and Naples Owns 75% of locations in the region of Italy
ITA	Italian group	3	Plausible	Italian group	Owns 50% of locations in the areas of West Kongo and Kongo
KON	Kongo	3	Historical	Religion: Bantu	Owns 25% of Kordestān and the provinces of Garmian, Mosul, Diyar Bakr, Hasankeyf, Amadiya, Bitlis, Nusaybin, Ar Ruha, Mardin, Safhat al-Jibal, Harput, and Malatya
KRS	Kurdistan	3	Historical	Kurdish	Owns 50% of locations in the provinces of of Palatinate and Rhine Valley and the areas of Lorraine, Wallonia, Brabant, Freisland, Rhineland, and Alsace
LOT	Lotharingia	3	Plausible	Rhine Alemannic, Bourguignon, Franc Comtois, Lorrain, or Walloon OR Owns Lorraine or Burgundy	Owns 90% of locations in the Malay Peninsula area
MSA	Malaya	3	Historical	Malay Religion: Muslim	Owns 50% of locations in the region of Deccan
MCH	Manchu	3	Historical	Jurchen	Owns 50% of locations in the region of Mesoamerica
MHR	Marathas	3	Historical	Language: Marathi Religion: Not Sunni	Owns 50% of locations in the areas of Liáodōng, Lower Amur, Middle Amur, Songhua, Songnen, and Ussuri
MEX	Mexico	3	Historical	Either: Primary culture is in Iberian group OR Primary culture is Native American, religion is in the Christian group	Own Trowulan and Palembang Owns 50% of locations in the region of Indonesia
NUS	Nusantara	3	Plausible	Javanese, Sundanese, or Madurese	Own Kraków, Vilnius and Warsaw Owns 50% of locations in Central Poland, Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, Lithuania, Mazovia, Prussia, Samogitia, Silesia, Polesia, Volhynia and Red Ruthenia areas
POL	Poland-Lithuania	3	Historical	Polish or Lithuanian Poland and Lithuania do not exist, or be your subjects	Owns 80% of locations in the area of Punjab
PUN	Punjab	3	Historical	Punjabi	Owns 80% of locations in the area of Rajputana
RJP	Rajputana	3	Historical	Language: Rajasthani	Own 80% of locations in the area of Rajputana
UKR	Ruthenia	3	Plausible	One of the following: Halychian, Polatskian, Polesian, Ruthenian, Severian, Volhynian, Rusyn, Cossack, Smolenskian	Own Kyiv Own 60% of locations in the region of Ruthenia
RYU	Ryūkyū	3	Historical	Ryūkyū	Own the locations of Urasoe, Nakijin, and Ōzato
SCA	Scandinavia	3	Plausible	Scandinavian	Owns 90% of locations in the Shan Highland area
SHA	Shan	3	Historical	Shan	Owns 75% of locations in the area of Slovakia
SIA	Siam	3	Historical	Thai	Own 75% of locations in the areas of Chao Phraya and Northern Tai Highland
SLO	Slovakia	3	Plausible	Slovak	Owns 75% of locations in the areas of North Hausaland and South Hausaland Own Sokoto
SKO	Sokoto	3	Historical	Hausa Religion: Sunni	Owns 75% locations in of Iberia region
SPA	Spain	3	Historical	Iberian Christian All nations in Iberia are Christian	Owns 80% of locations in the region of Persia
TIM	Timurid	3	Historical	Uzbek	Owns 35% of locations in the region of East Coast
USA	America	4	Historical	British group NOT a Native American culture	Own Constantinople Owns 50% of locations in the regions of Balkans and Anatolia Capital moves to Constantinople
BYZ	Byzantium	4	Historical	Greek Religion: Orthodox	Owns 70% of locations in the regions of West, East, North, and South China
CHI	China	4	Historical	Chinese The Middle Kingdom IO does not exist	Owns 70% of subcontinent of South Asia
GER	Germany	4	Plausible	German	Own 75% of locations in North or South German Region
HIN	Hindustan	4	Plausible	–	Be a member or the leader of the Ilkhanate There are no other claimants to the Ilkhanate Owns 75% of locations in the region of Persia and the areas of Irâk al-‘Arabi, Jazira, Shirvan, Armenia, Armenian Highlands, Georgia, Pontus, and Cappadocia Must own key cities: Sarai, Kazan, Samarkand, Kaffa, Dadu, Shangyuan, Baxian, Guangzhou, Karakorum
HRE	Holy Roman Empire	4	Plausible	Must exist, and you must be a member of the Holy Roman Empire	Is not in a civil war Own the locations of Sarai, Kazan, Samarkand, Kaffa, Dàdū, Shàngyuán, Bāxiàn, Guǎngzhōu, and Karakorum Owns 85% of locations in the regions of Mongolia, Persia, East China, North China, West China, Pontic Steppe, Russia, Khorasan, and Xinjiang
ILK	Ilkhanate	4	Historical	The Ilkhanate IO exists (Not Iran)	Formed through the Renovatio Imperii policy of the Holy Roman Empire Owns 75% of North and South German region
MGE	Mongolia	4	Historical	One of the following: Is Timurid Ruler’s dynasty is Borjigin Has the Steppe Horde government type and culture is in the Mongolian or Turkic group	Own Delhi, Agra and Lahore Owns 80% of locations in the region of Hindustan
MUG	Mughal	4	Historical	Religion: Muslim Culture: Iranian or Turkic or has Afghani language	Owns at least one location in the region of Great Britain or Ireland Owns at least one location in the region of Scandinavia or North Atlantic Islands Owns 50% of locations in the regions of Great Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, and North Atlantic Islands
NSE	North Sea	4	Fantasy	British or Scandinavia	Owns 50% of locations in the region of Persia
IRA	Persia	4	Historical	Iranian	Own Rome and Constantinople Is an Empire Is a Hegemon Owns 75% of Italy, Iberia, France, Balkans, Great Britain, Anatolia, South Germany, Crescent, Egypt, Maghreb, Carpathia, and Caucasus
ROM	Roman Empire	4	Fantasy	Not the Papal States If your country is not Byzantium, then Byzantium must not exist Religion is Christian or Hellenism	Was the victor in the Rise of the Turks situation Owns 85% of locations in the region of Anatolia
RUM	Rum	4	Historical	Turkic Religion: Muslim	Owns 50% of locations on the continent of Europe Is a Hegemon
RUS	Russia	4	Historical	Russian	Own Moscow and Novgorod Own 50% of locations in the regions of Russia, Ural, and Pontic Steppe
EUR	Europa	5	Fantasy	Own at least 1500 locations	Own Moscow and Novgorod Owns 50% of locations in the regions of Russia, Ural, and Pontic Steppe

That was all the Formable Nations you can create in Europa Universalis 5 (EU5).

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