Nations & Factions
30 entries in the Europa Universalis compendium.
PortugalA small kingdom that built an empire on the open sea.EnglandA blue-flagged maritime empire where trade, navy, and crown define the age of sail.RussiaFrom Muscovite principality to Siberian empire, the Tsar's realm stretches to the edge of SpainCrown of Castile, sword of the Inquisition, and master of two oceans.AustriaA crown of lands held together by dynastic will and the weight of the Habsburg name.PrussiaA small HRE duchy with the ambition to field the finest army in Europe.SwedenA small kingdom with the ambition of an empire, carved from Baltic timber and iron.PolandA crown chosen by the nobility, a cavalry that struck fear into empires, and a parliament Papal StatesThe sword and the cross, the temporal and the eternal, united in one sovereign.DenmarkGuardian of the Sound, merchant of the Baltic, and eternal rival of the Swedish crown.BurgundyA wine-soaked duchy caught between the ambitions of France and the Low Countries.MilanWhere Lombard banks fund empires and trade routes crown the Po Valley.NetherlandsA small republic that commands the world's trade routes through merchant fleets and a singGenoaWhere every coin carries the weight of a fleet.NaplesA crown on the Bay of Naples, contested between empires for centuries.SardiniaOne island, one port, and a navy just large enough to keep the empires on either side off HungaryA crown of thorns between the Habsburg eagle and the Ottoman crescent.SerbiaA Balkan crucible of faith, rebellion, and the long road to sovereignty.GeorgiaA mountain kingdom caught between empires, clinging to its passes and its wine.PersiaThe ancient throne of the Shah, where faith, silk, and steel shape an empire.MughalAn empire of horses, poets, and a thousand provinces beneath one throne.IrelandA Celtic subject yearning for the open Atlantic and its own name on the map.ChinaThe Celestial Empire: where the Mandate of Heaven binds emperor, court, and continent in oBohemiaA crown long held in Habsburg hands, waiting for a hand bold enough to seize it.MaliGold, the Niger, and the weight of a Mansa's crown.SonghaiThe Niger bends to the will of the Askiya throne.JapanShogun, daimyo, and the closed gates of a rising sun empire.KongoThe first great African kingdom to embrace the cross, and the last to hold its copper crowEthiopiaThe uncolonized highland kingdom where Orthodox faith meets ancient martial tradition.Crimean KhanateA cavalry khanate caught between two empires, surviving on steel, slaves, and diplomacy.
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