| Aksum | Tigray | – | Ethiopia can bypass the culture requirement. |
| Algiers | Algerian or Berber | – | Changes tribal countries into a monarchy. |
| Andalusia | Maghrebi group or Andalusian | Muslim | – |
| Aotearoa | Maori | – | – |
| Arabia | Levantine group except Turkish | – | Requires administrative technology 10. |
| Armenia | Armenian | Coptic | – |
| Austria | Austrian | – | German regional tag. |
| Bavaria | Bavarian | – | German regional tag. |
| Bharat | Dravidian, Hindustani, Western Aryan, Central Indian or Eastern Aryan groups | Dharmic or Buddhist | – |
| Bukhara | – | – | Can only be formed by Uzbek. Changes government to monarchy. |
| Bulgaria | Bulgarian | Christian | – |
| Byzantium | Greek or Pontic | Orthodox | Montferrat can bypass the culture and religion requirement. |
| Commonwealth | – | Christian | Can only be formed by Poland or Lithuania. |
| Croatia | Croatian or Dalmatian | – | Changes republics into a monarchy. |
| Dai Viet | Vietnamese or Sino-Vietnamese | – | – |
| Dalmatia | Dalmatian | – | May have at most 10 provinces. |
| Deccan | Dravidian group or Marathi | Muslim | Requires administrative technology 20. |
| Delhi | Hindustani, Eastern Aryan or Western Aryan group | Muslim | – |
| Egypt | Egyptian | – | Requires administrative technology 20. |
| England | English | – | Mann can bypass the culture requirement. |
| Ethiopia | Amhara | – | Can still form Aksum. |
| France | French culture group, Basque or Breton | – | – |
| Franconia | Franconian | – | German regional tag. |
| Georgia | Georgian | – | – |
| Germany | Germanic group except Dutch | – | Requires administrative technology 20. |
| Golden Horde | Tartar group | – | Must be steppe nomad. |
| Great Britain | British group or Highlander | – | – |
| Greece | Greek | – | – |
| Hanover | Low Saxon | – | German regional tag. |
| Hausa | Hausa | – | – |
| Hawai’i | Polynesian | – | – |
| Hindustan | Dravidian, Hindustani, Western Aryan, Central Indian or Eastern Aryan groups | Muslim | – |
| Holy Roman Empire | – | – | Formed through the centralization reforms. Can be formed by end game tags. |
| Iceland | – | – | May have at most 4 provinces. |
| Ilkhanate | Altaic or Tartar group | – | Must be steppe nomad. Capital must be in Persia region. |
| Inca | Andean group, Caran or Chachapoyan | Pagan | Changes religion to Inti and tribal/native government into a monarchy. |
| Ireland | Irish | – | Requires administrative technology 10. |
| Israel | – | Jewish | – |
| Italy | Latin group | – | Requires administrative technology 10. |
| Japan | Japanese | – | – |
| Jerusalem | – | Catholic | If your capital is in Egypt, Arabia or Mashriq, any nation can become Jerusalem. (Provence and the crusader states don’t have this requirement). Otherwise Jerusalem will be released as an independent state. Non-theocracies change into a monarchy. Can be formed by hordes. |
| Kitara | Great Lakes group | – | – |
| Kongo | Kongolese | – | – |
| Kurland | – | Protestant or Reformed | Changes a theocracy into a monarchy. |
| Lan Xang | Lao | – | – |
| Lanfang | – | – | Can only be formed by Sambas. Changes religion to Confucian and government to republic. |
| Livonia | – | Protestant, Reformed, Hussite or Anglican | Can only be formed by Livonian Order or Riga. Changes a theocracy into a monarchy. |
| Lotharingia | – | – | Can only be formed by Burgundy or Lorraine. |
| Macina | Fulani | Muslim | – |
| Malaya | Malay group | – | – |
| Mali | Mali | Sunni | |
| Mamluks | – | Muslim | Requires Iqta government reform. |
| Manchu | Jurchen | – | – |
| Marathas | Marathi | – | Requires administrative technology 20; changes tech group to Indian. |
| Maya | Mayan group | Mayan | Changes tribal countries into a monarchy. |
| Mongol Empire | Altaic or Tartar group or Sino-Altaic | – | Can only be formed by Yuan, Golden Horde or Ilkhanate. Changes government to tribal. |
| Morocco | Moroccan or Berber | – | Changes government to monarchy. |
| Mossi | Mossi | – | – |
| Mughals | Iranian group, Turkmeni, Uzbek or Kyrgyz | Muslim | May be formed by steppe nomad. Changes tech group to Indian and government to monarchy. |
| Nagpur | Central Indian group | – | – |
| Nepal | Nepalese or Pahari | – | – |
| Netherlands | Dutch, Flemish or Frisian | – | Burgundy can bypass the culture requirements, but moves the capital and loses provinces to France. Requires administrative technology 10. |
| Nubia | Nubian | Christian | – |
| Orissa | Garjati, Jharkandi or Oriya | – | – |
| Persia | Iranian group | – | Aq Qoyunlu can bypass the culture requirements. Changes government to monarchy. |
| Poland | Polish or Silesian | – | Danzig can bypass the culture requirements. |
| Pomerania | Pomeranian | – | German regional tag. |
| Prussia | Pomeranian, Saxon or Prussian | Protestant, Reformed, Anglican or Hussite | German regional tag that can be formed by other German regional tags. Changes non-republics to monarchy. |
| Punjab | Panjabi | Sikh | – |
| Qing | – | – | Can only be formed by Manchu. Changes hordes into a monarchy. |
| Rajputana | Rajasthani | – | Changes tech group to Indian. |
| Roman Empire | – | Christian or Pagan | Can be formed by the end game. |
| Romania | Romanian | – | Byzantium must not exist. |
| Rozwi Empire | – | – | Can only be formed by Butua. |
| Rûm | Turkish | Muslim | Changes government to monarchy. |
| Russia | Muscovite, Novgorodian or Ryazanian | – | Changes government to monarchy. Requires administrative technology 10. |
| Ruthenia | Byelorussian or Ruthenian | – | Changes government to monarchy. |
| Sardinia-Piedmont | Sardinian or Piedmontese | – | Sardinia or Savoy can bypass the culture requirements. |
| Saxony | Saxon | – | German regional tag. Saxe-Lauenburg can bypass the culture requirements. |
| Scandinavia | Scandinavian group | – | Requires administrative technology 20. |
| Scotland | Scottish or Highlander | – | – |
| Shan | Shan | – | – |
| Siam | Tai group | – | – |
| Silesia | Silesian | – | – |
| Sokoto | Fulani accepted | Sunni | Changes government to monarchy. |
| Somalia | Somali | – | – |
| Spain | Iberian culture group | not Muslim | – |
| Swabia | Swabian | – | German regional tag. |
| Switzerland | Swiss | – | Changes non-theocracies into a republic. |
| Tibet | Tibetan or Sino-Tibetan | Vajrayana | Can change further by event. |
| Timurids | Iranian group, Uzbek or Turkmeni | Muslim | – |
| Tripoli | Tunisian or Berber | – | Changes tribal countries into a monarchy. |
| Tunis | Tunisian or Berber | – | Changes tribal countries into a monarchy. |
| Tuscany | Tuscan | – | – |
| Two Sicilies | Neapolitan or Sicilian | – | – |
| Viti | Melanesian | – | – |
| Westphalia | Westphalian or Rhenish | – | German regional tag. |
| Yemen | Yemeni | – | – |
| Yuan | in Altaic group or Sino-Altaic | – | Can form Mongol Empire. |
| Zimbabwe | – | – | Can only be formed by Mutapa and, if Origins is enabled by the Rozwi Empire and any other country who can enact the mission Eclipse Great Zimbabwe, because it was one of those countries before. |
