Culture

The culture represents the customs and technologies that a character or county uses. Rulers can change a county's culture by ordering their Steward to complete the  Promote Culture task.

Mashriqi culture

Counties will have lowered popular opinion with their direct Liege if they belong to a different culture and especially heritage. Characters can avoid this by granting the county title to a vassal of the same heritage as the target county.

A ruler can convert to the culture of their Realm Capital at the cost of  Prestige, provided that their Court Chaplain endorses them. Every close family member sharing the ruler's culture will adopt the new culture. Vassals sharing the ruler's culture that own counties with the new culture can decide to adopt it as well.

Depending on their culture, rulers are called by various linguistic titles which are known as their Form of Address.

Culture head

Each culture with at least one ruler has a Culture Head. The Culture Head is always the adult character who owns the most counties of said culture.

Culture Heads can choose an Innovation to become a Cultural Fascination, which will improve its discovery progress by +20%, with an additional +1% per cultural head  Learning skill. The cultural fascination can be changed at any time.

Culture Heads can reform their culture by adding new traditions if empty tradition slots are available or replacing existing ones at additional cost. If the Royal Court DLC is enabled, all rulers can hybridize their culture with another provided they meet the criteria. Adding traditions and reforming a culture takes a number of years to come into effect, depending on the number of said culture's counties. AI Culture Heads may add traditions, but will not directly replace one tradition with another. If a culture head is of a monogamous faith with a spiritual head of faith, the culture head may be given the option to remove Concubinage or Polygamy from their culture at the request of the head of faith via event.

Cultural acceptance

Cultural Acceptance determines how much  Opinion penalty two cultures have towards each other. If the Royal Court DLC is enabled, it also determines whether two cultures of different heritage can create a hybrid culture.

Baseline

The baseline acceptance between two cultures will be the following:

• +20 if both cultures share the same heritage
• +10 if both cultures share the same language
• +10 if both cultures share the same ethos and are located within the same geographic region
• +5 if most counties of both cultures share the same religion
• +10 if most counties of both cultures share the same faith
• +5 if most counties of both cultures have an eastern faith
• +10 if most counties of both cultures have pluralistic faiths and are located within the same geographic region

Gain

• Bordering my Culture +0.05 yearly acceptance per border county. This counts the numbers of border counties. So if culture A has a county that borders a single county of culture B, that's 2 border counties. If it bordered 2, it'd be 3 border counties, as each individual county can only get counted once. Capped at +1.

• Intermingling in Realm up to +0.5 yearly acceptance from shared realms. If 100% of both cultures are in the same realm, acceptance will increase by this much each year. For each realm with both cultures take the % of each culture that's present in the realm and multiply them with one another. E.G., if a realm has 50% of all Norwegian counties and 40% of all Swedish cultures, that'll contribute 50%*40%*0.5 yearly acceptance each year.

• Vassalage from vassals. (Higher gains with higher tier vassals). Capped at +0.5 yearly acceptance.

• Promote Cultural Acceptance Steward Job. +0.01 yearly acceptance per Stewardship level, +0.05 if independent. (+30% with Tier 2 Customs Dynastic Legacy). Can stack if multiple rulers of the same culture are promoting cultural acceptance on same the culture.

• Granting counties to local noble up to +2 flat gain max.

• Historical Relation, added at the start of the game.

• Open-Minded, +20% modifier, with the perk of the same name from the Scholar Focus tree.

• Learn Language with Tier 1 Customs Dynastic Legacy +1 flat gain. Only applies to the culture of the target character for the Learn Language Scheme.

• Respected Traditions, +20% modifier, with Tier 4 Customs Dynastic Legacy.

• Hire Cultural Ambassador, this medium cost Travel Option gives a +1 increase in acceptance of the traveler (either Ruler or Adventurer) culture while passing through lands of a different culture. Can only trigger once per culture per trip. Has a bug, as the culture of the first province you enter cannot trigger this effect for the rest of the trip.

Loss

• Declaring war on ruler of another culture. Loss of Cultural Acceptance depends on rank of the defender: (-1 flat loss for counts, -2 for dukes, -3 for kings, -4 for emperors).

• Change culture of county (loses flat Cultural Acceptance with the culture losing the county).

• Revoking titles from rulers of other cultures (-1 flat loss for counts, -2 for dukes, -3 for kings, none for barons).

• -0.5 yearly Cultural Acceptance reduction from no interaction. If two cultures gain no acceptance at all from bordering, vassals, or shared realm, their acceptance will go down by this amount each year. Cultures with the same heritage are exempt.

• Decay towards baseline -0.01 yearly acceptance per % of Cultural Acceptance minus the Baseline. Cultures with the same heritage are exempt.

• Cultural Acceptance, -0.5% modifier per % of Cultural Acceptance. Caps at -50% modifier at 100% Cultural Acceptance.

Cultural pillars

Each culture has 5 cultural pillars: Heritage, Language, Aesthetics, Martial Custom and Ethos.

•  Heritage represents a culture's origin and prevents creating hybrid cultures if both cultures share it.
• Language represents the language that all characters and counties of a culture speak, and determines the default birth names, as well as the title naming and what the culture's knights are called. If a character converts to a culture with a different language, they will instantly learn it.
• Aesthetics determine the naming practices as well as the appearance of architecture, armies, clothes and coat of arms.
• Martial Custom determines what genders can act as Commanders and Knights and requires the Royal Court DLC. Without it the faith's View on Gender doctrine determines it.

Ethos

Each culture will have an ethos, which represents the core values, principles and attitude towards life that the culture has. It also determines which court types are available for kingdoms and empires. In the Royal Court DLC, reforming a culture's ethos costs 20000  Prestige. Tribal AI Cultural Heads will never choose the Ceremonious ethos.

Ethos	Characters effects	Holdings effects	Available court types					Description
			Diplomatic	Warlike	Administrative	Intrigue	Scholarly
Bellicose	+50% Available Mercenary Companies +2 Prowess -10% Men-at-Arms Recruitment Cost -10.00% Men-at-Arms Maintenance -10 Minority Vassal Opinion	+10% Levy Size						This culture considers conflict and violence to be necessary states of existence; ingrained in its people is the idea that one should stand up and fight for their own.
Bureaucratic	+10% Monthly Lifestyle Experience +5% Cultural Fascination Progress -10 Minority Vassal Opinion Kings can adopt Administrative government	+15% Development Growth						No culture lasts longer than its oldest record, and this culture believes in accounting so meticulous as to guarantee immortality.
Ceremonious	+10% Monthly Prestige -15% Title Creation Cost +5 House Opinion +5 Court Grandeur -10 Minority Vassal Opinion							The ceremony of court life is so integral to this culture that it forms a core part of people's social behavior. A place for everyone, and everyone in their place.
Communal	-15% Same Culture Mercenary Hire Cost +5 Close Family Opinion -10 Minority Vassal Opinion	-10% Building Construction Time -5% Building Construction Cost						This culture values the bonds of community above all else, fostering great loyalty and dedication by working together towards common goals.
Egalitarian	+35% Cultural Acceptance Gain +10 Vassal Limit +5 Different Culture Opinion +5 Different Faith Opinion							Intolerance and isolationism may be the way for others, but this culture recognizes that accepting difference is far better than annihilating it.
Spiritual	+10% Monthly Piety +15% Control Growth -20% Faith Creation and Reformation Cost -10 Minority Vassal Opinion							While some cultures turn to war and others to worldly knowledge, this culture places its trust in the only constant throughout its history - the divine. Spirituality is the only way forward in a harsh and uncaring world.
Stoic	+0.25 Health (Disease Resistance) -15% Stress Gain -15% Friendly Fatal Casualties -10 Minority Vassal Opinion	+5 Defender Advantage						This culture believes in standing strong like a mountain, taking any and all hardships that life may throw at them and enduring them all with grim determination and an indomitable spirit.

Traditions

Main article: Traditions

Each culture has several traditions, which represent the main customs of a culture and can grant various effects. A culture can have up to five traditions in the tribal era, with every additional era reached granting an additional slot for Traditions. The base cost of adding a tradition is 2000  Prestige, which may be increased by the following:

• +2000 if the culture does not have one of the Tradition's preferred ethos.
• +3000 if the Tradition's optional requirement is not fulfilled. This does not apply to AI Culture Heads.

In the Royal Court DLC replacing a tradition increases the final cost by +50% and the time it takes to establish it by +25%.

The needed time to establish a tradition is dependent on the number of counties with that culture. The fewer counties the culture has, the faster it goes. The maximum time to establish a tradition is 30 years.

Many traditions are mutually exclusive with other traditions. The only way to bypass this this restriction is through hybridization with a culture that has the other tradition.

New cultures

There are two ways through which a new culture can be formed, both of which cost  Prestige.

Divergent cultures

Divergent cultures can be created at any point. Ethos can be freely changed. Language can be changed as long as a culture that has the target language as a pillar occupies at least 10% of the realm's counties, borders the character's culture, and has at least 25% acceptance of it (each condition can be met by a different culture that has the target language as a pillar). Martial Custom can be changed as long as the gender succession law favors the same gender. Aesthetics cannot be changed unless creating a culture divergence that took place historically. Traditions can be changed for a cost. The base cost of creating a divergent culture depends on how little of the original culture the ruler causing the divergence controls. Newly created divergent cultures gain a conversion bonus in counties of the original culture for 50 years.

Hybrid cultures

Hybrid cultures can be created between two cultures with at least 40% Cultural Acceptance by a ruler that has counties of both cultures within their realm. Depending on game settings it might also require both cultures to be old enough. The hybrid culture can choose heritage, cultural pillars, traditions and aesthetics from either parent culture, will gain all innovations known by either culture and will start with 100% Cultural Acceptance with both parents cultures. The cost of creating a hybrid culture decreases based on the current Cultural Acceptance between the two parent cultures. The size of the hybrid culture will depend on how much Cultural Acceptance has been built when creating the hybrid culture. The Promote Culture steward task will have its efficiency increased for a few years in counties belonging to either parent culture. By default hybrid cultures will be given the name of their parent cultures connected by a hyphen, though some hybrids have custom names by default. Their default color will be a mix of the parent cultures' colors.

If a ruler does not share the culture of their realm capital and the two cultures meet the requirements to create a hybrid culture is a 5% chance each year that the ruler will be given the option to create a hybrid culture. While it is free it does not allow its pillars or traditions to be customized and are chosen at random from the two parent cultures. The hybrid culture creation can be canceled and doing so will grant +5% Cultural Acceptance. This sort of hybridization cannot take place if either culture has the Staunch Traditionalists tradition.

List of cultures

Culture divergences that take place after the start date can be stopped by a player who controls 80% of the counties from the original culture.

• Norse architecture will have Continental European appearance and Norse fashion will have Northern European appearance if the  Northern Lords DLC is not installed.
• Iberian architecture will have Mediterranean appearance and Iberian fashion will have Continental European appearance if the  Fate of Iberia DLC is not installed.
• Iranian architecture will have Arabic appearance, Iranian fashion will have Arabic appearance, and Turkic Fashion will have Mongolian appearance if the  Legacy of Persia DLC is not installed.
• Byzantine architecture will have Mediterranean appearance and Byzantine fashion will have Mediterranean appearance if the  Roads to Power DLC is not installed. Constantinople will also use a unique appearance if the DLC is installed.

Heritage	Culture	Ethos	Traditions	Language	Martial Custom	Architecture	Fashion	Coat of Arms	Military Equipment	Origin
Akan	Akan	Egalitarian	Bush Hunting Matriarchal Mystical Ancestors Parochialism	Kwa	Equal	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Guan	Communal	Bush Hunting Dryland Dwellers Frequent Festivities Strong Believers	Kwa	Equal	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Kru	Stoic	Bush Hunting Dexterous Fishermen Practiced Pirates	Kru	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
Albanian	Albanian	Communal	Hill Defenders Marital Ceremonies Swords for Hire Staunch Traditionalists	Albanian	Men Only	Mediterranean	Byzantine	South Slavic	Eastern European	Original
Arabic	Bedouin	Stoic	Caravaneers Desert Travelers Mubarizun Tribal Unity Avid Falconers	Arabic	Men Only	Arabic	Abbasid	Arabic	Arabic	Original
	Egyptian	Spiritual	Agrarian Mubarizun Philosopher Culture Strong Believers	Arabic	Men Only	Arabic	Abbasid	Arabic	Arabic	Original
	Maghrebi	Spiritual	African Tolerance Dexterous Fishermen Dryland Dwellers Mubarizun Water Rituals	Arabic	Men Only	Arabic	Berber	Arabic	Arabic	Hybrid Bedouin/Baranis in 600
	Mashriqi	Spiritual	Dryland Dwellers Medicinal Herbalists Mubarizun Philosopher Culture Water Rituals	Arabic	Men Only	Arabic	Abbasid	Arabic	Arabic	Hybrid Bedouin/Syriac in 650
	Yemeni	Communal	Maritime Mercantilism Mountain Herding Mountaineers Religion Blending	Arabic	Men Only	Arabic	Abbasid	Arabic	Arabic	Original
Baltic	Latgalian	Stoic	Forest Wardens Sacred Groves Staunch Traditionalists	Baltic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Baltic	Northern European	Original
	Lithuanian	Bellicose	Forest Wardens Hit-and-Run Tacticians Sacred Groves Strong Believers	Baltic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Baltic	Northern European	Original
	Prussian	Bureaucratic	Charismatic Equitable Forest Wardens Sacred Groves	Baltic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Baltic	Northern European	Original
Balto-Finnic	Estonian	Bellicose	Musical Theorists Hirds / Coastal Warriors Staunch Traditionalists	Finnic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Balto-Finnic	Northern European	Original
	Finnish	Stoic	Dexterous Fishermen Forest Wardens Isolationist	Finnic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Balto-Finnic	Northern European	Original
	Karelian	Stoic	Forest Wardens Stalwart Defenders Swords for Hire	Finnic	Men Only	Continental European	Sami	Balto-Finnic	Northern European	Original
	Sami	Communal	Adaptive Skirmishers Forest Wardens Winter Warriors	Sami	Men Only	Continental European	Sami	Sami	Northern European	Original
	Vepsian	Egalitarian	Isolationist Xenophilic	Finnic	Men Only	Continental European	Ugro-Permian	Balto-Finnic	Northern European	Original
Bantu	East Bantu	Bureaucratic	Hit-and-Run Tacticians Maritime Mercantilism Religion Blending Seafarers	Sabaki	Men Only	African	African	East African	African	Dead
Berber	Baranis	Spiritual	African Tolerance Family Business Mountain Herding	Berber	Men Only	Berber	Berber	Berber	Arabic	Original
	Butr	Stoic	African Tolerance Desert Ribats Equal Inheritance Saharan Nomads	Berber	Men Only	Berber	Berber	Berber	Arabic	Original
	Guanche	Stoic	Isolationist Mystical Ancestors Stalwart Defenders	Berber	Men Only	Berber	African	West African	Arabic	Original
	Zaghawa	Egalitarian	African Tolerance Desert Ribats Saharan Nomads	Tubu	Men Only	Berber	Berber	Berber	Arabic	Original
Brythonic	Breton	Communal	Chanson de Geste Dexterous Fishermen Storytellers Swords for Hire	Brythonic	Men Only	Continental European	Continental European	Breton	Continental European	Original
	Cornish	Communal	Ancient Miners Dexterous Fishermen Storytellers	Brythonic	Men Only	Continental European	Continental European	Welsh	Continental European	Original
	Cumbrian	Stoic	Concubines Highland Warriors Refined Poetry Stalwart Defenders	Brythonic	Men Only	Continental European	Continental European	Scottish	Continental European	Original
	Pictish	Bellicose	Concubines Highland Warriors Hill Dwellers Refined Poetry	Brythonic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European Continental European	Scottish	Continental European	Original (Dead in 1066)
	Welsh	Stoic	Concubines Highland Warriors Longbow Competitions Refined Poetry	Brythonic	Men Only	Continental European	Continental European	Welsh	Continental European	Original
Burman	Burmese	Spiritual	Fervent Temple Builders Frequent Festivities Religion Blending Royal Army	Burmese	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Burman	Indian	Original
	Mon	Spiritual	Mystical Ancestors Religious Patronage Culture Blending	Burmese	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Burman	Indian	Original
Caucasian	Armenian	Stoic	Fervent Temple Builders Highland Warriors Hill Dwellers Strong Believers Eastern Roman Legacy / Indomitable Azatani	Armenian	Men Only	Byzantine	Byzantine	Byzantine	Eastern European	Original
	Georgian	Communal	Castle Keepers Caucasian Wolves Hereditary Hierarchy Metalworkers	Georgian	Men Only	Byzantine	Byzantine	Byzantine	Eastern European	Original
Central African	Hausa	Egalitarian	Caravaneers Family Business Parochialism	Chadic	Equal	African	African	Central African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Kanuri	Bellicose	Hit-and-Run Tacticians Quarrelsome	Tubu	Men Only	African	African	Central African	Sub-Saharan African	Hybrid Sao/Zaghwa in 860
	Nupe	Bellicose	Musical Theorists Parochialism	East Kwa	Men Only	African	African	Central African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Sao	Stoic	Agrarian City Keepers Dryland Dwellers Parochialism	Chadic	Men Only	African	African	Central African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
Central Germanic	Bavarian	Spiritual	Hereditary Hierarchy Stand and Fight! Strong Believers	High German	Men Only	Continental European	Holy Roman Imperial	German	Continental European	Original
	Dutch	Bureaucratic	Agrarian Maritime Mercantilism Parochialism Polders	Dutch	Men Only	Continental European	Holy Roman Imperial	Frisian	Continental European	Hybrid Frankish/Frisian in 750
	Franconian	Ceremonious	Astute Diplomats Castle Keepers Hereditary Hierarchy	High German	Men Only	Continental European	Holy Roman Imperial	German	Continental European	Diverged from Frankish in 640
	Frisian	Stoic	Battlefield Looters Dexterous Fishermen Strong Believers	Anglic	Men Only	Continental European	Holy Roman Imperial	Frisian	Continental European	Dead
	German	Stoic	Astute Diplomats Hereditary Hierarchy Stand and Fight!	High German	Men Only	Continental European	Holy Roman Imperial	German	Continental European	Dead
	Langobard	Stoic	Isolationist Martial Admiration Stand and Fight! Malleable Invaders	Central Germanic	Men Only	Mediterranean	Continental European	Latin	Continental European	Dead
	Saxon	Stoic	Religious Patronage Ruling Caste Stand and Fight!	Saxon	Men Only	Continental European	Holy Roman Imperial	German	Continental European	Diverged from Old Saxon in 843
	Swabian	Communal	Industrious Mountain Homes Parochialism	High German	Men Only	Continental European	Holy Roman Imperial	German	Continental European	Original
Chinese	Han	Ceremonious	Court Eunuchs Family Business Mystical Ancestors Philosopher Culture Water Rituals	Chinese	Men Only	Indian	Mongolian	Chinese	Mongolian	Original
Dravidian	Gond	Communal	Jungle Warriors Sacred Groves Culture Blending	Telugu	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Dravidian	Indian	Original
	Kannada	Stoic	Fervent Temple Builders Garuda Warriors Refined Poetry Ruling Caste	Kannada	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Dravidian	Indian	Original
	Tamil	Communal	Metalworkers Parochialism Seafarers	Tamil	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Dravidian	Indian	Original
	Telugu	Bellicose	Metalworkers Recognition of Talent Warrior Culture	Telugu	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Dravidian	Indian	Original
East African	Beja	Communal	Desert Travelers Isolationist Mountain Skirmishing Warriors of the Dry	Cushitic	Men Only	African	African	East African	Arabic	Original
	Daju	Stoic	Dryland Dwellers Warrior Culture Warrior Queens	Sudanic	Equal	African	Arabic	East African	Arabic	Original
	Ethiopian	Spiritual	Amharic Highlanders Fervent Temple Builders Isolationist Strong Believers	Ethiopic	Men Only	African	Arabic	East African	Arabic	Original
	Nubian	Spiritual	Agrarian Astute Diplomats Land of the Bow Warrior Queens Xenophilic	Sudanic	Equal	African	Arabic	East African	Arabic	Original
	Welayta	Stoic	Frequent Festivities Mountain Skirmishing	Omotic	Men Only	African	Arabic	East African	Arabic	Original
East Slavic	Ilmenian	Communal	Agrarian Druzhina Forest Folk Hit-and-Run Tacticians	East Slavic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	East Slavic	Eastern European	Dead
	Russian	Communal	Charismatic Druzhina Mendicant Mystics	East Slavic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	East Slavic	Eastern European	Original
	Severian	Stoic	Druzhina Forest Folk Sacred Groves	East Slavic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	East Slavic	Eastern European	Dead
	Volhynian	Ceremonious	Agrarian Astute Diplomats City Keepers Druzhina	East Slavic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	East Slavic	Eastern European	Dead
Eastern Roman	Greek	Bureaucratic	Religious Patronage Byzantine Traditions / Roman Ceremonies Eastern Roman Legacy / Imperial Tagmata Formation Fighting Experts / Palace Politics Legalistic / Cultivated Sophistication	Greek	Men Only	Byzantine	Byzantine	Byzantine	Eastern European	Original
Frankish	Frankish	Bellicose	Hereditary Hierarchy Stand and Fight! Warrior Culture	Frankish	Men Only	Continental European	French	Frankish	Continental European	Dead
	French	Ceremonious	Chanson de Geste Chivalry Hereditary Hierarchy	D'Oïl Vulgar	Men Only	Continental European	French	Frankish	Continental European	Diverged from Frankish in 862
	Norman	Bellicose	Chanson de Geste Ruling Caste Stand and Fight! Audacious Cadets	D'Oïl Vulgar	Men Only	Continental European	Continental European	Norman	Continental European	Hybrid French/Norse in 911
	Occitan	Egalitarian	Chanson de Geste Chivalry Equal Inheritance Parochialism	D'Oc Vulgar	Men Only	Mediterranean	French	Occitanian	Continental European	Original
Goidelic	Gaelic	Bellicose	Concubines Dexterous Fishermen Highland Warriors Hill Dwellers Strong Kinship	Goidelic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Scottish	Continental European	Hybrid Irish/Pictish in 800
	Irish	Ceremonious	Maritime Mercantilism Monastic Communities Pastoralists Polygamous Refined Poetry	Goidelic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Irish	Continental European	Original
Guinean Uplander	Bobo	Egalitarian	Stalwart Defenders Upland Skirmishing Sorcerous Metallurgy	Soninke	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Gur	Communal	Ancient Miners Upland Skirmishing Sorcerous Metallurgy	Gur	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Malinke	Spiritual	Charitable Upland Skirmishing Sorcerous Metallurgy	Manding	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Marka	Communal	Musical Theorists Upland Skirmishing Warriors of the Dry	Manding	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Mel	Egalitarian	Stalwart Defenders Upland Skirmishing Staunch Traditionalists	Manding	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
Horn African	Afar	Bellicose	Eye for an Eye Monogamous Mountain Skirmishing Warrior Culture	Cushitic	Men Only	African	African	East African	Arabic	Original
	Somali	Communal	Dryland Dwellers Maritime Mercantilism Mountain Skirmishing Refined Poetry	Cushitic	Men Only	African	African	East African	Arabic	Original
Iberian	Andalusian	Ceremonious	Hit-and-Run Tacticians Xenophilic / Malleable Subjects Expert Artisans Ritualized Friendship Tabletop Warriors	Arabic	Men Only	Iberian	Andalusian	Arabic	Andalusian	Hybrid Visigothic/Bedouin in 800
	Aragonese	Bellicose	Martial Admiration Mountaineers Visigothic Codes Marital Ceremonies / Ritualized Friendship State Ransoming	D'Oc Vulgar	Men Only	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Hybrid Basque/Catalan in 1035
	Asturleonese	Egalitarian	Fervent Temple Builders Hit-and-Run Tacticians Mountaineers Ritualized Friendship	Iberian Vulgar	Men Only	Iberian	Iberian	Leonese	Iberian	Diverged from Visigothic in 800
	Basque	Egalitarian	Marital Ceremonies Mountaineers Visigothic Codes Ritualized Friendship	Basque	Men Only	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Original
	Castilian	Bellicose	Castle Keepers Chivalry Martial Admiration Hit-and-Run Tacticians / Tabletop Warriors Ritualized Friendship	Iberian Vulgar	Men Only	Iberian	Iberian	Castilian	Iberian	Diverged from Visigothic in 800
	Catalan	Ceremonious	Maritime Mercantilism Parochialism Refined Poetry Visigothic Codes Ritualized Friendship	D'Oc Vulgar	Men Only	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Hybrid Visigothic/Occitan in 800
	Galician	Spiritual	Dexterous Fishermen Highland Warriors Monastic Communities Ritualized Friendship	Iberian Vulgar	Men Only	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Diverged from Visigothic in 800
	Portuguese	Bellicose	Chivalry Fervent Temple Builders Martial Admiration Ritualized Friendship	Iberian Vulgar	Men Only	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Diverged from Galician in 1100
	Suebi	Bellicose	Agrarian Stand and Fight!	Central Germanic	Men Only	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Dead
	Visigothic	Bellicose	Hit-and-Run Tacticians Martial Admiration Visigothic Codes Malleable Subjects Ritualized Friendship	Iberian Vulgar	Men Only	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Iberian	Diverged from Gothic in 418
Indo-Aryan	Bengali	Spiritual	Agrarian Philosopher Culture Religious Patronage	Magadhi	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Brahui	Communal	Astute Diplomats Culture Blending Desert Travelers Jirga	North Dravidian	Men Only	Iranian	Iranian	Indo-Aryan	Iranian	Original
	Gujarati	Spiritual	Expert Artisans Religion Blending Seafarers Vegetarians	Gurjar	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Kamrupi	Communal	Collective Lands Jungle Warriors Culture Blending	Magadhi	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Kannauji	Spiritual	Agrarian City Keepers Court Eunuchs Ruling Caste	Shauraseni	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Kashmiri	Spiritual	Equal Inheritance Himalayan Settlers Refined Poetry	Kashmiri	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Malvi	Stoic	Agrarian Fervent Temple Builders Khadga Puja Mystical Ancestors	Gurjar	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Marathi	Stoic	Industrious Modest Pastoralists	Marathi	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Nepali	Communal	Himalayan Settlers Martial Admiration Religious Patronage	Pahari	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Oriya	Spiritual	Culinary Artists Lords of the Elephants Seafarers	Magadhi	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Punjabi	Communal	Agrarian Marital Ceremonies Storytellers	Vrachada	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Rajasthani	Bellicose	Khadga Puja Mystical Ancestors Quarrelsome Warrior Culture	Gurjar	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Sindhi	Spiritual	Mendicant Mystics Refined Poetry Seafarers	Vrachada	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
	Sinhala	Spiritual	City Keepers Fervent Temple Builders Ruling Caste	Sinhalese	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan	Indian	Original
Iranian	Alan	Communal	Horse Lords Marital Ceremonies Mountaineers Steppe Tolerance	Scythian	Men Only	Mediterranean	Iranian	Oghuz	Iranian	Diverged from Scythian in 100
	Afghan	Communal	Esteemed Hospitality Eye for an Eye Futuwaa Mountain Homes Jirga	Scythian	Men Only	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Original
	Baloch	Stoic	Desert Travelers Esteemed Hospitality Futuwaa Isolationist Jirga	Iranian	Men Only	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Original
	Daylamite	Bellicose	Isolationist Mountaineers Stalwart Defenders Swords for Hire Futuwaa / Pragmatic Creed	Iranian	Men Only	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Original
	Khwarezmian	Stoic	Caravaneers City Keepers Dryland Dwellers Stalwart Defenders Futuwaa / Frontier Warriors	Scythian	Men Only	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Original (Dead in 1066)
	Kurdish	Communal	Eye for an Eye Mountain Homes Swords for Hire Futuwaa / Fierce Independence	Iranian	Men Only	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Original
	Persian	Ceremonious	Futuwaa Garden Architects Water Rituals Dryland Dwellers / Irrigation Experts Philosopher Culture / Beacon of Learning Refined Poetry / Enlightened Magnates	Iranian	Men Only	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Original
	Saka	Bellicose	Caravaneers Dryland Dwellers Expert Artisans Horse Lords Frontier Warriors	Scythian	Men Only	Iranian	Arabic	Iranian	Iranian	Diverged from Scythian in 100
	Sogdian	Egalitarian	Caravaneers Parochialism Religion Blending Futuwaa / Frontier Warriors Horse Breeders	Scythian	Men Only	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Original (Dead in 1066)
	Tajik	Spiritual	Caravaneers City Keepers Futuwaa Dryland Dwellers / Irrigation Experts Philosopher Culture / Beacon of Learning	Iranian	Men Only	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Hybrid Bactrian/Khwarezmian in 700
Israelite	Ashkenazi	Communal	Bound by Faith Defensive Tactics Diasporic Forbearing Philosopher Culture	High German	Men Only	Continental European	Holy Roman Imperial	Israelite	Continental European	Original
	Bavli	Communal	Bound by Faith Caravaneers Defensive Tactics Diasporic Xenophilic	Aramaic	Men Only	Arabic	Byzantine	Israelite	Arabic	Original
	Hebrew	Spiritual	Fervent Temple Builders Mystical Ancestors Philosopher Culture Strong Believers	Hebrew	Men Only	Arabic	Byzantine	Israelite	Arabic	Dead
	Kochini	Communal	Diasporic Fervent Temple Builders Philosopher Culture Xenophilic	Tamil	Men Only	Indian	Indian	Israelite	Indian	Hybrid Sephardi/Tamil in 52
	Radhanite	Egalitarian	Defensive Tactics Diasporic Maritime Mercantilism Philosopher Culture Xenophilic	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Arabic	Mongolian	Israelite	Arabic	Original
	Sephardi	Communal	Caravaneers Defensive Tactics Diasporic Maritime Mercantilism Philosopher Culture	Iberian Vulgar	Men Only	Arabic	Byzantine	Israelite	Arabic	Original
Latin	Cisalpine	Communal	Maritime Mercantilism Mountain Homes Republican Legacy	Italian Vulgar	Men Only	Mediterranean	Continental European	Latin	Continental European	Hybrid Lombard/Frankish in 800
	Italian	Spiritual	Formation Fighting Experts Refined Poetry Republican Legacy	Italian Vulgar	Men Only	Mediterranean	Continental European	Latin	Continental European	Diverged from Roman in 476
	Lombard	Stoic	Isolationist Martial Admiration Republican Legacy Stand and Fight!	Italian Vulgar	Men Only	Mediterranean	Continental European	Latin	Continental European	Hybrid Langobard/Italian in 650
	Roman	Bellicose	Eastern Roman Legacy Formation Fighting Experts Hereditary Hierarchy Legalistic Noble Adoption Refined Poetry	Latin	Men Only	Mediterranean	Byzantine Continental European	Latin	Eastern European	Dead
	Sardinian	Communal	Isolationist Stalwart Defenders	Sardinian Vulgar	Men Only	Mediterranean	Continental European	Latin	Continental European	Diverged from Roman in 100
	Sicilian	Ceremonious	Refined Poetry Republican Legacy Ruling Caste Swords for Hire Xenophilic	Italian Vulgar	Men Only	Mediterranean	Continental European	Latin	Continental European	Hybrid Lombard/Greek in 950
Magyar	Hungarian	Bellicose	Agrarian Konni Raids Strong Believers	Magyar	Men Only	Continental European	Continental European	Magyar Continental European	Mongolian	Diverged from Mogyër in 1000
	Mogyër	Bellicose	Horse Lords Strong Believers Tribal Unity	Magyar	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Mongolian	Magyar	Mongolian	Original
Mongolic	Buryat	Spiritual	Horse Lords Mystical Ancestors Sacred Mountains Steppe Tolerance	Mongolic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Mongolian	Mongolian	Mongolian	Original
	Jurchen	Spiritual	Agrarian Horse Breeders Horse Lords Malleable Invaders	Tungusic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Mongolian	Mongolian	Mongolian	Dead
	Kerait	Bellicose	Horse Breeders Horse Lords Prolific Hunters Steppe Tolerance	Mongolic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Mongolian	Mongolian	Mongolian	Original
	Khitan	Communal	Horse Lords Pastoralists Sacred Hunts Malleable Invaders	Mongolic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Mongolian	Mongolian	Mongolian	Dead
	Mongol	Bellicose	Horse Lords Prolific Hunters Steppe Tolerance Malleable Invaders	Mongolic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Mongolian	Mongolian	Mongolian	Original
	Naiman	Stoic	Charismatic Horse Lords Pastoralists Steppe Tolerance	Mongolic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Mongolian	Mongolian	Mongolian	Original
	Oirat	Bellicose	Horse Lords Loyal Subjects Prolific Hunters Strong Believers	Mongolic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Mongolian	Mongolian	Mongolian	Original
	Öngüd	Bellicose	Astute Diplomats Horse Lords Stalwart Defenders Steppe Tolerance	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Mongolian	Turkic	Mongolian	Diverged from Shatuo in 830
	Tuyuhun	Bellicose	Dryland Dwellers Horse Breeders Horse Lords Pastoralists	Mongolic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Mongolian	Mongolian	Mongolian	Original
Niger Delta	Edo	Egalitarian	Bush Hunting Hidden Cities Parochialism	East Kwa	Men Only	African	African	Central African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Ewe	Spiritual	Bush Hunting Legalistic Religion Blending	Kwa	Equal	African	African	Central African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Igbo	Spiritual	Bush Hunting Hidden Cities Recognition of Talent	East Kwa	Equal	African	African	Central African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Yoruba	Communal	Bush Hunting Equal Inheritance Hidden Cities Philosopher Culture	East Kwa	Equal	African	African	Central African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
North Germanic	Danish	Bellicose	Eye for an Eye Hereditary Hierarchy Runestone Raisers Ting-Meet Hirds / Coastal Warriors	Norse	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Danish	Northern European	Diverged from Norse in 1000
	Norse	Bellicose	Ting-Meet Hirds / Coastal Warriors Refined Poetry / Performative Honor Runestone Raisers / Northern Stories Malleable Invaders	Norse	Men Only	Norse	Norse	Norse	Norse	Original
	Norwegian	Bellicose	Maritime Mercantilism Runestone Raisers Storytellers Ting-Meet Hirds / Coastal Warriors	Norse	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Norwegian	Northern European	Diverged from Norse in 1000
	Swedish	Bellicose	Runestone Raisers Strong Believers Ting-Meet Hirds / Coastal Warriors	Norse	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Swedish	Northern European	Diverged from Norse in 1000
Qiangic	Qiang	Communal	Equal Inheritance Himalayan Settlers Medicinal Herbalists Sacred Mountains	Tangut	Men Only	Indian	Mongolian	Indian	Mongolian	Original
	Tangut	Bureaucratic	Caravaneers Court Eunuchs Himalayan Settlers Religion Blending Religious Patronage	Tangut	Men Only	Indian	Mongolian	Indian	Mongolian	Original
Sahelian	Bozo	Communal	Isolationist Religion Blending Wetlanders	Soninke	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Gaw	Communal	Caravaneers Dryland Dwellers	Ayneha	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Mossi	Bellicose	Adaptive Skirmishers Hereditary Hierarchy Ruling Caste	Gur	Equal	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Songhai	Ceremonious	Dryland Dwellers Ruling Caste Warrior Culture	Ayneha	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Dead
	Soninke	Ceremonious	Caravaneers City Keepers Dryland Dwellers Strong Believers	Soninke	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Sorko	Communal	Dryland Dwellers Xenophilic	Ayneha	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
Senegambian	Pulaar	Bellicose	Charismatic Forbearing	Senegambian	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
	Serer	Spiritual	Hereditary Hierarchy Stalwart Defenders Strong Believers	Senegambian	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Dead
	Wolof	Communal	Ruling Caste Strong Believers	Senegambian	Men Only	African	African	West African	Sub-Saharan African	Original
South Slavic	Bosnian	Communal	Isolationist Mendicant Mystics Monastic Comunities	South Slavic	Men Only	Mediterranean	Continental European	South Slavic	Eastern European	Hybrid Croatian/Serbian in 800
	Bulgarian	Bureaucratic	Konni Raids Merciful Blindings Ruling Caste Stand and Fight!	Slavonic	Men Only	Mediterranean	Byzantine	South Slavic	Eastern European	Hybrid Bolghar/South Slavic in 850
	Croatian	Communal	Astute Diplomats Hereditary Hierarchy Konni Raids	South Slavic	Men Only	Mediterranean	Continental European	South Slavic	Eastern European	Original
	Serbian	Communal	Konni Raids Religious Patronage Stalwart Defenders Staunch Traditionalists	South Slavic	Men Only	Mediterranean	Byzantine	South Slavic	Eastern European	Original
Syriac	Syriac	Communal	Caravaneers Loyal Subjects Philosopher Culture Strong Believers	Aramaic	Men Only	Arabic	Byzantine Arabic	Byzantine	Arabic	Original
Tibetan	Bodpa	Spiritual	Himalayan Settlers Horse Breeders Religious Patronage	Tibetan	Men Only	Indian	Mongolian	Tibetan	Mongolian	Original
	Kirati	Communal	Himalayan Settlers Religion Blending	Tibetan	Men Only	Indian	Mongolian	Tibetan	Mongolian	Original
	Lhomon	Communal	Himalayan Settlers Medicinal Herbalists Mystical Ancestors	Tibetan	Men Only	Indian	Mongolian Indian	Tibetan	Mongolian	Original
	Sumpa	Egalitarian	Equal Inheritance Himalayan Settlers Mountaineers	Tibetan	Men Only	Indian	Mongolian	Tibetan	Mongolian	Original
	Tsangpa	Spiritual	Himalayan Settlers Religious Patronage Sacred Mountains	Tibetan	Men Only	Indian	Mongolian	Tibetan	Mongolian	Original
	Zhangzhung	Spiritual	Himalayan Settlers Sacred Mountains	Tibetan	Men Only	Indian	Mongolian	Tibetan	Mongolian	Original
Tocharian	Tocharian	Spiritual	Caravaneers Philosopher Culture Religious Patronage Xenophilic Frontier Warriors	Tocharian	Men Only	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Iranian	Original (Dead in 1066)
Turkic	Avar	Bellicose	Horse Lords Recognition of Talent Ruling Caste Culture Blending	Oghur	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original (Dead in 1066)
	Bashkir	Stoic	Forest Folk Horse Lords Sacred Mountains Malleable Invaders	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original
	Bolghar	Communal	Astute Diplomats Horse Lords Ruling Caste Malleable Invaders	Oghur	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original
	Chuvash	Communal	Horse Lords Sacred Groves Sacred Hunts Strong Believers	Oghur	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Diverged from Bolghar in 800
	Cuman	Bellicose	Horse Lords Swords for Hire Warrior Culture Malleable Invaders	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original
	Karluk	Communal	Horse Lords Sacred Mountains Steppe Tolerance Malleable Invaders	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original
	Khazar	Egalitarian	Horse Lords Stand and Fight! Steppe Tolerance	Oghur	Equal	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original
	Kimek	Stoic	Horse Lords Pastoralists Prolific Hunters Stalwart Defenders	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original
	Kipchak	Stoic	Horse Lords Prolific Hunters Quarrelsome Swords for Hire	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original
	Kirghiz	Egalitarian	Horse Lords Prolific Hunters Quarrelsome	Shaz Turkic	Equal	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original
	Laktan	Stoic	Forest Folk Horse Lords Prolific Hunters Stalwart Defenders	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original
	Oghuz	Bellicose	Horse Lords Ruling Caste Swords for Hire Warrior Culture	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Oghuz	Mongolian	Original
	Pecheneg	Bellicose	Horse Lords Quarrelsome Swords for Hire Warrior Culture	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Oghuz	Mongolian	Original
	Shatuo	Bellicose	Court Eunuchs Ruling Caste Malleable Invaders	Chinese	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original (Dead in 1066)
	Turkmen	Bellicose	By the Sword Horse Lords Prolific Hunters Ruling Caste	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Oghuz	Mongolian	Diverged from Oghuz in 1077
	Uriankhai	Communal	Forest Folk Horse Lords Mendicant Mystics Prolific Hunters	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original
	Uyghur	Spiritual	Caravaneers Charitable Religious Patronage Steppe Tolerance Xenophilic	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Original
	Yughur	Communal	Horse Lords Pastoralists Steppe Tolerance	Shaz Turkic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Turkic	Turkic	Mongolian	Diverged from Uyghur in 850
Ugro-Permian	Bjarmian	Stoic	Caravaneers Charismatic Forest Wardens Xenophilic	Finnic	Men Only	Continental European	Ugro-Permian	Ugro-Permian	Northern European	Original
	Ostyak	Spiritual	Isolationist Strong Believers	Ugro-Permian	Men Only	Continental European	Ugro-Permian	Ugro-Permian	Northern European	Original
	Permian	Communal	Forest Wardens Frugal Armorers	Ugro-Permian	Men Only	Continental European	Ugro-Permian	Ugro-Permian	Northern European	Original
Vlach	Vlach	Communal	Konni Raids Pastoralists Strong Believers Xenophilic Staunch Traditionalists	Dacian Vulgar	Men Only	Mediterranean	Byzantine	South Slavic	Eastern European	Hybrid Roman/South Slavic in 600
Volga-Finnic	Mari	Stoic	Frequent Festivities Musical Theorists	Volga-Finnic	Men Only	Continental European	Ugro-Permian	Eurasian Steppe	Northern European	Original
	Merya	Stoic	Storytellers Culture Blending	Volga-Finnic	Men Only	Continental European	Ugro-Permian	Eurasian Steppe	Northern European	Original
	Meshchera	Stoic	Musical Theorists Religion Blending Culture Blending	Volga-Finnic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Eurasian Steppe	Northern European	Original
	Mordvin	Stoic	Frequent Festivities Musical Theorists Religion Blending	Volga-Finnic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Eurasian Steppe	Northern European	Original
	Muroma	Stoic	Frequent Festivities Storytellers Culture Blending	Volga-Finnic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European	Eurasian Steppe	Northern European	Original (Dead in 1066)
West Germanic	Anglo-Saxon	Bureaucratic	City Keepers Hirds The Witenagemot	Anglic	Men Only	Continental European	Northern European Continental European	Anglo-Saxon	Continental European	Diverged from Old Saxon in 500
	English	Bureaucratic	Castle Keepers Chivalry Hereditary Hierarchy Longbow Competitions	Anglic	Men Only	Continental European	Continental European	English	Continental European	Hybrid Anglo-Saxon/Norman in 1070
	Old Saxon	Bellicose	Hirds Seafarers Ting-Meet Malleable Invaders	Anglic	Men Only	Continental European	Norse	Continental European	Continental European	Dead
	Scots	Bureaucratic	City Keepers Hereditary Hierarchy Strong Kinship Xenophilic	Anglic	Men Only	Continental European	Continental European	Scottish	Continental European	Hybrid Anglo-Saxon/Cumbrian in 1050
West Slavic	Carantanian	Communal	Martial Admiration Mountaineer Ruralism	South Slavic	Men Only	Continental European	West Slavic	West Slavic	Eastern European	Original
	Czech	Bureaucratic	Castle Keepers Industrious Life is just a Joke Mountaineer Ruralism	Czech-Slovien	Men Only	Continental European	West Slavic	West Slavic	Eastern European	Original
	Polabian	Stoic	Hereditary Hierarchy Konni Raids Stalwart Defenders	Lechitic	Men Only	Continental European	West Slavic	Polish	Eastern European	Original
	Polish	Ceremonious	Konni Raids Xenophilic Staunch Traditionalists	Lechitic	Men Only	Continental European	West Slavic	Polish	Eastern European	Original
	Pomeranian	Stoic	Konni Raids Maritime Mercantilism Staunch Traditionalists	Lechitic	Men Only	Continental European	West Slavic	West Slavic	Eastern European	Original
	Slovien	Egalitarian	Equitable Mountaineer Ruralism	Czech-Slovien	Men Only	Continental European	West Slavic	Polish	Eastern European	Original

Ancient cultures

Ancient cultures are all dead and only exist for the purpose of Legends and historical characters. They can be selected for custom characters but do not start with any Innovation.

Heritage	Culture	Ethos	Traditions	Language	Martial Custom	Architecture	Fashion	Coat of Arms	Military Equipment
Egyptian	Ancient Egyptian	Spiritual	Agrarian Hereditary Hierarchy Philosopher Culture Strong Believers	Egyptian	Equal	Arabic	Abbasid Byzantine	Latin	Arabic
Gothic	Gothic	Bellicose	Isolationist Martial Admiration Stand and Fight! Malleable Invaders	Central Germanic	Men Only	Mediterranean	Continental European	Latin	Continental European
Hellenic	Macedonian	Bellicose	Astute Diplomats Legalistic Philosopher Culture	Hellenic	Men Only	Mediterranean	Byzantine	Byzantine	Eastern European
	Trojan	Bellicose	Astute Diplomats Legalistic Maritime Mercantilism Philosopher Culture	Hellenic	Men Only	Mediterranean	Byzantine	Byzantine	Eastern European
Hunnic	Hunnic	Bellicose	Horse Lords Prolific Hunters Steppe Tolerance	Hunnic	Men Only	Eurasian Steppe	Mongolian	Mongolian	Mongolian

List of unique formable cultures

Some formable cultures will receive a unique custom name, as long as certain conditions are met upon creation:

Unique divergent cultures

New Culture Name	Parent Culture/Heritage	Title/Realm Capital	Special Condition
Scanian	North Germanic Heritage	Petty Kingdom of Skåne
Beta Israeli	East African Heritage		Judaism Religion
Avadhi	Indo-Aryan Heritage	Kingdom of Kosala
Malayali	Tamil	Raj of Chera Nadu
Hejazi	Bedouin	Emirate of Mecca or Medina
Szekely	Hungarian	Duchy of Transylvania or Transylvanian Alps
Maithili	Bengali or Nepali	Raj of Tirabhukti
Bihari	Indo-Aryan Heritage	Raj of Magadha, Tirabhukti or Kasi
Azeri	Turkic Heritage	High Chiefdom of Shirvan or Azerbaijan
Dhundari	Rajasthani	Raj of Ajmer
Mewari	Rajasthani	Raj of Medapata
Marwari	Rajasthani	Raj of Maru or Stravani
Nimadi	Marathi or Malvi	Raj of Anupa
Kathiawari	Gujarati	Raj of Anartta or Saurashtra
Kabyle	Butr or Baranis	Emirate of Kroumerie, Bejaia or Zab
Austrian	Central Germanic Heritage	Duchy of Austria, Salzburg, Steyermark or Carinthia or Archduchy of Austria
Burgundian	Frankish Heritage	Duchy of Burgundy, or Upper Burgundy
Arpitan	Frankish Heritage	Dauphinate of Viennois, Duchy of Savoy or Provence
Lothringian	Central Germanic Heritage	Duchy of Upper Lorraine or Lower Lorraine
Lorrainian		Duchy of Upper Lorraine or Lower Lorraine
Angevin	French	Duchy of Anjou
Provancale	Occitan or French	Duchy of Provence
Walloon	Frankish Heritage	Duchy of Flanders, Brabant, Luxembourg, Jülich or Holland
Flemish	Dutch	Duchy of Flanders, Brabant, Luxembourg, Jülich or Holland
Aquitanian	Occitan	Duchy of Acquitaine, Gascogne or Armagnac
Poitevin	French	Duchy of Poitiou
Auvergnat	Occitan	Duchy of Auvergne or Bourbon
Lengadocian	Occitan	Duchy of Languedoc or Toulouse
Mercian	Anglo-Saxon	Petty Kingdom of Mercia
Northumbrian	Anglo-Saxon	Petty Kingdom of Northumbria, York or Lancaster
Northerner	English	Petty Kingdom of Northumbria, York or Lancaster
Silesian	Czech or Polish	Duchy of Upper Silesia or Lower Silesia
Ruthenian	Russian	Grand Principality of Kyiv, Halych, the Cherven Cities, Volhynia, Turov, Pinsk, Minsk, Grodno, Chernigov, Pereyaslavl, Yedisan, Levedia, Voronezh, Khopyor, or Don Valley
Belarusian	Russian	Grand Principality of Pinsk, Minsk or Grodno
Red Ruthenian	Russian	Grand Principality of Halych and the Cherven Cities
Munda	Bengali	Raj of Jharkland
Shirvani	Persian	Shirvanshahdom of Shirvan
Pontic	Greek or either parent culture is Greek	Duchy of Chaldia or Steppe Region
Novgorodian	Russian	Grand Principality of Novgorod
Geatish	Swedish	Petty Kingdom of Småland, Västergötland or Östergötland
Gutish	Swedish	Petty Kingdom of Visby
Venetian	Latin Heritage	Republic of Venice
Mervi	Iranian Heritage	Mervshahdom of Merv
Parsi		India Region	Zoroastrian Religion
Icelandic	North Germanic Heritage	Petty Kingdom of Iceland
Omani	Arabic Heritage	Emirate of Oman
Khaleeji	Arabic Heritage	Emirate of Al-Hasa, Bahrain, Khuzestan, Hormuz or Fars
Mahri	Arabic Heritage	Emirate of Mahra
Gorani	Kurdish	Kermanshahdom of Kermanshah
Luri	Iranian Heritage	Khuzestanshahdom of Khuzestan or Kermanshahdom of Kermanshah
Tabari	Iranian Heritage	Tabaristanshahdom of Tabaristan or Daylamshahdom of Daylam
Ligurian	Latin Heritage	Duchy of Genoa
Romagnol	Latin Heritage	Duchy of Romagna or Emilia
Tuscan	Latin Heritage	Duchy of Tuscany or Pisa
Umbrian	Latin Heritage	Duchy of Spoleto
New English	West Germanic Heritage	Steppe Region
Moroccan		Grand Emirate of Maghreb
Algerian		Grand Emirate of Tahert
Tripolitanian		Emirate of Syrte, Fezzan or Cyrenaica
Tunisian		Grand Emirate of Africa
Lebanese	Arabic Heritage	Malikate of Syria	Coastal Capital
Syrian	Arabic Heritage	Sultanate of Syria	NOT Coastal Capital
Iraqi	Arabic Heritage	Sultanate of Mesopotamia or Jazira
Soqotri	Arabic Heritage	Emirate of Socotra
Palestinian	Arabic Heritage	Sultanate of Jerusalem or Israel	Islamic religion
Upper Saxon	Saxon	Duchy of Thüringia, Anhalt, Lausitz or Meissen
Dalmatian	South Slavic, Eastern Roman or Latin Heritage	Kingdom of Croatia
Neapolitan	Berber, Eastern Roman or Latin Heritage	Kingdom of Sicily EXCEPT Duchy of Sicily
Arvanite	Albanian Heritage	Byzantine Empire
Griko	Greek	Kingdom of Sicily
Egyptiote	Greek	Kingdom of Egypt
Cappadocian	Greek	Kingdom of Anatolia
Cypriot	Greek	Kingdom of Cyprus

Unique hybrid cultures

New Culture Name	Cultures/Heritages	Title/Realm Capital	Special Condition
Azeri	Turkic and Iranian Heritages	High Chiefdom of Shirvan or Azerbaijan
Anatolian Turkish	Either Culture is Turkic Heritage	GHW Region of Anatolia
Norse-Gael	Goidelic; and North Germanic Heritages
Danelander	Anglo-Saxon or English; and North Germanic Heritages	Kingdom of Danelaw or Daneland
Ænglish	Anglo-Saxon; and Norwegian		NOT Norse Religion
Anglo-Nordic	Anglo-Saxon or English; and North Germanic Heritage
Hindustani	Iranian or Turkic (ruler culture), and Indo-Aryan Heritages	GHW Region of Northern India
Rhinelander	Frankish; and Central Germanic Heritages	Rhineland Region
Turko-Persian	Oghuz (ruler culture); and Persian
Turko-Afghan	Oghuz (ruler culture); and Afghan
Ulster-Scot	Scots; and Irish
Romansh	Any two of the following: Frankish, Central Germanic or Latin Heritage (EXCEPT Frankish Heritage (ruler culture), and Central Germanic Culture)	Duchy of Currezia
Swiss	Any two of the following: Frankish, Central Germanic or Latin Heritage	Confederation of Switzerland
Transylvanian	Magyar; and Vlach Heritage	Duchy of Transylvania or Transylvanian Alps
Alsatian	Frankish; and Central Germanic Heritages	Duchy of Alsace or Upper Lorraine
Vlaemsch	Frankish Heritage; and Dutch
Khalka	Tibetian; and Mongolic Heritage
Himalayan	Tibetan Heritage; and Nepali
Angevin	Frankish; and West Germanic Heritage
Kazakh	Mongolic; and Turkic Heritages
Kurlander	Central Germanic (ruler culture); and Balto or Balto-Finnic Heritage	High Chiefdom of Courland
Livonian	Balto-Finnic; and Baltic Heritages
Moroccan	Arabic Heritage or Arabic Language; and Berber Heritage	Grand Emirate of Maghreb (or simply holding the Title as Andalusian)
Algerian	Arabic Heritage or Arabic Language; and Berber Heritage	Grand Emirate of Tahert (or simply holding the Title as Andalusian)
Tripolitanian	Arabic Heritage or Arabic Language; and Berber Heritage	Emirate of Syrte, Fezzan or Cyrenaica (or simply holding any of the Titles as Andalusian (must NOT hold the Grand Emirate of Africa))
Tunisian	Arabic Heritage or Arabic Language; and Berber Heritage	Grand Emirate of Africa (or simply holding the Title as Andalusian)
Kuzarim	Khazar; and Israelite Heritage		Judaism Religion
Siddi	East African or Horn African; and Indo-Aryan or Dravidian Heritages
Bari	Berber; and Latin or Frankish Heritages
Gyalrong	Tibetan; and Qiangic Heritages
Lebanese	Eastern Roman; and Arabic Heritages	Malikate of Syria
Outremer	Frankish (ruler culture); and Arabic Heritages	Syria Region
Oltremare	Latin (ruler culture); and Arabic Heritages	Syria Region
Ultramar	Iberian (ruler culture); and Arabic Heritages	Syria Region	Culture's faith must be Christian
Hierosolyman	North, Central or West Germanic (ruler culture); and Arabic Heritages	Syria Region
Jerusaleman	South, West or East Slavic (ruler culture); and Arabic Heritages	Syria Region
Külföldi	Magyar (ruler culture); and Arabic Heritages	Syria Region
Dramor	Brythonic (ruler culture); and Arabic Heritages	Syria Region
Coigríche	Goidelic (ruler culture); and Arabic Heritages	Syria Region
Arpitan	Frankish; and Latin Heritages	Dauphinate of Viennois, Duchy of Savoy or Provence
New English	West Germanic; and Mongolic or Turkic Heritages	Steppe Region
Upper Saxon	Saxon and Polabian
Dobrujan	Vlach; and Turkic Heritages	Duchy of Dobrudja or Bugeac
Aromanian	Vlach Heritage (or its Parent Culture); and Eastern Roman Heritage	Catapanate of Thessalonika, Epirus, or Hellas
Dalmatian	Any two of the following: South Slavic, Eastern Roman or Latin Heritage	South Slavia Region except Kingdoms of Wallachia, Moldavia and Bulgaria
Neapolitan	Any two of the following: Latin, Eastern Roman or Berber Heritage	Kingdom of Sicily EXCEPT Duchy of Sicily
Siculo-Norman	Norman (ruler culture); Latin, Eastern Roman or Berber Heritage	Kingdom of Sicily
Arvorigeg	Brythonic (ruler culture); and Frankish Heritage
Gallo	Frankish (ruler culture); and Brythonic Heritages
Scota	Scots and Egyptian
Parsi	Iranian and either Dravidian or Indo-Aryan Heritage	India Region	Zoroastrian Religion
Arvanite	Albanian and Eastern Roman Heritage
Wendish	Czech-Slovien or Lechitic Language with West Slavic Heritage (ruler culture), and Central or West Germanic Heritage	Holy Roman Empire
Böhmisch	High German or Saxon Language with Central or West Germanic Heritage (ruler Culture); and West Slavic Heritage	Kingdom of Bohemia
Gasmoulos	Frankish or Latin Heritage; and Eastern Roman Heritage	Byzantine Empire or Latin Empire
Aquitanian	Basque Language; and Frankish Heritage
Griko	Eastern Roman Heritage; and Latin Heritage	Kingdom of Sicily
Egyptiote	Eastern Roman Heritage (ruler culture); and Arabic Heritage	Kingdom of Egypt

Harrying of the North

Harrying of the North is a culture mechanic enabled if Duke William II of Normandy wins his starting war against King Harold II Godwineson of England. If playing as Hereward the Wake it will only happen if you choose to travel to England after William wins the war.

Once the Harrying of the North begins, every county belonging to a vassal of King William of Anglo-Saxon culture will gain +25  Control but also -0.25 Monthly  Development for 15 years. King William will gain the Ruthless Conqueror modifier for 15 years, which has the following effects:

• +0.2 Monthly Dread
• +0.5 Monthly Control
• -15 Popular Opinion
• -30 Minority Vassal Opinion
• -45 Anglo-Saxon Opinion

Harrying of the North has two values to keep track of which are affected by events: Resistance and Pacification. It will start at 5 Resistance and 0 Pacification. Resistance and Pacification come in four levels and whichever value is higher will impart its effects:

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Resistance	If Resistance is above 7 -1 Monthly Cultural Acceptance between Anglo-Saxon and Norman cultures	If Resistance is above 10 -2 Monthly Cultural Acceptance between Anglo-Saxon and Norman cultures Slightly increased chance of Claimant factions against the king of England	If Resistance is above 13 -5 Monthly Cultural Acceptance between Anglo-Saxon and Norman cultures Increased chance of Claimant factions against the king of England -10 Control every 3 years in all counties of vassals of king of England	If Resistance is above 16 -10 Monthly Cultural Acceptance between Anglo-Saxon and Norman cultures Greatly increased chance of Claimant factions against the king of England -20 Control every 3 years in all counties of vassals of king of England
Pacification	If Pacification is above 5 +1 Monthly Cultural Acceptance between Anglo-Saxon and Norman cultures	If Pacification is above 8 +2 Monthly Cultural Acceptance between Anglo-Saxon and Norman cultures +1 Monthly Dread for the king of England	If Pacification is above 11 +5 Monthly Cultural Acceptance between Anglo-Saxon and Norman cultures +2 Monthly Dread for the king of England	If Pacification is above 14 +10 Monthly Cultural Acceptance between Anglo-Saxon and Norman cultures +3 Monthly Dread for the king of England Unlocks the Embrace English Culture decision

Harrying of the North can end in three ways. All of them will give the king of England -65  Stress.

• If none of the vassals of the king of England has Anglo-Saxon culture or is a  Duke
• If the king of England does not have Norman or English culture
• If 50 years pass

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Mechanics