Lore-based formable nations include Ayleid State, Skingrad, Kvatch, Order of the Hour, Colovia, Cyrodiil, Minotaur Nation, Nibenay, Alessian Order and Alessian Empire. Pirate nations in Cyrodiil include Abeceanea and Topalia. Select nations begin converting to Marukhism starting in 420. Several nations convert to 8 Dvines at 221, 266, and 308 with the majority of colonized Cyrodiil eventually following 8 Divines late game. Ayleids follow Cult of Meridia and Molag Bal at start, with Nedes worshipping the 8 Divines and Minotaurs following Cult of Hircine. Religion is tense in Cyrodiil with many warring factions. Primary cultures include Nedic, Ayleid,Minotaur and Snow Elven at start, with Colovian showing up in 1309.

Regions are Heartlands, Colovia, Golden Coast, Nibenary, Jerall Mountains and Valus Mountains. Cyrodiil is the largest region with 900 provinces. The Heartlands Trade Node is an end-node and highly lucrative if dominant, and especially if Imperial City is owned and controlled. The only mechanic affected by tech groups are where on the map a country can see at start, and which parts of the map are terra incognita. In ESU tech groups do not affect any plus/minus values between nations. In the case of republics and theocracies, the rank will be be the prefix, for example Grand (rank 3), Regional (5), or National Republic/Theocracy. The formable name is on the left while the forming country is. In cases of higher rank than 1 for monarchies and tribes, the government type will form a prefix to the rank, for example Monarchic Kingdom or Monarchic Empire. Formables are civilizations that dont exist that can be made by a civilization Have 1000 gold Have at least 2.4 Diplomacy Points Must be at peace Is not a vassal The country being created does not exist The countrys capital is in a certain province Owns all required provinces (differs between each formable) Listed alphabetically. Formable nations change rank to 5 (Kingdom), and certain tags such as Alessian Empire and Akavir are rank 10 (empire).

Certain nations (especially pirates) start at a rank of 3 of grand duchy. Additionally, ESU features 10 government ranks, with most nations starting at 1. These nations can also form via the country collapse disaster, which is much easier to activate in ESU than Vanilla EU4.ДЇor those interested in playing as a theocracy or republic, use the sort option under government, there are at least one of each type per region. For other listing options each table is sortable for viewer preference.Д¬ountries with Appear Year of '-' are not available to play from the start screen but can be released from larger nations. From here nations are listed in alphabetical order of Tag. The following contains a list of the 1750+ unique countries currently in ESU.Д¬ountries are sorted by continent, then by superregion.

List of formable nations in eu4