Culture

The Culture represents the language, customs and technologies that a character or county use. It decides innovations, names and cultural retinues that characters can use. Rulers can change a County's Culture with the Promote Culture Steward action.

Each Culture belongs to a Culture Group, which represents a group of Cultures with similar ancestry. Characters within the same Realm will have -5 Opinion with each other if they belong to different Cultures within the same Culture Group and -15 Opinion with each other if they belong to different Culture Groups. There are perks and tenets that can modify this.

Counties will have lowered Popular Opinion with their direct Liege if he or she belongs to a different Culture and especially Culture Group. Characters can avoid this by granting the County Title to a Vassal of the same Culture Group as the target County.

A ruler can convert to the culture of their realm capital at the cost of Prestige. Every close family member sharing the ruler's culture will adopt the new culture. Vassals sharing the ruler's culture that owns counties with the new culture can decide to adopt it as well.

Cultural head

Each Culture with at least one Ruler has a Cultural Head. The Cultural Head is always the character belonging to a Culture who owns the most Counties of the said Culture.

Cultural Heads can choose an Innovation to be a Cultural Fascination, which will improve its discovery progress by +20%, with an additional +2% per Cultural Head Learning skill. The Cultural Fascination can be changed at any time.

List of cultures

Holy Roman clothing appearance requires the pre-order bonus while Abbasid clothing requires the Expansion Pass.

There are some cultures that extinct, but are used for history purposes. They will be marked with * to indicate them

Group	Cultures	Baron name	Count name	Duke name	King name	Emperor name	Knight name	Buildings appearance	Clothing appearance	Army appearance	Coat of arms appearance
Akan	Akan Guan Kru	Obaatan Obaatana	Nana Nana	Krontihene Krontihena	Omanhene Omanhena	Akanhene Akanhena	Champion	Mena	African	Sub-Saharan	West-African
Arabic	Andalusian Bedouin Egyptian Maghrebi Mashriqi Yemeni	Wālī Wālīa	Sheikh Sheikhah	Emir Emira	Malik Malika	Malik al-Muazzam Malika al-Muazzama	Fāris	Mena	Abbasid Mena	Mena	Arabic
Baltic	Latgalian Lithuanian Prussian	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	Grand Duke Grand Duchess	Emperor Empress	Knight	Western	Northern	Northern	Baltic Steppe Western
Balto-Finnic	Estonian Finnish Karelian Sami Vepsian	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Western	Northern	Northern	Balto-Finnic Steppe Western
Berber	Baranis Butr Zaghawa	Nā'ib Nā'iba	Wālī Wālīa	Emir Emira	Amīr al-Umarā Amīra al-Umarā	Malik al-Mulūk Malika al-Mulūk	Knight	Mena	Mena	Mena	Berber
Brythonic	Breton Cornish Cumbrian Pictish Welsh	Baron Baroness	Mormaer Banmormaer	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Western	Western	Western	Western
Burman	Burmese Mon	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Indian	Indian	Indian	Burman
Byzantine	Alan Armenian Assyrian Georgian Greek	Baron Baroness	Komes Komitissa	Doux Doukissa	Despot Despotissa	Basileus Basilissa	Hetaeria	Mediterranean	Byzantine	Eastern	Byzantine Western
Central African	Hausa Kanuri Nupe Sao	Chima Chidibe Chima Chidibe	Chima Chima	Galadima Galadima	Mai Gumsu	Sultan Sultana	Knight	Mena	African	Sub-Saharan	Central African
Central Germanic	Bavarian Dutch Franconian Frisian German Saxon Swabian	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Kaiser Kaiserin	Knight	Western	Holy Roman Western	Western	German Western
Chinese	Han	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Indian	Mongol	Mongol	Han
Dravidian	Kannada Tamil Telugu	Damapati Damapatni	Thakur Thakurani	Raja Rani	Maharaja Maharani	Samrat Samrajni	Shoorveer	Indian	Indian	Indian	Dravidian
East African	Daju Ethiopian Nubian Welayta	Baron Baroness	Ras Woyzerit	Mesfin Woyzero	Negus Nigist	Negusa Negast Itege	Knight	Mena	Mena	Mena	East African
East Slavic	Ilmenian Russian Severian *Volhynian	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Grand Prince Grand Princess	King Queen	Tsar Tsaritsa	Knight	Western	Northern	Eastern	East Slavic Western
Frankish	*Frankish French Norman Occitan Outremer	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Western	Western	Western	Frankish Western
Goidelic	Gaelic Irish	Baron Baroness	Mormaer Banmormaer	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Western	Northern	Western	Western
Horn African	Afar Beja Somali	Akil Akilad	Islan Islanad	Gerad Geradad	Suldaan Suldaanad	Boqor Boqorad	Knight	Mena	Mena	Mena	East African
Iberian	Aragonese Asturleonese Basque Castilian Catalan Galician Portuguese *Suebi Visigothic	Wālī Wālīa	Sheikh Sheikhah	Emir Emira	Malik Malika	Malik al-Muazzam Malika al-Muazzama	Knight	Mediterranean	Western	Western	Iberian Western
Indo-Aryan	Assamese Bengali Gujarati Hindustani Kashmiri Marathi Nepali Oriya Punjabi Rajput Sindhi Sinhala	Damapati Damapatni	Thakur Thakurani	Raja Rani	Maharaja Maharani	Samrat Samrajni	Shoorveer	Indian	Indian	Indian	Indo-Aryan
Iranian	Afghan Baloch Daylamite Khwarezmian Kurdish Persian Saka Sogdian Tajik Tocharian	Argbadh Wâlia	Marzoban Shaykhah	Satrap Emira	Shah Banebshen	Shahanshah Shahanshah	Aswaran	Mena	Mena	Mena	Iranian
Israelite	Ashkenazi Sephardi	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Mena	Byzantine	Mena	Israelite
Latin	Cisalpine Italian Lombard *Roman Sardinian Sicilian	Baro Baronissa	Comes Comitissa	Dux Ducissa	Rex Regina	Imperator Imperatrix	Knight	Mediterranean	Western	Western	Latin Western
Magyar	Hungarian Mogyër	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Western	Mongol	Mongol	Magyar Steppe
Mongolic	Buryat Jurchen Kerait Knitan Mongol Naiman Oirat Tuyuhun	Taishi Taishi	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	Khan Khanum	Khagan Khatun	Baghatur	Indian	Mongol	Mongol	Mongol Steppe
North Germanic	Danish Norse Norwegian Swedish	Þegn Þegn	Jarl Jarl	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Western	Northern	Northern	Western
Qiangic	Qiang Tangut	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Indian	Mongol	Mongol	Indian
Sahelian	Bozo Gaw Mossi Songhai Soninke Soroko	Horo Hora	Debegume Debeguma	Nyanyagume Nyanyaguma	Maghan Magha	Kaya Magha Kaya Magha	Knight	Mena	African	Sub-Saharan	West-African
Senegambian	Pulaar Serer Wolof	Tigui Tigua	Geer Geera	Damel Damela	Simbago Simbaga	Soma Soma	Knight	Mena	African	Sub-Saharan	West-African
South Slavic	Bosnian Bulgarian Croatian Serbian Vlach	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Ban Ban	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Mediterranean	Byzantine	Eastern	South Slavic Western
Tibetan	Bodpa Kirati Lhomon Sumpa Tsangpa Zhangzhung	Baron Baroness	Ngapo Ngamo	Prabhu Mahila	Gyalpo Gyelpo	Tsenpo Maharani	Knight	Indian	Mongol	Mongol	Tibetan
Turkic	Avar Bashkir Bolghar Chuvash Cuman Karluk Khazar Kimek Kipchak Kirghiz Laktan Ongud Pecheneg Shatuo Turkish Uriankhai Uyghur Yughur	Agha Hanim	Beg Begum	Atabeg Atabegum	Khan Khanum	Khagan Khatun	Baghatur	Indian	Mongol	Mongol	Turkic Steppe
Ugro-Permian	Khanti Komi Samoyed	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Western	Northern	Northern	Ugro-Permian Steppe
Volga-Finnic	Mari Merya Meshchera Mordvin Muroma	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Western	Northern	Northern	Volga-Finnic Steppe
West African	Bobo Gur Malinke Marka Mel	Baron Baroness	Farin Farina	Farbas Farba	Faama Malika	Mansa Sultana	Knight	Mena	African	Sub-Saharan	West-African
West Germanic	Anglo-Saxon English *Old Saxon Scots	Thane Thane	Earl Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Western	Western	Western	Western
West Slavic	Czech Polabian Polish Pommeranian Slovien	Baron Baroness	Count Countess	Duke Duchess	King Queen	Emperor Empress	Knight	Western	Western	Eastern	West Slavic Western
Yoruba	Edo Ewe Igbo Yoruba	Uzama Uzama	Nana Nana	Ajapada Ajapada	Oba Oba	Alafin Alafin	Knight	Mena	African	Sub-Saharan	Central African

Culture splits

The following cultures will divide into multiple small Cultures once certain time periods are reached. The player character will get the option to cancel the Culture split if the player controls 80% of the Counties with the original Culture.

Original Culture	New Cultures	Period
Visigothic	Andalusian Aragonese Asturleonese Castilian Catalan Galician Occitan Portuguese	850-920
Anglo-Saxon	Scots	850-950
Norse	Danish Norwegian Swedish	950-990

Creatable Cultures

The following cultures need to be created through decisions before they can be played.

New Culture	Decision	Conditions
English	Embrace English Culture	Adult Own the Kingdom of England title Realm capital is in Kingdom of England Frankish culture group
Norman (in 867)	Establish Norman Culture	At peace Own and fully control the Duchy of Neustria Norse culture At least one county de jure part of Duchy of Neustria has French culture Norman culture doesn't exist
Portuguese	Found Portugal	Independent Control Algarve, Beja, Coimbra and Portucale Iberian culture group
Outremer	Embrace Outremer Culture	Frankish culture group Character or liege follows a Christian faith Form the Outremer Empire decision Realm capital is in the region of Africa, Middle-East or Persia One of the following: Own the Empire on Outremer title Liege owns the Empire on Outremer title Liege belongs to the Outremer culture Level of Fame is at least Exalted Among Men Roman culture