Countries

Countries are the acting entities of Hearts of Iron IV. Each is controlled by a player or by AI and pursues its own national focus tree during a game as well as choosing various political Ideas, engaging in Diplomacy, Construction, Research, Production, and the command of its military units.

Each country belongs to one of four political Ideologies, which can change over a game, though there are in most cases no ways to increase the Non-Aligned ideology without modding.

Major countries

Countries in HOI4 are either major countries or minor countries. In a war, a faction will only surrender when all its participating major countries capitulate. Major powers refer to ones with the highest number of factories, within the top 7 or 70% of the average of the top 7, updated monthly. Countries cannot lose their major status while at war. Faction leaders are also considered major countries.

The major countries in 1936 are:

•  Germany
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  Soviet Union
•  France
•  United Kingdom
•  United States

World Map

Political map, 1936, as of Patch 1.5.

Countries and victory points as of Patch 1.5.

List of countries

Country	Tag																					Notes
Afghanistan	AFG		2	2	6.27	0	6	6	1	0	2	3				3.6			3.6		0
Albania	ALB		1	2	1.00		6	4	1		2	3		2.6				2.6	5.2	3	4
Argentina	ARG		6	2	11.91		14	23	3	1	12	16	18.5			45.5	7.8		71.8	6	11
Australia	AST		11	2	6.54	1.57	104	26	4	2	11	17				36.0	41.4	6.4	83.8	15	37	Subject of  United Kingdom
Austria	AUS		3	3	6.53		66	18	3		9	12	1.7	1.6			8.0		11.3	9
Belgium	BEL		7	3	8.13	11.47	91	21	6		12	18			11.5	2.6	47.5		61.6	4	12
Bhutan	BHU		1	2	0.45		3	4	1		2	3				2.2			2.2
Bolivia	BOL		2	2	2.38		5	7	1		6	7				78.0	2.6		80.6	2
Brazil	BRA		12	2	40.32		48	43	3	2	18	23		4.0	29.9		3.9		37.8	14	22
British Malaya	MAL		2	3	3.78		14	7			1	1	15.6	19.5	496.6	245.7	26.0		803.4	6	17	Subject of  United Kingdom
British Raj	RAJ		26	2	313.13	37.81	59	64	2	1	14	17	10.7	1.4	32.7	284.8	54.5	55.4	439.5	21	29	Subject of  United Kingdom
Bulgaria	BUL		3	2	6.08		28	16	3		10	13		1.5					1.5	5	4
Chile	CHL		3	2	4.29		11	11	1		9	10					24.0		24.0	4	9
China	CHI		22	2	340.40		127	92	11	1	20	31	2.2			9.0	35.0		46.2	17	26
Colombia	COL		3	2	8.00		16	11	1		7	8	19.5						19.5	6	6
Communist China	PRC		1	2	7.01		3	6	3		3	6				3.6	3.6		7.2
Costa Rica	COS		1	2	0.50		3	4	1		2	3						1.4	1.4	1	1
Cuba	CUB		1	2	3.61		6	4	1		3	4					4.2	126.0	130.2	1	4
Czechoslovakia	CZE		9	3	15.04		96	36	9		16	25	3.4			1.5	43.3	4.8	53.0	13
Denmark	DEN		5	3	3.87		29	14	2	2	7	11		10.8					10.8	8	19
Dominican Republic	DOM		1	2	1.25		6	4	1		3	4						1.4	1.4	1	2
Dominion of Canada	CAN		15	3	10.21		79	35	5	1	13	19	1.5	30.4			12.0		43.9	14	20	Subject of  United Kingdom
Dutch East Indies	INS		8	2	60.83		15	23		1	2	3	36.6	36.4	549.6				622.6	8	34	Subject of  Netherlands
Ecuador	ECU		2	2	2.01		6	6	1		4	5	2.6						2.6	1	5
El Salvador	ELS		1	2	1.43		3	4	1		2	3						1.4	1.4	1	1
Estonia	EST		2	3	1.10		6	6	1		3	4					3.0		3.0	2	4
Ethiopia	ETH		1	2	10.01		7	4	2		2	4			2.6				2.6	1
Finland	FIN		8	3	3.67		24	21	3	1	7	11					12.6	2.4	15.0	5	11
France	FRA		70	3	42.07	69.52	363	148	8	10	35	53		335.4	76.4	37.8	757.6	141.0	1348.2	108	113
German Reich	GER		22	4	65.54		286	156	28	10	32	70	3.4	137.2		4.8	412.4	4.8	562.6	47	33
Greece	GRE		7	3	6.27		53	23	4	1	8	13		45.0		15.0	24.1	62.8	146.9	10	22
Guangxi Clique	GXC		5	2	50.18		19	22	3		6	9				63.7	68.9	15.6	148.2	6	8
Guatemala	GUA		1	2	1.77		3	4	1		2	3						5.6	5.6	1	2
Haiti	HAI		1	2	2.38		5	4	1		2	3						2.8	2.8	1	3
Honduras	HON		1	2	0.86		3	4	1		2	3						1.4	1.4	1	2
Kingdom of Hungary	HUN		3	3	8.69		26	20	6		10	16	1.6	160.0			4.8		166.4	9
Iran	PER		12	2	12.60		21	22	1		4	5	68.4						68.4	3	7
Iraq	IRQ		3	2	3.35		7	8	1		2	3	32.9						32.9	4	1
Ireland	IRE		3	3	2.96		6	14	1		8	9					3.4		3.4	3	6
Italy	ITA		25	4	41.25	2.49	187	92	19	11	20	50		98.5		1.7	96.8	3.4	200.4	72	114
Japan	JAP		24	4	64.86	33.19	318	92	17	15	26	58	3.9	7.2		46.8	93.6	88.4	239.9	42	91
Latvia	LAT		2	3	1.90		9	8	1	1	4	6					1.5		1.5	3	4
Liberia	LIB		1	2	0.75		3	2	1		1	2			7.2				7.2		2
Lithuania	LIT		3	3	2.20		14	10	1		4	5					3.0		3.0	4	2
Luxembourg	LUX		1	2	0.30		5	4	1		3	4					8.0		8.0
Manchukuo	MAN		7	2	34.37		5	16	3		2	5		9.8			37.8		47.6	5	3	Subject of  Japan
Mengkukuo	MEN		2	2	2.03		3	3			1	1										Subject of  Japan
Mexico	MEX		13	2	16.42		158	39	3	2	8	13	45.9*			10.4	14.2		70.5	9	22
Mongolia	MON		1	2	0.77		6	4	1		3	4					2.4	3.6	6.0	1
Nepal	NEP		1	2	5.58		3	4	1		2	3						2.6	2.6
Netherlands	HOL		5	3	7.94	0.23	91	24	4	3	11	18	45.5	78.0			7.2		130.7	5	20
New Zealand	NZL		3	2	1.44	0.12	18	8	1		4	5				6.0			6.0	4	7	Subject of  United Kingdom
Nicaragua	NIC		1	2	0.68		3	4	1		2	3						1.4	1.4	1	1
Norway	NOR		4	3	2.93		26	14	2	1	6	9		30.5		19.5	11.7	1.5	63.2	6	24
Oman	OMA		1	2	0.37		3	2	1		1	2	2.4						2.4		3
Panama	PAN		1	2	0.47		6	4	1		2	3	1.4						1.4	1	5
Paraguay	PAR		2	2	0.94		5	5	1		3	4				3.6	2.4		6.0	1
Peru	PRU		5	2	6.15		6	14	1		8	9	18.2			2.6			20.8	5	5
Philippines	PHI		7	2	13.10		23	22	1		5	6			1.4				1.4	6	10	Subject of  United States
Poland	POL		17	3	31.97		125	72	9	1	17	27	4.8	11.2			51.2		67.2	35	5
Portugal	POR		16	3	6.80	9.04	55	25	2	3	12	17			2.3	290.0		32.0	324.3	5	27
Kingdom of Romania	ROM		11	3	18.07		45	34	7	2	11	20	70.4	6.0			4.2		80.6	7	12
Saudi Arabia	SAU		3	2	2.95		7	3	1		1	2	3.3						3.3		11
Shanxi	SHX		3	2	13.70		3	6	2		3	5							0
Siam	SIA		2	2	14.48		13	8	1	0	5	6			62.4	2.6			65.0	3	3
Sinkiang	SIK		6	2	4.36		3	6	1		4	5		2.6				2.6	5.2
South Africa	SAF		4	2	9.75		25	16	1		9	10					7.5	169.5	177.0	5	8	Subject of  United Kingdom
Soviet Union	SOV		129	3	161.43		534	392	32	6	44	82	193.2	133.0		67.1	543.4	353.3	1290.0	156	53
Spain	SPR		26	3	24.75	0.96	151	78	7	4	16	27		1.6		53.0	66.7		134.1	30	48
Sweden	SWE		7	3	6.14		40	29	3	3	9	15		3.4		56.0	186.9	35.0	281.3	12	25
Switzerland	SWI		2	3	4.07		25	14	4		7	11		52.8					52.8	4
Tannu Tuva	TAN		1	2	0.09		3	2	1		1	2						2.4	2.4
Tibet	TIB		3	2	3.72		5	4	1		2	3				2.2			2.2
Turkey	TUR		18	3	14.45		60	48	4	1	10	15					15.0	312.1	327.1	16	28
United Kingdom	ENG		76	4	44.22	75.84	353	132	14	19	33	66	23.1	113.5	87.1	39.2	373.2	150.1	786.2	105	182
United States	USA		52	4	122.92	2.10	462	252	10	22	128	160	1057.6	261.9		191.8	792.4	1.4	2305.1	118	121
Uruguay	URG		1	2	1.73		5	8	1	1	6	8	1.5				1.5		3.0	1	6
Venezuela	VEN		3	2	3.16		7	11	1		7	8	106.4						106.4	2	10
Xibei San Ma	XSM		7	2	12.39		14	10	1		5	6				1.3			1.3
Yemen	YEM		1	2	2.49		3	2	1		1	2	1.3						1.3		1
Yugoslavia	YUG		10	3	13.78		47	41	3	1	14	18		123.9			4.2	124.0	252.1	9	5
Yunnan	YUN		2	2	12.00		13	5	1		3	4				2.6			2.6

Note: A tag is a three-letter code for a country that doesn't vary with localization or with changes in ideology, unlike a name (GER is always the same country, even though it's called the  German Reich when fascist and Germany when democratic). Console commands require referring to countries by tag, and they're sometimes also used as fan jargon.

Note: Any countries created after the game starts, either by civil war or collaboration goverment by a foreign power, will be given a tag D## (with the ## ascending based on the number of new nations already created).

Note: Any statistics relative to releasable countries is given on the hypothetical scenario of them owning all of their core lands in 1936

^*Note The Man the Guns DLC game starts by granting all Mexico (MEX) oil to both the United Kingdom (ENG) and the United States (USA). The oil is shipped via ENG convoys and USA convoys to their respective home countries until Mexico cancels these oil grants via National Focus.

List of releasable countries

Notes:

1. Any statistics relative to releasable countries is given on the hypothetical scenario of them owning all of their core lands in 1936.
2. Although they are listed in the occupied territories screen, countries with an asterisk cannot be released via the release nation button. It must be released via National Focus.  Egypt is releasable in Ironman.
3. A Country released as a puppet will have 60% of the overlord's party and 13.33% of every other party.
4. If not released as a puppet, the country will follow a predefined ideology as in the table.
5. When playing  Spain, releasable nations can only be released after the Spanish Civil War is over.
6. When the custom game rule 11th of November is enabled, the tags CAT, GLC, and NAV becomes the  Crown of Aragon,  Galicia and the  Kingdom of Navarra respectively and are Non-aligned.
7. When the custom game rule Polynesian Empire, is enabled, the tag HAW becomes  United Kingdom of Polynesia

Country	Tag																					Releasable By
Al-Andalus	ADU		2	2																		11th of November game rule
Algeria	ALG		4	2	6.46		15	8				0					36		36	5	9	France
Angola	ANG		2	2	3.22		3	4				0			1				1		2	Portugal
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic	AZR		1	3	2.88		10	5			1	1	98						98	1		Soviet Union
Bangladesh	BAN		1	2	32.01		1	4			2	2							0	3		British Raj
Basque Country	NAV		2	2																		Spain
Belize	BLZ		1	2	0.05		1	1				0							0		1	United Kingdom*
Bosnia-Herzegovina	BOS		1	3	2.46		8	4			2	2		11					11	2		Yugoslavia
Botswana	BOT		1	2	0.23		1	0				0						99	99			United Kingdom*
Brittany	BRI		1	3																		France
Burma	BRM		2	2	14.68		7	8			1	1			4	285			289	2	4	British Raj
Burundi	BRD		1	2	2.14		1	1				0							0			Belgium
Cameroon	CMR		1	2	2.94		1	2			1	1							0	1	1	France
Catalonian Free Republic	CAT		1	2																		Spain
Central African Republic	CAR		1	2	1.13		1	1				0			4				4			France
Chad	CHA		2	2	1.46		1	1				0							0			France
Corsican Republic	COR		1	3																		France
Co-operative Republic of Guyana	GYA		1	2	0.30		1	1				0		77					77		1	United Kingdom*
Commonwealth of the Bahamas	BAH		2	2	0.05		1	0				0							0		5	United Kingdom*
Confederacy of American States	CSA			2								0							0			United States (event)
Congo-Brazzaville	RCG		1	2	0.75		2	1				0			1				1		1	France
Côte d’Ivoire	IVO		1	2	3.85		1	1				0							0		1	France
Dahomey	DAH		1	2	1.35		1	1				0							0		1	France
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	SRL		1	2	5.50		3	2			1	1			78				78	3	8	United Kingdom*
Djibouti	DJI		1	2	0.08		1	0				0							0	2	2	France
Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein	SHL		1	3	3.25		30	8	1	3		4							0	5	8	German Reich (focus)
East Germany	DDR			4								0							0			German Reich (event)
Equatorial Guinea	EQG		1	2	0.18		1	0				0							0		2	Spain
Eritrea	ERI		1	2	0.60		1	2				0							0	3	3	Italy
Federated States of Micronesia	FSM		3	2																		Japan
Gabon	GAB		1	2	0.41		1	1				0							0		1	France
Ghana	GHA		1	2	3.16		1	2				0							0		2	United Kingdom*
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg	MEK		1	3	0.83		8	4	1			1							0	3	6	German Reich (focus)
Guinea	GNA		1	2	0.19		1	1				0							0		1	France
Guinea-Bissau	GNB		1	2	0.36		1	0				0			1				1		1	Portugal
Iceland	ICE		1	3	0.12		1	2				0							0		1	Denmark
Independent State of Croatia	CRO		2	2	3.66		7	10		1	2	3							0		4	Yugoslavia
Independent State of Samoa	SAM		1	2																		New Zealand
Israel	ISR		1	2	0.93		2	2			1	1							0	2	3	United Kingdom*
Jamaica	JAM		1	2	1.07		1	4				0							0		1	United Kingdom*
Kazakhstan	KAZ		10	3	6.67		9	18			3	3		13		5	26	58	102			Soviet Union
Kenya	KEN		1	2	3.39		3	2			1	1							0		2	United Kingdom*
Kingdom of Bavaria	BAY		3	3	6.64		36	36	2		3	5		18					18	6		German Reich (focus)
Kingdom of Egypt	EGY		7	2	14.77		45	10			2	2	2						2	11	10	United Kingdom*
Kingdom of Hawai'i	HAW		5	2																		United States
Kingdom of Jordan	JOR		1	2	0.93		1	2			1	1							0			United Kingdom*
Kingdom of Libya	LBA		8	2	0.72		18	4				0							0	11	12	Italy
Kingdom of Morocco	MOR		4	2	5.82		15	5			1	1					30	16	46	7	11	France  Spain
Kingdom of Prussia	PRE		10	3	25.31		127	66	4		10	14		45		3	105	3	156	21	10	German Reich (focus)
Kingdom of Saxony	SAX		1	3	5.59		10	10	1		3	4					53		53			German Reich (focus)
Kingdom of Westphalia	HAN		3	3	9.61		31	22	4	2	3	9	2						2	6	9	German Reich (focus)
Kingdom of Wurtemberg	WUR		1	3	5.09		23	8	3		1	4		3					3	3		German Reich (focus)
Korea	KOR		2	2	21.08		5	8	1	1	1	3				36	23		59		3	Japan
Kuwait	KUW		1	2	0.08		1	2				0							0		4	United Kingdom*
Kyrgyzstan	KYR		1	2	0.23		1	0				0							0			Soviet Union
Lebanon	LEB		1	2	1.10		5	4			1	1							0	5	3	France
Malawi	MLW		1	2	1.60		1	1				0							0			United Kingdom*
Maldives	MLD		1	2	0.08		1	0				0							0		1	United Kingdom*
Mali	MLI		2	2	3.40		1	2				0							0			France
Malta	MLT		1	2	0.24		5	1				0							0	3	3	United Kingdom*
Mariana Federation	GUM		4	2																		Japan  United States
Mauritania	MRT		2	2	0.35		1	1				0							0			France
Melanesian Federation	FIJ		4	2	0.19		3	3				0							0		8	United Kingdom*
Moldova	MOL		2	2	2.86		2	6		1		1							0	2	3	Romania
Mozambique	MZB		1	2	4.13		1	2			1	1							0		2	Portugal
Namibia	NMB		1	2	0.46		1	0				0							0			South Africa
Netherlands Antilles	CRC		1	2	0.08		1	0				0	46						46	1		Netherlands
Niger	NGR		2	2	2.00		1	2				0							0			France
Nigeria	NGA		1	2	19.78		1	2			1	1			3				3		3	United Kingdom*
Northern Ireland	NIR		1	3	1.20		5	6	1	1	1	3		3					3	1	4	United Kingdom
Occitania	OCC		9	3																		France
Pakistan	PAK		7	2	56.56		15	14			3	3							0	7	7	British Raj
Palestine	PAL		1	2	0.93		2	2			1	1							0	2	3	United Kingdom*
Papua New Guinea	PNG		2	2	1.42		9	4				0							0	4	14	Australia
Puerto Rico	PUE		1	2	1.54		1	2			1	1							0	4	3	United States
Republic of Armenia	ARM		1	3	1.25		1	4			2	2							0	2		Soviet Union
Republic of Belarus	BLR		8	3	8.86		52	21			2	2							0	22		Poland  Soviet Union
Republic of Cambodia	CAM		1	3	5.25		1	4				0							0		1	France
Republic of Cayenne	CAY		1	2	0.05		1	1				0							0		1	France
Republic of Cyprus	CYP		1	2	0.35		8	2				0						4	4	1	2	United Kingdom*
Republic of Georgia	GEO		1	3	2.95		8	4			2	2							0	3	2	Soviet Union
Republic of Guadeloupe	GDL		1	2	0.44		1	2				0							0	1	4	France
Republic of Laos	LAO		1	3	1.18		1	1				0							0			France
Republic of Macedonia	MAC		1	3	1.37		5	2			1	1		22				98	120	2		Yugoslavia
Republic of Madagascar	MAD		3	2	4.01		1	4				0							0	1	3	France
Republic of Montenegro	MNT		1	3	0.89		3	2			1	1		91				26	117‬		1	Yugoslavia
Republic of Galiza	GLC		1	2																		Spain
Republic of Qatar	QAT		1	2	0.05		1	1				0							0		2	United Kingdom*
Republic of Slovenia	SLV		2	3	2.21		4	11				0							0		5	Yugoslavia
Republic of Suriname	SUR		1	2	0.15		1	2			1	1		78					78		1	Netherlands
Republic of Tajikistan	TAJ		1	2	0.23		1	0				0							0			Soviet Union
Republic of The British Antilles	BAS		2	2	0.10		1	1				0							0		3	United Kingdom*
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago	TRI		1	2	0.41		1	2				0	16						16		1	United Kingdom*
Republic of Turkmenistan	TMS		1	2	1.06		1	1				0							0			Soviet Union
Republic of Ukraine	UKR		20	3	36.73		102	86	2	2	9	13	20	12			56	23	111	52	6	Poland  Romania  Soviet Union
Republic of Uzbekistan	UZB		2	2	7.31		3	8			3	3							0	1		Soviet Union
Republic of Vietnam	VIN		2	3	16.79		4	8			2	2			72	38		8	118	3	5	France
Rwanda	RWA		1	2	1.71		1	1				0							0			Belgium
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	WES		1	2	0.02		1	0				0							0		1	Spain
Scotland	SCO		4	2	4.70		27	18		5	3	8		17		29	36	1	83	7	16	United Kingdom
Senegal	SEN		1	2	1.64		5	1				0					4		4	4	3	France
Serbia	SER		4	3	4.24		21	18	1		2	3					4		4	5		Yugoslavia
Sierra Leone	SIE		1	2	1.77		1	1				0							0		3	United Kingdom*
Slovakia	SLO			2								0							0			Czechoslovakia (event) (1939) Subject of  German Reich
Solomon Islands	SOL		1	2																		Australia
Somali Sultanate	SOM		2	2	1.37		5	2				0							0	1	3	Italy  United Kingdom*
Sudan	SUD		3	2	5.70		4	4			1	1							0	2	3	United Kingdom*
Syria	SYR		3	2	2.20		10	6				0							0	1		France
Tahiti	TAH		3	2																		France
Tanzania	TZN		1	2	5.30		1	2				0			3				3		2	United Kingdom*
The Gambia	GAM		1	2	0.20		1	0				0							0		1	United Kingdom*
Togo	TOG		1	2	1.10		1	1				0							0		1	France
Tunisia	TUN		2	2	2.41		13	5			1	1					8		8	8	8	France
Uganda	UGA		1	2	3.51		1	2				0			4				4			United Kingdom*
Unaligned States of America	USB			2								0							0			United States (event)
United Arab Emirates	UAE		1	2	0.17		1	1				0	6						6		3	United Kingdom*
Upper Volta	VOL		1	2	3.19		1	1				0							0			France
Wales	WLS		1	2	2.31		5	6			1	1		5			17		22		3	United Kingdom
West Germany	WGR			4								0							0			German Reich (event)
Zaire	COG		3	2	7.61		4	3			1	1			12	3			15		1	Belgium
Zambia	ZAM		1	2	1.38		1	2				0				10		46	56			United Kingdom*
Zimbabwe	ZIM		1	2	1.17		1	1				0							0			United Kingdom*

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