Open main menu
Hearts of Iron 4 Wiki β

Countries

This is a community maintained wiki. If you spot a mistake then you are welcome to fix it.

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.

Contents

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:

World Map

 
Political map, 1936, as of Patch 1.5.
 
Countries and victory points as of Patch 1.5.

List of countries

A spreadsheet with additional history and detail can be found here forum:1446256.

Country Tag                                         Notes
  Afghanistan AFG   2 2 6.27 0 8 6 1 0 2 3 3.6 3.6 0
  Albania ALB   2 2 1.00 9 5 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   4 2 6.08 49 17 3 11 14 3.0 1.4 4.4 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 32 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 15 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   72 3 42.15 69.76 369 152 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
  Kingdom of Greece GRE   7 3 6.27 55 23 2 2 7 11 42.0 14.0 22.4 55.9 134.3 11 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 51 22 1 4 5 68.4 68.4 3 7
  Iraq IRQ   3 2 3.35 29 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 64.90 33.15 318 94 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 24 2 3 12 17 2.3 290.0 32.0 324.3 5 27
  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 3 161.43 545 392 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 79.5 134.1 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   21 3 16.27 234 61 4 1 11 16 50.9 284.3 335.2 16 31
  United Kingdom ENG   76 4 44.22 75.84 368 132 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   13 3 13.78 58 47 3 1 14 18 133.0 4.2 124.0 261.2 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.

**Note With battle of the Battle for the Bosporus DLC, the game starts with Iraq (IRQ) granting all of its oil to the United Kingdom (ENG). [1], which Iraq can nationalise at any time by decision, but which the AI never does.[2].

List of releasable countries

  This is a community maintained wiki. If you spot a mistake then you are welcome to fix it.

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 1.68 19 6 2 2 8 8 6 8 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   3 3 2.88 10 5 1 1 98 98 1   Iran
  Soviet Union
  Bangladesh BAN   1 2 32.01 1 4 2 2 0 3   British Raj
  Belize BLZ   1 2 0.05 1 1 0 0 1   United Kingdom*
  Bosnia-Herzegovina BOS   2 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 2.39 26 6 3 3 0 15   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 3.04 32 6 1 1 2 0 2 4   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 0.32 1 4 1 1 0 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
  Dalmatia Civil war tag   1 2 1.43 7 5 1 1 2 0 1   Yugoslavia (focus)
  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 0.10 11 3 0 0 9 23   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
  Herzegovina HRZ   1 3 0.54 3 4 0 9 9   Yugoslavia*
  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 0.12 1 1 0 0 1   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 0.37 19 5 0 0 5 16   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
  Kosovo KOS   1 3 0.61 3 1 0 0   Yugoslavia*
  Kuwait KUW   1 2 0.08 1 2 0 0 4   United Kingdom*
  Kurdistan KUR   8 2 5.44 42 18 0 10 10 2   France*
  Iran*
  Iraq*
  Turkey*
  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 0.09 3 2 0 0 4 5   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 13.84 62 45 3 2 7 12 295 296 591 21 18   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
  Turkey (focus)
  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 2.29 8 4 1 2 3 0 2 6   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   6 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 0.15 4 1 0 0 4   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 0.16 3 2 0 117 117 1 5   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 3 1.10 1 1 0 0 1   France
  Transylvania TRA   5 2 6.13 11 16 2 4 6 6 4 10   Romania*
  Yugoslavia*
  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
  Vojvodina Civil war tag   1 3 0.83 3 4 0 0   Yugoslavia (focus)
  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*

Further reading

Retrieved from "https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/index.php?title=Countries&oldid=45179"
Games
Community
About