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				4			4		0
Albania	ALB		1	2	1.00		6	4	1		2	3		3				3	6	3	4
Argentina	ARG		6	2	11.90		14	23	3	1	12	16	19			46	8		73	6	11
Australia	AST		11	2	6.54	1.57	104	26	4	2	11	17				36	42	6	84	15	37	Subject of  Great Britain
Austria	AUS		3	3	6.53		66	18	3		9	12	2	2			8		12	9
Belgium	BEL		7	3	8.13	11.47	91	21	6		12	18			12	3	48		63	4	12
Bhutan	BHU		1	2	0.45		3	4	1		2	3				2			2
Bolivia	BOL		2	2	2.38		5	7	1		6	7				78	3		81	2
Brazil	BRA		12	2	40.32		48	43	3	2	18	23		4	30		4		38	14	22
British Malaya	MAL		2	3	3.78		14	7			1	1	16	20	497	246	26		805	6	17	Subject of  Great Britain
British Raj	RAJ		26	2	321.73	29.20	59	64	2	1	14	17	11	1	33	246	55	56	402	21	29	Subject of  Great Britain
Bulgaria	BUL		3	2	6.08		28	16	3		10	13		2					2	5	4
Chile	CHL		3	2	4.29		11	11	1		9	10					24		24	4	9
China	CHI		22	2	340.40		127	92	10	1	18	29	2			9	35		46	17	26
Colombia	COL		3	2	8.00		16	11	1		7	8	20						20	6	6
Communist China	PRC		1	2	7.01		3	6	2		4	6				4	4		8
Costa Rica	COS		1	2	0.50		3	4	1		2	3						1	1	1	1
Cuba	CUB		1	2	3.61		6	4	1		3	4					4	126	130	1	4
Czechoslovakia	CZE		9	3	15.04		96	36	9		16	25	3			2	44	5	54	13
Denmark	DEN		5	3	3.87		29	14	2	2	7	11		11					11	8	19
Dominican Republic	DOM		1	2	1.25		6	4	1		3	4						1	1	1	2
Dominion of Canada	CAN		15	3	10.21		79	35	5	1	13	19	2	31			12		45	14	20	Subject of  Great Britain
Dutch East Indies	INS		8	2	60.83		15	23		1	2	3	37	36	550			0	623	8	34	Subject of  Netherlands
Ecuador	ECU		2	2	2.01		6	6	1		4	5	3						3	1	5
El Salvador	ELS		1	2	1.43		3	4	1		2	3						1	1	1	1
Estonia	EST		2	3	1.11		6	6	1		3	4					3		3	2	4
Ethiopia	ETH		1	2	10.01		7	4	2		2	4			3				3	1
Finland	FIN		8	3	3.67		24	21	3	1	7	11					12	2	14	5	11
France	FRA		70	3	42.07	69.52	361	148	6	8	35	49		336	77	38	758	125	1334	108	113
German Reich	GER		22	4	65.47		286	156	28	10	32	70	3	139		5	412	5	564	47	33
Greece	GRE		7	3	6.27		53	23	4	1	8	13		45		15	25	63	148	10	22
Guangxi Clique	GXC		5	2	50.18		19	22	3		6	9				64	70	16	150	6	8
Guatemala	GUA		1	2	1.77		3	4	1		2	3						6	6	1	2
Haiti	HAI		1	2	2.38		5	4	1		2	3						3	3	1	3
Honduras	HON		1	2	0.86		3	4	1		2	3						1	1	1	2
Kingdom of Hungary	HUN		3	3	8.69		26	20	6		10	16	2	160			5		167	9
Iran	PER		12	2	12.60		21	22	1		4	5	68						68	3	7
Iraq	IRQ		3	2	3.35		7	8	1		2	3	33						33	4	1
Ireland	IRE		3	3	2.96		6	14	1		8	9					3		3	3	6
Italy	ITA		25	4	41.25	2.49	187	92	19	11	20	50		98		2	97	3	200	72	114
Japan	JAP		24	4	64.86	33.19	318	92	17	15	26	58	4	7		46	93	88	238	42	91
Latvia	LAT		2	3	1.90		9	8	1	1	4	6					2		2	3	4
Liberia	LIB		1	2	0.75		3	2	1		1	2			7				7		2
Lithuania	LIT		3	3	2.20		14	10	1		4	5					3		3	4	2
Luxembourg	LUX		1	2	0.30		5	4	1		3	4					8		8
Manchukuo	MAN		7	2	34.37		5	16	3		2	5		10			38		48	5	3	Subject of  Japan
Mengkukuo	MEN		2	2	2.04		3	3			1	1										Subject of  Japan
Mexico	MEX		13	2	16.4		158	39	3	2	8	13	46			10	14		70	9	22
Mongolia	MON		1	2	0.77		6	4	1		3	4					2	4	6	1
Nepal	NEP		1	2	5.58		3	4	1		2	3						3	3
Netherlands	HOL		5	3	7.94	0.23	91	24	4	3	11	18	46	78			7		131	5	20
New Zealand	NZL		3	2	1.45	0.12	17	8	1		4	5				6			6	4	7	Subject of  Great Britain
Nicaragua	NIC		1	2	0.68		3	4	1		2	3						1	1	1	1
Norway	NOR		4	3	2.93		26	14	2	1	6	9		31		20	12	2	65	6	24
Oman	OMA		1	2	0.37		3	2	1		1	2	2						2		3
Panama	PAN		1	2	0.47		6	4	1		2	3	1						1	1	5
Paraguay	PAR		2	2	0.94		5	5	1		3	4				4	2		6	1
Peru	PRU		5	2	6.15		6	14	1		8	9	18			3			21	5	5
Philippines	PHI		7	2	13.10		23	22	1		5	6			1				1	6	10	Subject of  United States
Poland	POL		17	3	31.97		125	72	9	1	17	27	5	11			51		67	35	5
Portugal	POR		14	3	6.79	9.04	51	22	2	2	10	14			2	302			304	5	27
Kingdom of Romania	ROM		11	3	18.07		45	35	7	2	11	20	70	6			4		80	7	12
Saudi Arabia	SAU		3	2	2.95		7	3	1		1	2	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	3			65	3	3
Sinkiang	SIK		6	2	4.36		3	6	1		4	5		3				3	6
South Africa	SAF		4	2	9.75		25	16	1		9	10					8	170	178	5	8	Subject of  Great Britain
Soviet Union	SOV		129	3	161.44		534	392	32	6	40	78	194	135		67	544	355	1295	156	53
Spain	SPR		19	3	24.77	0.96	99	74	7	4	16	27		2		6	70		78	30	45
Sweden	SWE		7	3	6.15		40	29	3	3	9	15		3		56	188	35	282	12	25
Switzerland	SWI		2	3	4.07		25	14	4		7	11		53					53	4
Tannu Tuva	TAN		1	2	0.09		3	2	1		1	2						2	2
Tibet	TIB		3	2	3.72		5	4	1		2	3				2			2
Turkey	TUR		18	3	14.47		60	48	4	1	10	15					15	314	329	16	28
United Kingdom	ENG		76	4	44.22	75.85	353	132	14	19	33	66	24	115	88	38	375	150	790	105	182
United States	USA		52	4	122.92	2.10	459	252	10	22	128	160	1059	262		191	792	1	2305	118	121
Uruguay	URG		1	2	1.73		5	8	1	1	6	8	2				2		4	1	6
Venezuela	VEN		3	2	3.16		7	11	1		7	8	106						106	2	10
Xibei San Ma	XSM		7	2	12.39		14	10	1		5	6				1			1
Yemen	YEM		1	2	2.49		3	2	1		1	2	1						1		1
Yugoslavia	YUG		10	3	13.78		47	41	3	1	14	18		124			4	124	252	9	5
Yunnan	YUN		2	2	12.00		13	5	1		3	4				3			3

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 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

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. 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.

Country	Tag																					Releasable By
ABC Republic	CRC		1	2	0.08			0				0							0			Netherlands
Algeria	ALG		4		6.46																	France
Angola	ANG		1	2	3.23	0	2	2													1	Portugal
Republic of Armenia	ARM		1	2	1.25							0										Soviet Union
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic	AZR		1	2	2.88							0							0			Soviet Union
Bangladesh	BAN		1		32							0							0			British Raj
Commonwealth of the Bahamas	BAH		2	2	0.05							0							0			United Kingdom*
Belarus	BLR		8	2	5.30/5.22							0							0			Poland  Soviet Union
Belize	BLZ		1	2	0.05							0							0		1	United Kingdom*
Bosnia	BOS		1	2	2.46							0							0			Yugoslavia
Botswana	BOT		1	2	0.234																	United Kingdom*
Burma	BRM			2	14.68							0							0			United Kingdom*
Burundi	BRD			2	2.14							0							0			Belgium
Republic of Cambodia	CAM		1	2	5.25			4				0							0			France
Cameroon	CMR		1		2.94																	France
Republic of Cayenne	CAY		1		0.04																	France
Central African Republic	CAR		1		1.13						0							0			France
Chad	CHA		2		1.46																	France
Co-operative Republic of Guyana	GYA		1	2	0.30							0							0			United Kingdom*
Confederacy of American States	CSA			2								0							0			United States (event)
Congo-Brazzaville	RCG		1		0.74																	France
Côte d’Ivoire	IVO		1		3.85																	France
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	SRL		1	2	5.50							0							0			United Kingdom*
Djibouti	DJI		1		0.08																	France
Dahomey	DAH				1.35																	France
East Germany	DDR			4								0							0			German Reich (event)
Kingdom of Egypt	EGY		7	2	16.78							0							0			United Kingdom*
Equatorial Guinea	EQG		1	2	0.18							0							0			Spain
Eritrea	ERI			2	0.60							0							0			Italy
Gabon	GAB			2	0.41							0							0			France
Republic of Georgia	GEO		1	2	2.95							0							0			Soviet Union
Ghana	GHA		1	2	3.16							0							0			United Kingdom*
Guinea	GNA				0.19																	France
Guinea-Bissau	GNB				0.35																	Portugal
Iceland	ICE		1	3	0.12		1	2				0							0		1	Denmark
Independent State of Croatia	CRO			2	3.66							0							0			Yugoslavia
Israel	ISR		1	2	0.93		2	2				0							0			United Kingdom*
Jamaica	JAM		1	2	1.07							0							0			United Kingdom*
Jordan	JOR		1	2	0.933							0							0			United Kingdom*
Kazakhstan	KAZ		10	2	6.67							0							0			Soviet Union
Kenya	KEN			2	12.22							0							0			United Kingdom*
Kingdom of Libya	LBA		8	2	0.720							0							0			Italy
Kingdom of Morocco	MOR			2	5.82							0							0			France
Kingdom of Sierra Leone	SIE		1	2	1.77							0							0			United Kingdom*
Korea	KOR		2	2	21.08							0							0			Japan
Kuwait	KUW		1	2	0.08							0							0			United Kingdom*
Kyrgyzstan	KYR		1	2	0.23							0							0			Soviet Union
Republic of Laos	LAO		1	2	1.18							0							0			France
Lebanon	LEB		1	2	1.10							0							0			France
Republic of Madagascar	MAD		1		4.01																	France
Macedonia	MAC			2	1.37							0							0			Yugoslavia
Malawi	MLW		1	2	1.60							0							0			United Kingdom*
Maldives	MLD			2	0.07							0							0			United Kingdom*
Malta	MLT			2	0.24							0							0			United Kingdom*
Melanesian Federation	FIJ			2	0.18							0							0			United Kingdom*
Mali	MLI		2		3.40																	France
Mauritania	MRT		2		0.34																	France
Moldova	MOL		2	2	2.86							0							0			Soviet Union
Republic of Montenegro	MNT			2	0.89							0							0			Yugoslavia
Mozambique	MZB		1	2	4.13							0							0			Portugal
Namibia	NMB			2	0.48							0							0			South Africa
Niger	NGR		2	2	2							0							0			France
Nigeria	NGA		1	2	19.78							0							0			United Kingdom*
Northern Ireland	NIR		1	2	1.20	0	5	6	1	2	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	United Kingdom
Pakistan	PAK			2	58.68							0							0			British Raj
Palestine	PAL		1	2	0.934							0							0			United Kingdom*
Papua New Guinea	PNG			2	1.42							0							0			United Kingdom*
Puerto Rico	PUE			2	1.54							0							0			United States
Republic of Cyprus	CYP			2	0.34							0							0			United Kingdom*
Republic of Guadeloupe	GDL			2	0.44							0							0			France
Republic of Qatar	QAT		1	2	0.05							0							0			United Kingdom*
Republic of Suriname	SUR			2	0.15							0							0			Netherlands
Republic of Tajikistan	TAJ		1	2	0.23							0							0			Soviet Union
Republic of The British Antilles	BAS			2	0.10							0							0			United Kingdom*
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago	TRI			2	0.41							0							0			United Kingdom*
Republic of Turkmenistan	TMS		1	2	1.06							0							0			Soviet Union
Republic of Uzbekistan	UZB		2	2	7.31							0							0			Soviet Union
Rwanda	RWA			2	1.71							0							0			Belgium
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	WES			2	0.02							0							0			Spain
Scotland	SCO		4	2	4.70	0	27	18	0	7	3	10	0	17	0	29	36	1	83	7	16	United Kingdom
Senegal	SEN		1		1.64																	France
Serbia	SER			3	4.42							0							0			Yugoslavia
Somali Sultanate	SOM			2	1.37							0							0			Italy  United Kingdom*
Slovakia	SLO			2								0							0			Czechoslovakia (event) (1939) Subject of  German Reich
Slovenia	SLV			2	2.21							0							0			Yugoslavia
Sudan	SUD		3	2	5.70							0							0			United Kingdom*
Syria	SYR		3	2	2.2							0							0			France
Tanzania	TZN			2	5.30							0							0			United Kingdom*
The Gambia	GAM		1	2	0.19							0							0			United Kingdom*
Togo	TOG				1.10																	France
Tunisia	TUN		2		2.41																	France
Uganda	UGA		1	2	3.51							0							0			United Kingdom*
Republic of Ukraine	UKR		20		28.76/7.40				5	1	7	13	20	0	0	0	22	98				Poland  Romania  Soviet Union
Unaligned States of America	USB			2								0							0			United States (event)
United Arab Emirates	UAE			2	0.17							0							0			United Kingdom*
Upper Volta	VOL		1		3.19																	France
Republic of Vietnam	VIN			2	16.70							0							0			France
Wales	WLS		1	2	2.31	0	5	6	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	17	0	22	0	3	United Kingdom
West Germany	WGR			4								0							0			German Reich (event)
Zaire	COG		3	2	11.47																	Belgium
Zambia	ZAM		1		1.38																	United Kingdom*
Zimbabwe	ZIM		1	2	4.16																	United Kingdom*

Further reading

• State
• List of states
• List of provinces
• Formable nations

Countries

Europe

France Italy Netherlands Kingdom of Romania United Kingdom

North America

South America

Brazil Colombia

Asia	China Japan Manchukuo Mengkukuo Shanxi

Africa

Ethiopia

Oceania

Europe

Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Finland German Reich Greece Hungary Ireland Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Norway Poland Portugal Republican Spain Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

North America

Dominion of Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama United States

South America

Argentina Bolivia Chile Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela

Asia	Afghanistan Bhutan British Malaya British Raj Communist China Guangxi Clique Iran Iraq Mongolia Nepal Oman Philippines Saudi Arabia Siam Sinkiang Tannu Tuva Tibet Xibei San Ma Yemen Yunnan

Africa

Liberia South Africa

Oceania

Australia New Zealand