Afterward, you can recreate the Umayyad Caliphate and then complete both the Rashidi Expansion and the Northern Expansion, creating Andalusia.

You can then restore Al-Andalus, which allows you to restore the Sultanate of Africa and restore the Emirate of Sicily. If you control a North African country and then conquer southern Iberia, you’ll unlock the Moorish Restoration category. The other benefit is one we already mentioned: the ability to play out your favorite historical “what if” scenarios with different formable nations. Why should you bother with formable nations? The primary benefit of forming a new nation is to increase your manpower, industrial power, and overall territory. By meeting the right conditions, you can form new nations over the course of your game. This term refers to any nation that didn’t exist during the time that your game started (either 1936 or 1939). What, exactly, are formable nations in the context of the game? That’s why we put together the ultimate guide to what these nations are and how to form them! What Are Formable Nations? In fact, there are so many formable nations that it’s tough to keep track of everything. Or how a British led United Kingdom of America would handle global conflict. With the right conditions in place, you can see what would happen if the south really did rise again. With HOI4, that mostly comes via formable nations. We love diving into a game that lets us take real history into wild and unexpected directions. It’s no secret that games like Hearts of Iron IV attract history nerds.

Victoria 2 formable nations