Culture sets

Culture Sets

A culture set is the pool of cultures a map can draw from. It is picked in the Options tab under Map settings → Cultures set. The number of cultures actually placed is min(Cultures number option, set maximum), and it is lowered further on small maps that cannot host that many cultures.

Set	Cultures defined	Maximum used
All-world	33	32
European	15	15
Oriental	13	13
English	10	10
Antique	16	10
High Fantasy	17	17
Dark Fantasy	34	18
Random	generated on the fly	100

Every culture in a set has an odd — a chance to be included at all — and a sort function that scores cells to pick the culture center. That is why two maps with the same set rarely get the same cultures, and why e.g. Inuk tends to appear in cold regions and Maui on tropical islands.

All-world

• Shwazen: It represents proto-Germanic and Germanic peoples of different times and places. Namesbase: German. More info about Germanic culture.
• Angshire: It encompasses cultures of England. Namesbase: English. More info about Angshire culture.
• Luari: Represents a culture of France. Namesbase: French. More info about French culture.
• Tallian: A culture in Italy after the fall of the roman empire. It can be imagined as venetian or any other italian culture. Namesbase: Italian. More info about Italian culture.
• Astellian: A culture in Spain after the fall of the roman empire. Can be House of Trastámara, maybe Habsburg Spain or any other time period of Spain. Namesbase: Castillian. More info about Spanish culture.
• Slovan: A culture that can be any slavic culture. Maybe the Kievan Rus', maybe some proto-slavic tribe, maybe the west, east or south slavs in a different time. Namesbase: Ruthenian. More info about Slavic culture.
• Norse: A culture that represents Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Viking culture. Namesbase: Nordic. More info about Vikings.
• Elladan: A culture that can represent ancient or modern Greece. Namesbase: Greek. More info about Culture of Greece.
• Romian: Ancient Roman culture. Maybe the monarchy, republic, imperium or any other period. Namesbase: Roman. More info about Ancient Rome.
• Soumi: Represents culture of Finland. Namesbase: Finnic. More info about culture of Finland.
• Koryo: Korean ancient culture. Can represent Gojoseon, Goguryeo, Joseon, Silla or any other period. Namesbase: Korean. More info about Korean Culture.
• Hantzu: Chinese ancient culture. Inspired in: Han chinese but can be any other. Namesbase: Chinese. More info about East Asian cultural sphere.
• Yamoto: Inspired by Yamato people but can be any other people from japan. Namesbase: Japanese. More info about Japanese culture.
• Portuzian: Inspired in Portuguese people. Namesbase: Portuguese. More info about Portuguese culture.
• Nawatli: Inspired by Nahua ethnicity like Mexicas, Aztecs and Toltecs. Namesbase: Nahuatl. More info about Nahuas.
• Vengrian: Inspired by the Hungarians. Namesbase: Hungarian. More info about culture of Hungary.
• Turchian: Inspired in the several turkic ethnicities. Namesbase: Turkish. More info on Turkic dynasties and countries.
• Berberan: inspired in Berber people. Namesbase: Berber. More info about Berber culture.
• Eurabic: It represents the Arab states and different arabic cultures. Namesbase: Arabic. More info about Arab culture.
• Inuk: It represents Inuit and related ethnic groups. Namesbase: Inuit. More info about Inuit culture.
• Euskati: Inspired in Basque people and related ethnic groups. Namesbase: Basque. More info about Basque culture.
• Yoruba: Inspired in Yoruba people Namesbase: Nigerian. More info about Yoruba culture.
• Keltan: Represents the collection of several Celtic people Namesbase: Celtic. More info about Celtic culture.
• Efratic: Represents the collection of several cultures that appeared millenia ago in [Mesopotamia] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia). Can be Sumerian, Akkadian or any other related culture. Namesbase: Mesopotamian. More info about Mesopotamian history.
• Tehrani: Inspired by Iranian peoples like proto-Iranians, the Persians, the Scythians and other groups in that region. Namesbase: Iranian. More info about Iranian culture.
• Maui: This represents the Polynesians such as Samoans, Tongans, Hawaiians and other related groups. Namesbase: Hawaiian. More info about Polynesian culture.
• Carnatic: Dravidian peoples of the South of India. Kannada is a language spoken in Karnataka, India. Namesbase: Karnataka. More info about South Indian culture.
• Inqan: Inspired by the Inca empire and related groups of Quechua people. Namesbase: Quechua. More info about Inca society.
• Kiswaili: Swahili people's name for themselves is Waungwana, which means "the civilized ones." Namesbase: Swahili. More info about Swahili culture.
• Vietic: Represents a group of ethnicities from Southeast Asia. Namesbase: Vietnamese. More info about Vietnamese culture.
• Guantzu: Inspired by Cantonese people. Useful as an additional culture in China. Namesbase: Cantonese. More info about Cantonese culture.
• Ulus: Inspired by the Mongolic peoples like the Mongols. Ulus translates to "state" or "nation" in a political way. Namesbase: Mongolian. More info about Mongolian culture.
• Levent: Represents the peoples of the Levant, the eastern Mediterranean coast. Namesbase: Levantine. More info about the Levant.

European

• Shwazen
• Angshire
• Luari
• Tallian
• Astellian
• Slovan
• Norse
• Elladan
• Romian
• Soumi
• Portuzian
• Vengrian
• Turchian
• Euskati
• Keltan

Oriental

• Koryo
• Hantzu
• Yamoto
• Turchian
• Berberan
• Eurabic
• Efratic
• Tehrani
• Maui
• Carnatic
• Vietic
• Guantzu
• Ulus

English

Ten cultures that all use the English namesbase, with randomly generated names and different shield styles. Useful for making a map with a single, uniform culture.

Antique

Sixteen cultures are defined, but at most 10 are placed on a map, so the selection differs between maps.

• Roman (×4 entries, so Roman culture is likely to appear several times). Namesbase: Roman.
• Hellenic (×2 entries). Namesbase: Greek.
• Macedonian. Namesbase: Greek.
• Celtic. Namesbase: Celtic.
• Germanic. Namesbase: German.
• Persian. Namesbase: Iranian.
• Scythian. Namesbase: Iranian.
• Cantabrian. Namesbase: Basque.
• Estian. Namesbase: Finnic.
• Carthaginian. Namesbase: Levantine.
• Hebrew. Namesbase: Levantine.
• Mesopotamian. Namesbase: Mesopotamian.

High Fantasy

Thirteen fictional races plus four human cultures.

Fantasy races

• Quenian (Elfish): Elves of fantasy.
• Eldar (Elfish): Another elven culture.
• Trow (Dark Elfish): Dark elfs of the underdark.
• Lothian (Dark Elfish): Another dark elf culture.
• Dunirr (Dwarven): Dwarves of the hills.
• Khazadur (Dwarven): Dwarves of the deep.
• Kobold (Goblin): Goblins or Kobaloi of old. This includes spirits such as the Northern English boggart, Scottish bogle, French goblin, Medieval gobelinus, German kobold, and English Puck.
• Uruk (Orkish): Orcish culture.
• Ugluk (Orkish): Another orcish culture.
• Yotunn (Giants): Live in places with -10C annual temperature.
• Rake (Drakonic): Draconic creatures.
• Arago (Arachnid): Big spiders.
• Aj'Snaga (Serpents): Loves rainforest and tropical seasonal forests.

Fantasy humans

• Anor (Human): Generic human culture.
• Dail (Human): Another generic human culture.
• Rohand (Human): Turkish human culture.
• Dulandir (Human): Mongolian human culture.

Dark Fantasy

Thirty-four cultures are defined, but at most 18 are placed on a map. Real-world cultures dominate and fantasy races are rarer.

Common real-world English

• Angshire
• Enlandic
• Westen
• Nortumbic
• Mercian
• Kentian

Rare real-world western

• Norse
• Schwarzen: German.
• Luarian: French.
• Hetallian: Italian.
• Astellian: Castillian.

Rare real-world exotic

• Kiswaili
• Yoruba
• Koryo
• Hantzu
• Yamoto
• Guantzu
• Ulus
• Turan: Turkish.
• Berberan
• Eurabic
• Slovan
• Keltan
• Elladan
• Romian

Fantasy races

• Eldar
• Trow
• Durinn
• Kobblin
• Uruk
• Yotunn
• Drake
• Rakhnid
• Aj'Snaga

Random

This set does not use a predefined list. For each culture it picks a random namesbase and generates the culture name from it, so the result is different every time. Up to 100 cultures can be requested.