How do you form Volga-Ural in CK3?

Empire

Volga-Ural

The empire of Volga-Ural in patch 1.20.1.2: 4 de jure kingdoms and 61 counties. Its capital is Bolghar.

give_title e_volga-ural

De jure Volga-Ural: 61 counties on the map · open it on the 1066 map

Volga-Ural on the map at the start

On 1066.9.15, no realm is called Volga-Ural: its 61 de jure counties are held by 19 realms.

Counties: 61
Development: 12

Realms holding it

Volga Bulgaria18% · 11
Perm13% · 8
Chuvashia10% · 6
Mordvinia10% · 6
Duvan7% · 4
Belebey5% · 3

Who holds its counties

Open it on the 1066 map →

Cultures

Bolghar30% · 18
Mordvin21% · 13
Bashkir20% · 12
Permian18% · 11
Chuvash5% · 3
Khazar3% · 2

Faiths

Sunni44% · 27
Ukonusko25% · 15
Turumism18% · 11
Tengriism13% · 8

Holy sites (1)

Perm

From the map data of each start date: history/titles and history/provinces (holders, development, culture, faith), common/religion/holy_site_types, common/buildings, common/bookmarks.

The empire of Volga-Ural (title ID e_volga-ural) has 4 de jure kingdoms in Crusader Kings III. To create it from the title view you need 2 kingdom titles (or 1 empire title or 1 hegemony title) and enough of its de jure counties, and it costs 1,000 gold for 500 prestige and 75 legitimacy. Console: give_title e_volga-ural. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/landed_titles/00_landed_titles.txt and game/common/defines/00_defines.txt.

Quick answers (1)

How do you form Volga-Ural in CK3?: To create Volga-Ural from the title view you need 2 kingdom titles (or 1 empire title or 1 hegemony title) and enough of its de jure counties, and it costs 1,000 gold for 500 prestige and 75 legitimacy.

How to form Volga-Ural

Create it from the title view

You need one of

2 kingdom titles
1 empire title
1 hegemony title

“You need one of the following:” · titles you hold or completely control (CREATE_TITLE_OR_TIER_EMPIRE)

De jure counties

Enough of its de jure counties: the window says “You only have … of … required Counties”. How many it asks for is worked out by the game's code, not written in the files.

Cost

1,000gold

Discounts can bring it down to 200 gold at least (20% — what lowers it). Mandala rulers also need piety level 5 and pay 5,000 piety.

You gain

500prestige75legitimacy

Extra conditions written for Volga-Ural

If
- One of these
  Game rule set to “Enabled”
  or
  Game rule set to “Enabled, Headless Exempt”
Then
- If
  One of these
  Game rule set to “Enabled”
  or
  Game rule set to “Enabled, Headless Exempt”
  One of these
  Your Government is Feudal
  or
  Your Government is Clan
  or
  Your Government is a Tribal-type Government
  or
  Your Government is Sōryō
  Then
  Your Faith must be Organized to create an Empire
- If
  One of these
  Game rule set to “Enabled”
  or
  Game rule set to “Enabled, Headless Exempt”
  One of these
  Your Government is Feudal
  or
  Your Government is Clan
  or
  Your Government is a Tribal-type Government
  or
  Your Government is Sōryō
  None of these
  Your faith: Has a Doctrine or Tenet with Prevents Tribal Rulers from changing Government type · Grants the Unreformed Pagan Combat Advantage
  Then
  If
  Your faith: Has the Spiritual Doctrine
  Then
  Must be on good terms with the Head of Faith
  A majority of Powerful Vassals must have a positive Opinion of you (…/…)
  Else if
  Your faith: Has the Temporal Doctrine
  Then
  One of these
  You are the Head of Faith
  or
  Head of Faith must have a positive Opinion of you
  A majority of Powerful Vassals must have a positive Opinion of you (…/…)
  Otherwise
  If game rule set to “Enabled”: A majority of Powerful Vassals must have a positive Opinion of you (…/…)
- If played by the AI:
  Not all of these
  Is played by the AI
  Highest held Title is less than Empire Rank
  Any in global list:
  Highest held Title is at least Empire Rank
  Their faith is the same as yours
  current_military_strength > root.current_military_strength
If
- If game rule set to “AI Only”: Is played by the AI
- Else, if game rule set to “Player Only”: Is played by a person
- Otherwise:
  always = yes
- Highest held Title is at most Kingdom Rank
Then
- Depending on has game rule:
  When has game rule is title creation imperial power projection any power advantage: Due to your Imperial Power Projection game rule setting, you must have at least one of the following with every neighboring Empire: Be married to their Close Family · Have a Strong Hook on their Ruler · Be at least 50% stronger than their total forces
  When has game rule is title creation imperial power projection hard power only: Due to your Imperial Power Projection game rule setting, you must be at least 50% stronger than every neighboring Empire
  When has game rule is title creation imperial power projection soft power only: Due to your Imperial Power Projection game rule setting, you must have at least one of the following with every neighboring Empire: Be married to their Close Family · Have a Strong Hook on their Ruler
  When has game rule is title creation imperial power projection hard power only strict:
  Due to your Imperial Power Projection game rule setting, you must be at least 50% stronger than every neighboring Empire
  Due to your Imperial Power Projection game rule setting, you must be at least 50% stronger than every Empire which shares any De Jure territory in your Realm
  When has game rule is title creation imperial power projection any power strict:
  Due to your Imperial Power Projection game rule setting, you must have at least one of the following with every neighboring Empire: Be married to their Close Family · Have a Strong Hook on their Ruler · Be at least 50% stronger than their total forces
  Due to your Imperial Power Projection game rule setting, you must have at least one of the following with every Empire which shares any De Jure territory in your Realm: Be married to their Close Family · Have a Strong Hook on their Ruler · Be at least 50% stronger than their total forces
  In any other case:
  always = yes

Usurping a empire costs 1,000 gold and gives 500 prestige; destroying one costs 1,200 prestige and 75 legitimacy. See also the domain, vassal and duchy limits. Patch 1.20.1.2: common/defines/00_defines.txt (NTitle), common/landed_titles/00_landed_titles.txt.

Volga-Ural coat of arms

The coat as the game defines it, ready for the coat-of-arms designer's Paste. The text is the definition from common/coat_of_arms with its @values worked out — not tried in the game yet. Coats a title changes to in play (a conquest, a new dynasty) are not shown. All coats of arms

Show the code

e_volga-ural={
	pattern="pattern_solid.dds"
	color1="yellow"
	color2="black"
	colored_emblem={
		texture="ce_wyvern.dds"
		color1="black"
		color2="red"
		color3="white"
		instance={
			position={ 0.5 0.48 }
			scale={ 0.90 0.90 }
		}
	}
}

De jure kingdoms of Volga-Ural

Each one's de jure counties (common/landed_titles), biggest first, on the game's paper map.

How to use these IDs in the console

In Steam, add -debug_mode to the game's launch options (Properties → General).
In the game, open the console with the ` key (§, ~ or ^ on some keyboards).
Paste the command (give_title e_volga-ural) and press Enter. Using the console turns achievements off for that game.

Source: game/common/landed_titles/00_landed_titles.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.1.2. Commands as listed on the official wiki's console page. See also title IDs, character IDs, dynasty IDs and nicknames.