Nations

For the factions of other Mount&Blade games, see Factions.

Approximate areas of the five nations in With Fire & Sword.

There are five nations in With Fire & Sword that occupy Eastern Europe. They are constantly at war, trying to take over each others' territory and fiefs. Additionally, each faction is distinguished by a different style of army: some have excellent infantry, others excellent Musketeers/Archers or cavalry, or a combination of these.

Each nation has a monarch and his subjects, as well as a claimant to the throne who waits for someone (the player) to champion their cause. The claimants can be found in random towns. In various taverns you can ask a traveller for information on their locations, at the cost of 30 thalers. Claimants will never be found in a town belonging to the faction for which they are the claimant, however it is strange that a claimant such as Janusz Radziwill (Polish Commonwealth) can be found in a Polish Tavern.

In With Fire & Sword, you are not allowed to make your own faction, you can only join a nation (starting out as just a subject) or you can start a rebellion by capturing one of the fiefs of the nation you want to rebel against.

The five nations in the game are listed below. For more information on each, go to their respective pages.

Two minor "factions" should be mentioned here as well: Bandits and Mercenaries.

List of Nations

Banner	Name	Color	Ruler	Claimant
	Cossack Hetmanate	#d76363	Hetman Bogdan Hmelnitski	Ivan Barabash
	Crimean Khanate	#54bf7c	Khan Islam Giray	Mehmed Giray
	Muscovite Tsardom	#add451	Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich	Stepan Razin
	Polish Commonwealth	#e6bf61	King Jan Kasimir	Janusz Radziwill
	Kingdom of Sweden	#75bbd2	King Carl Gustaf	Former Queen Christina

Factions