

If you are unable to guess one of these country codes, you can use the tooltip debug command to enable debug tooltips, after which, the country tag will be shown when you hover over the country on the map. Newly formed nations that don't exist at the start of the game will have an incrementing tag starting with D and then a number - the first new nation will have the tag 'D01', the second will have 'D02', etc. If you are struggling to find/guess a country tag, you can search for it on our country tag list.

Usually, country tags are quite "obvious": Germany's is GER, Frances is FRA, Poland's is POL, etc - but sometimes tags can be less straight-forward, for example, Iran's is PER (for Persia). It is used in commands to specify a specific country. What is a country tag?Ī country tag is a 3 letter tag (or code) assigned to a country that is unique. On, you can find detailed explanation for each and every argument a command has on its own command page (e.g.

In the command tag ENG, 'ENG' is an argument, and in the command ae light_tank_artillery_equipment_1 100 both 'light_tank_artillery_equipment_1' and '100' are arguments. If your keyboard doesn't have that key (due to keyboard layout), or that hotkey isn't working, here is a list of other hotkeys to open the cheat console:Īn argument is a "parameter", or piece of data you pass to a command. The most commonly available hotkey is `, simply press this key and the console should open up - it is usually positioned in the top left of your keyboard, under the ESC key. Opening the console in HOI4 is as simple as pressing a hotkey. To jump to a particular part of this article, use the following links:

This guide explains how to open it, and the definitions of some HOI4-specific terms like country tags and equipment codes. It is a very useful tool for almost every player, regardless of their favored playstyle. The console in Hearts of Iron IV can spice up gameplay, speed things up, and fix commonly-encountered problems.
