Who holds what at the start of Grand Campaign (395 AD): 186 settlements in 62 provinces on the game's own campaign map, 47 factions holding land, 29 playable. Switch to religions or provinces; click a faction to go into it — its leader, settlements, resources, buildings and neighbours — then a settlement for its religions and the buildings standing there.
Grand Campaign · 395 ADThe Last Roman · 533 ADAge of Charlemagne · 768 AD
Where each playable faction starts
| Faction | Capital | Settlements | Leader | Religion | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aksum | 2 | Eon Bisi Anaaph | Eastern Christianity | Normal | |
| Uburzis | 1 | Macrian | Germanic paganism | Hard | |
| horde | 0 | Respendial | Arian Christianity | Hard | |
| Arheimar | 2 | Trpimir | Slavic paganism | Very Hard | |
| Ascaucalis | 1 | Gebicca | Germanic paganism | Normal | |
| Eildon | 1 | Divico | Celtic paganism | Normal | |
| Hafn | 1 | Danr | Germanic paganism | Hard | |
| Constantinopolis | 38 | Flavius Arcadius Augustus | Greek Christianity | Very Hard | |
| Eblana | 1 | Vosenios | Celtic paganism | Normal | |
| Flevum | 1 | Faramund | Germanic paganism | Hard | |
| Garama | 2 | Akinidad | Semitic paganism | Easy | |
| Hrefnesholt | 1 | Dag | Germanic paganism | Normal | |
| Zafar | 2 | Abu Kariba | Judaism | Normal | |
| horde | 0 | Uldin | Tengriism | Hard | |
| Alabu | 1 | Getwulf | Germanic paganism | Hard | |
| Hira | 1 | al-Nu'man | Eastern Christianity | Hard | |
| Aregelia | 1 | Lethuc | Germanic paganism | Easy | |
| horde | 0 | Vithericus | Arian Christianity | Normal | |
| Tuesis | 1 | Andecombogios | Celtic paganism | Normal | |
| Ctesiphon | 10 | Bahram | Zoroastrianism | Easy | |
| Tulifurdum | 1 | Gewis | Germanic paganism | Normal | |
| Kariskos | 2 | Vladislav | Slavic paganism | Easy | |
| horde | 0 | Hermeneric | Germanic paganism | Normal | |
| horde | 0 | Tubbakarib | Eastern Christianity | Very Hard | |
| horde | 0 | Godigisel | Arian Christianity | Very Hard | |
| Palteskja | 2 | Darko | Slavic paganism | Normal | |
| horde | 0 | Alaric | Germanic paganism | Easy | |
| Mediolanum | 68 | Flavius Honorius Augustus | Latin Christianity | Legendary | |
| horde | 0 | Khingila | Tengriism | Normal |
Map: the game's parchment campaign map with its own lettering (main_attila_map); each settlement's land from the game's region lookup and its point from map_data.esf. Owners, capitals, leaders and difficulty from the campaign's start position (startpos.esf); religions from region_religions; faction colours from the factions table.

