Can't seem to release Iraq

[Balmore]

Hey,

I'm wondering whether I fail to see something here. Iraq doesn't exist as far as I can tell.

I've scrolled the release vassal window up and down like 15 times now and it's just not there. Why can't I release it? Is this a bug or am I missing something?

Thanks!

 

[LeSingeAffame]

From the wiki

Releasing nation controls provinces that have the target nation's cores and a culture in the same group as their primary culture.

Since Hisn Kayfa's culture is red I suppose it's not in your primary culture's group, and if I understand the wiki correctly it's needed to release the nation

 

[Sfan]

You can only release a nation from a core of their culture group. Iraq is the most common example of that being an issue, they have Kurdish cores and Kurdish is part of the Iranian group, but their primary culture is Mashriqi which is part of the group of Arabia + Anatolia. You can't release Iraq from a Kurdish province, you can only do it from one in the group of Mashriqi. Afaik, this is the only country on gamestart who faces this, or at least that's the only one I encountered (there was a Persian core with Mashriqi culture, but not anymore since the revamp of the region).

 

[Balmore]

Ah, wow. Yeah never noticed that sort of stuff.

Thanks!