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{{version|Heart of Darkness}}
{{Country
|Government Type= Absolute monarchy
|Ruling Party= Royal Faction
|Capital = Baghdad
|Population= 387.35 thousand
|Primary Culture= Mashriqi
|Accepted Cultures=Bedouin
|Literacy= 9,5%
|National Value= Order
|Tech School= Uncivilized
|Status= Uncivilized
}}
[[File:Arabia overview.png|thumb|Arabian Peninsula in 1836. Iraq is named Ottoman Asia in the picture]]

'''Iraq''' starts as a part of the {{flag|Ottoman Empire}} where it usually stays. Iraq can form Arabia, and if {{flag|Arabia}} is formed it will gain Iraq as a core.

Iraq can form {{flag|Babylon}}. The player can't see the decision to begin with, but it becomes available when Iraq reaches [[great power]]. Then one can build [[The Tower of Babel]] and form Babylon. The formation is considered an [[easter egg]]. This makes Iraq one of the only nations in the game, that can potentially form two different and unrelated nations.

==Playing Iraq==

To have the best chance of playing a successful Iraq game, one ought to release most or all nations from the Ottoman Empire and sue for white peace with {{flag|Tripoli}}. Eventually the Turks will fall from Great Power status and Iraq can focus on on expansion. Keep relations with {{flag|Persia}} above 100 and expand into {{flag|Nejd}} as quickly as possible. If you have kept your Ottoman armies you should have 2 infantry brigades as well as some irregulars and cavalry, this will make conquering your neighbour incredibly easy, especially if {{flag|Hedjaz}} or {{flag|Yemen}} allies with you. After a few years you should have passed a few reforms to improve your army and economy; this is the point where you ought to expand either into Hedjaz (who will have lost ties to the Ottoman Empire and will not be 'friendly' towards them), or Yemen.

[[National focus]] ought to always be placed on either maintaining troops numbers or increasing {{icon|clergymen}}[[clergymen]] to 4% until you westernise and then you should focus on [[Industrial tech|chemistry techs]] to avoid outbreaks of [[disease]]. 

Iraq is fortunate in that it can draw on quite a large population and other than Persia (and the Ottomans if you seriously screw up), you should have no problem in knocking about your neighbours.

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