County of Fortune cultures are living forces that emerge and spread across the map as time passes. People adopt traditions, values and ways of life that move between villages and towns, and each culture has a homeland — but the initial culture of a region is random, and cultures do not map neatly onto geography.
County of Fortune cultures: how they spread
Some cultures flourish and attract others, while some struggle to hold their ground. Since the rework, cultures no longer divide all products between themselves and give a bonus on everything assigned to them. Instead, each culture now has six slots for Traditional Products, and from Renown level 2 onwards every new Renown level unlocks two additional slots.
You decide which products become traditional for each culture, so a culture's specialisation is something you shape rather than something you inherit. Traditional products covers the slots and the rule that limits what you can put in them.
Population share decides the strength
A culture's share of the regional population decides how strong its bonuses are: the bonus applies to every settlement in every region, but its strength depends on that culture's population share in the region. The cultures panel shows the regional culture shares as a pie of percentages, so you can see at a glance how mixed a region is and how far a culture is from the thresholds that increase its bonuses. Population covers how population moves in the first place.
The tavern is how you work with cultures
Building and supplying taverns is currently the best way to work with cultures, and it pays for itself: a tavern supplied with beer gives a 10% production bonus to itself and the nearest nearby villages.