Chaldean

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The history of the Chaldean pantheon stretches back many thousands of years. Worshipping gods such as Anu, Enki and Nanna, the devotees of the Chaldean religion construct imposing temples in honor of their chosen God.

— In-game description

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The Chaldean religion is a polytheistic faith found in Mesopotamia. This article documents the deities associated with the religion. All values are for +100% Omen Power.

Many Chaldean deities can be accessed by any polytheistic nation that controls their holy site or has a specific percentage of Chaldean pops: 5% for Very Common deities, 10% for Common deities, 20% for Rare deities, and 40% for Very Rare deities.

Every Chaldean nation benefits from +0.01% Monthly Civilization Change.

Forming Babylon with automatically convert your country to Chaldean.

General deities[edit | edit source]

These deities are available to all Chaldean nations, and all polytheistic nations that have enough Chaldean pops or control the deity's holy site:

Deity	Category	Rarity	Passive effect	Omen effect	Apotheosis effect	Holy site
Ishtar	War	Common	+10% National Freeman Output	+5% Morale of Armies	Gain 1,000 Manpower, multiplied by the deity’s Martial, and an extra 1,000 if the deity’s Martial is at least 11, if manpower is below 80% Gain 2.00 Military Experience, otherwise	937, Orchoe, Seleukid Empire
Ninurta	War	Rare	+3% Morale of Armies	+8% Manpower Recovery Speed	+5.00 Supply Limit and +15% Local Fort Defense in the capital province and another random province, for five years	862, Nineue, Seleukid Empire
Enlil	Culture	Common	+0.025 Provincial Loyalty	−0.05 Aggressive Expansion Change	Up to 5 pops in a random territory convert to the deity’s faith	929, Nippur, Seleukid Empire
Ea	Culture	Rare	+5% National Citizen Happiness	+12% Religious Tech Investment	Up to 5 pops in a random territory assimilate to the deity’s culture	968, Eridu, Seleukid Empire
Marduk	Culture	Rare	+5% National Noble Happiness	+12% State Religion Happiness	Convert 1 pop in the capital into a Noble, including cultural conversion if necessary; 2 if the deity’s Finesse is at least 6; 3 if the deity’s Finesse is at least 9	918, Babylon, Seleukid Empire
Nabû	Economy	Common	+5% Research Points	+0.10 Monthly Ruler Popularity Gain	Gain 15 Wealth multiplied by the deity’s Finesse, with a minimum of 50 and an additional 75 gold if the deity has more than 10 Finesse	919, Borsippa, Seleukid Empire
Shamash	Economy	Common	+15% National Commerce Income	−0.06 Monthly Corruption	If the deity has more than 8 finesse, gain 1 Free Province Investment Otherwise, the culture with the most pops gets +8% Culture Happiness and +10% Culture Slave Output	910, Sippar, Seleukid Empire
Sîn	Fertility	Rare	+10% Population Capacity	+15% Global Monthly Food Modifier	+0.15% Local Population Growth in the capital province for five years	819, Karrai, Antigonid Kingdom

Exclusive deities[edit | edit source]

The following Chaldean deities are only available to specific countries.

Assyrian deities[edit | edit source]

These deities are available to nations of Assyrian culture, as long as they are Chaldean or polytheistic and have enough Chaldean pops, as well as to any polytheistic country that controls the deity's holy site:

Deity	Category	Rarity	Passive effect	Omen effect	Apotheosis effect	Holy site
Ashshur	War	Common	+5% Monthly Military Experience	+5% Discipline	Gain 0.50 Military Experience, multiplied by the deity’s Martial, with a minimum of +2 and a maximum of +5	883, Ashur, Seleukid Empire