There are 12 playable factions in Empire Total War. Each faction represents a different country or empire that was powerful during the 18th Century.

Each of the 12 playable factions in Empire Total War is in a different situation, offering unique advantages and disadvantages to playing as each. Details on each of the factions from the game's official website appear below.

France is surrounded by possibilities, and beyond Europe there are other continents to conquer and colonise.Official Site: Empire Total War

The English and Scots like to think that they can sleep safe, that no foreign invader or tyranny need worry them. They are partly right, but only as long as there is no centralised Continental power.Official Site: Empire Total War

The Spanish have a long been conquerors and colonisers in distant parts. Indeed, the Spanish and Portuguese signed a treaty in 1494 that neatly divided the world between themselves. The Spanish went conquering “for God, Spain and to get rich”. They succeeded, to a great degree, in all three aims.Official Site: Empire Total War

The history of Austria is one of warfare against invaders from the east, and the infidel Turks in particular. For nearly 250 years, the Ottoman Turks have hurled themselves against the bastion of Austria, but Austrian bravery has kept them at bay, every time.Official Site: Empire Total War

Sweden dominates Scandinavia and the Baltic, a Northern European empire that is the legacy of the incomparable warrior-king, Gustavus II Adolphus. Even though he died in battle at Luetzen in 1632, the army that he created helped Sweden profit from the seemingly endless religious struggles of the Thirty Years War.Official Site: Empire Total War

The United Provinces are a Protestant stronghold in North-western Europe, a place where science, trade and freedom of thought have flourished since the Spanish were driven out in the last century.Official Site: Empire Total War

The present Kingdom of Prussia is a new state, the result of a union between the duchies of Brandenburg and Prussia, and it is a Kingdom only because the current ruler, Elector Frederick III has decided to improve his status to that of King.Official Site: Empire Total War

The Maratha Empire or Confederacy was born in violence, as the result of the successful overthrow of Mughal rule less than a generation ago. As might be expected, the Mughals and the Marathas still nurse a dislike for each other.Official Site: Empire Total War

The Ottomans face challenges but within these are great opportunities. Strategically, the Empire is in a potentially strong position: the Balkans are a natural bastion to defend Istanbul, and a possible springboard for conquest into central Europe.Official Site: Empire Total War

Russia is a sleeping giant, with age-old traditions and ways of doing things. Here, the feudal way of life has become so entrenched that the serfs are as tied to the land as cattle, and with almost as few rights.Official Site: Empire Total War

A clever Polish leader could make much of the current situation, if he can manage the hopes, expectations and fears of his people at home.Official Site: Empire Total War

America now has a future of boundless possibilities. There may still be scores to settle with the British in Canada, or ambitious nations from Europe to discourage.Official Site: Empire Total War

1. Empire Total War features 12 playable factions to choose from:

2. France

3. Great Britain

4. Spain

5. Austria

6. Sweden

7. United Provinces

8. Prussia

9. Marathas

10. The Ottoman Empire

11. Russia

12. Poland-Lithuania

13. United States