Culture

In Crusader Kings, a character's culture is the group of people whom the character is most closely related to. A province's culture is which group of people make up the majority of its inhabitants.

Religion
Cultures are associated with religions; for example the Norman culture is considered Catholic. Some cultures are not playable because they are associated with Islam or a pagan religion, unless the certain character has converted to either catholicism or orthodox.

How Culture is Determined
When a character is born, his or her culture is determined by either their father's culture, their mother's culture, or the culture of their country's capitol.

Effects of Culture
A character's culture determines what names they can have, as listed in db/character_names.csv