diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ac625c..8d3400a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ When `authorized_keys` is present, autoinstall installs it as the user's `~/.ssh
 
 When `tailscale_authkey` is present (one key, blank lines and `#` comments ignored), the install adds the `tailscale` package from the ISO's bundled mirror — nothing is fetched from the network at install or boot — and stages the join for first boot: the key lands at `/etc/tailscale/authkey` (root-only), `tailscaled` is enabled, ufw allows traffic in on `tailscale0`, and a background unit runs `tailscale up` once the network is actually up, retrying until it succeeds without holding up the boot. After a successful join the key is deleted and the unit disables itself; until then both survive reboots, so a machine installed offline joins whenever it first gets connectivity. The node appears on the tailnet under the configured hostname. Use a reusable, pre-authorized (tagged) key so one drive image serves many machines — or an ephemeral key for disposable VMs.
 
+The region follows `timezone`, exactly as in an interactive install: a timezone listed in one of the runtime's region profiles (`default/regions/*/timezones`, such as `Asia/Shanghai` for `cn`) selects that profile's mirrors and repositories, and anything else is global. Set `omarchy_install.region` in `user_configuration.json` to pick one explicitly, for example `"cn"` on a deferred-provisioning install, which carries `UTC` until first boot. Every ISO bundles every profile's packages, so a regional install still needs no network.
+
 ### Building the drive
 
 ```bash
@@ -219,6 +221,8 @@ For local development, build the ISO from sibling checkouts:
 
 Despite the local folder name, the first argument is the Omarchy source checkout (runtime commands, configs, setup scripts, themes, shell, migrations). The installer itself lives in this ISO repo.
 
+The configurator asks for the language on its first screen: English or Simplified Chinese. Chinese reruns the installer in cage + foot, a console that draws Chinese, with Noto Sans Mono CJK unpacked from the offline mirror's `noto-fonts-cjk`. It opens on the keyboard screen, offers only keyboards with a US keymap (cage keeps a US layout) and preselects Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin); every later screen and the install progress read in Chinese. Esc there goes back to a bilingual language screen, where English returns to the VT, which applies the chosen keymap. Without a working display or the font, Chinese continues in English on the VT. Either way a Chinese install sets the target's `LANG` to `zh_CN.UTF-8` through archinstall's `locale_config`. The language never decides the region: that follows the timezone. The Chinese text lives in `OMARCHY_ZH` tables beside the English it replaces.
+
 Use `--dev` or `--rc` to build against those package channels. Both `--dev` and `--edge` select the dev packages from the edge mirror.
 
 ## Testing the ISO
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-iso-test b/bin/omarchy-iso-test
index 7824473..0f95b2d 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-iso-test
+++ b/bin/omarchy-iso-test
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #                      or Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin)/(Traditional, Zhuyin).
 #                      OMARCHY_PATH must be the source tree used to build the ISO.
 #   --encrypt          Drive the encrypted install flow (default: unencrypted)
+#   --language LANG    Pick en (default) or zh; zh keeps the preselected Pinyin keyboard
 #   --provision              Drive the deferred-provisioning install flow: no user during install, the
 #                      first boot runs omarchy-provision-owner and creates it there
 #   --reuse-base       Skip the install phase if a base image already exists
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ MEMORY=8192
 INSTALL_TIMEOUT=2400
 BOOT_TIMEOUT=600
 ENCRYPT=false
+INSTALL_LANGUAGE=en
 PROVISION=false
 REUSE_BASE=false
 INSTALL_ONLY=false
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ while (($#)); do
   case "$1" in
     --keyboard) KEYBOARD_LABEL="$2"; shift ;;
     --encrypt) ENCRYPT=true ;;
+    --language) INSTALL_LANGUAGE="$2"; shift ;;
     --provision) PROVISION=true ;;
     --reuse-base) REUSE_BASE=true ;;
     --install-only) INSTALL_ONLY=true ;;
@@ -89,12 +92,32 @@ if [[ ! -f ${ISO:-} ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+if [[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE != "en" && $INSTALL_LANGUAGE != "zh" ]]; then
+  echo "--language must be en or zh, not $INSTALL_LANGUAGE" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" && $KEYBOARD_LABEL != "English (US)" ]]; then
+  echo "--language zh takes the preselected Pinyin keyboard; drop --keyboard" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
 case "$KEYBOARD_LABEL" in
   "English (US)" | "English (UK)" | "Japanese" | "Japanese (US keyboard)" | "Korean" | "Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin)" | "Chinese (Traditional, Zhuyin)") ;;
   *) echo "The VM harness cannot type credentials with keyboard: $KEYBOARD_LABEL" >&2; exit 1 ;;
 esac
 
-omarchy-pkg-add qemu-full edk2-ovmf socat imagemagick tesseract tesseract-data-eng
+omarchy-pkg-add qemu-full edk2-ovmf socat imagemagick tesseract tesseract-data-eng tesseract-data-chi_sim
+
+# After the language screen a Chinese install reads in Chinese.
+OCR_LANGS=eng
+[[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" ]] && OCR_LANGS=eng+chi_sim
+# lang_text <english> <chinese> picks the text a screen shows in this run.
+lang_text() {
+  if [[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" ]]; then
+    printf '%s' "$2"
+  else
+    printf '%s' "$1"
+  fi
+}
 
 OVMF_CODE="/usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_CODE.4m.fd"
 OVMF_VARS_TEMPLATE="/usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_VARS.4m.fd"
@@ -104,6 +127,7 @@ if [[ $KEYBOARD_LABEL != "English (US)" ]]; then
   BASE_NAME+="-$(printf '%s' "$KEYBOARD_LABEL" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/-/g')"
 fi
 $ENCRYPT && BASE_NAME+="-encrypted"
+[[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" ]] && BASE_NAME+="-zh"
 $PROVISION && BASE_NAME+="-provision"
 BASE_DIR="$REPO_DIR/test-runs/$BASE_NAME"
 RUN_DIR="$BASE_DIR/runs/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
@@ -253,7 +277,13 @@ ocr_screen() {
   screendump "$shot"
   [[ -s $shot ]] || return 0
   magick "$shot" -colorspace gray -negate -resize 150% "$prepped" 2>/dev/null || return 0
-  tesseract "$prepped" - --psm 6 2>/dev/null || true
+  # The logo throws tesseract off CJK, so Chinese runs also read below it, without spaces.
+  if [[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" ]]; then
+    magick "$shot" -gravity north -chop 0x35% -colorspace gray -negate -resize 150% "$prepped.text.png" 2>/dev/null || return 0
+    { tesseract "$prepped" - --psm 6 -l "$OCR_LANGS"; tesseract "$prepped.text.png" - --psm 6 -l "$OCR_LANGS"; } 2>/dev/null | sed 'p; s/ //g' || true
+  else
+    tesseract "$prepped" - --psm 6 -l "$OCR_LANGS" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
 }
 
 # Wait until the console shows the given text. Saves the offending screen as
@@ -660,23 +690,28 @@ drive_configurator() {
   capture_console "success-installer-00-greeter"
   press ret
 
-  # Keyboard is the first screen. Ctrl+C there is the hidden entry into deferred provisioning
-  # mode; a normal install just selects the layout.
-  wait_for_screen "keyboard layout" 300
+  # Language comes first: English on top, Chinese below.
+  wait_for_screen "Select language" 300
+  capture_console "success-installer-01-language"
+  if [[ $INSTALL_LANGUAGE == "zh" ]]; then press end; else press home; fi
+  press ret
+
+  # The keyboard follows, for Chinese in cage + foot; Ctrl+C there defers provisioning.
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "keyboard layout" "键盘布局")" 300
   capture_console "success-installer-01-keyboard-layout"
 
   if $PROVISION; then
     press ctrl-c # arm "prepare for another owner"
-    wait_for_screen "another owner" 30
+    wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "another owner" "另一位")" 30
     capture_console "success-installer-02-prepare-confirm"
     press ret # "Yes, prepare for another owner" is the affirmative default
 
     # Jumps straight to disk selection, then the overwrite confirm.
-    wait_for_screen "install disk" 60
+    wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "install disk" "安装磁盘")" 60
     capture_console "success-installer-03-prepare-install-disk"
     press ret
 
-    wait_for_screen "recovery possible" 60
+    wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "recovery possible" "无法恢复")" 60
     capture_console "success-installer-04-prepare-disk-warning-encrypted"
     if ! $ENCRYPT; then
       press ctrl-c
@@ -700,27 +735,27 @@ drive_configurator() {
   press ret
 
   # Normal flow: user step comes before disk selection.
-  wait_for_screen "Username" 120
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Username" "用户名")" 120
   type_text "$GUEST_USER"
   capture_console "success-installer-02-username"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Password" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Password" "密码")" 60
   type_text "$GUEST_PASSWORD"
   capture_console "success-installer-03-password"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Must match" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Must match" "确认")" 60
   type_text "$GUEST_PASSWORD"
   capture_console "success-installer-04-password-confirmation"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Full name" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Full name" "姓名")" 60
   type_text "Omarchy Test"
   capture_console "success-installer-05-full-name"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Email address" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Email address" "邮箱")" 60
   type_text "test"
   if [[ $KEYBOARD_LABEL == "Japanese" ]]; then
     press bracket_left
@@ -733,30 +768,30 @@ drive_configurator() {
   capture_console "success-installer-06-email"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Hostname" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Hostname" "主机名")" 60
   type_text "$GUEST_HOSTNAME"
   capture_console "success-installer-07-hostname"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "Timezone" 180 # tzupdate geo-guess can take a moment
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "Timezone" "时区")" 180 # tzupdate geo-guess can take a moment
   capture_console "success-installer-08-timezone"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "look right" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "look right" "正确")" 60
   capture_console "success-installer-09-review"
   press ret
 
-  wait_for_screen "install disk" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "install disk" "安装磁盘")" 60
   capture_console "success-installer-10-install-disk"
   press ret # the single virtio disk
 
-  wait_for_screen "installation mode\|recovery possible" 60
-  if ocr_screen | grep -qi "installation mode"; then
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "installation mode\|recovery possible" "安装方式\|无法恢复")" 60
+  if ocr_screen | grep -qi "$(lang_text "installation mode" "安装方式")"; then
     capture_console "success-installer-11-install-mode"
     press ret # "Full disk install" is preselected
   fi
 
-  wait_for_screen "recovery possible" 60
+  wait_for_screen "$(lang_text "recovery possible" "无法恢复")" 60
   capture_console "success-installer-12-disk-warning-encrypted"
   if ! $ENCRYPT; then
     press ctrl-c # toggles the confirm to the unencrypted flow
@@ -860,7 +895,8 @@ wait_for_install() {
   while true; do
     text=$(ocr_screen)
 
-    if grep -qi "Reboot Now" <<<"$text"; then
+    # OCR cannot read the Chinese reboot button, so Chinese runs match the title above it.
+    if grep -qi "$(lang_text "Reboot Now" "安装完成")" <<<"$text"; then
       log "Install finished. Confirming the reboot prompt."
       capture_console "success-installer-15-reboot"
       press ret
@@ -876,7 +912,7 @@ wait_for_install() {
       return 0
     fi
 
-    if grep -qi "installation stopped" <<<"$text"; then
+    if grep -qi "$(lang_text "installation stopped" "安装已停止")" <<<"$text"; then
       capture_console "failure-installer-installation-stopped"
       echo "Install failed — screenshot saved to $RUN_DIR" >&2
       return 1
diff --git a/builder/build-iso.sh b/builder/build-iso.sh
index 13a90d9..f4c57db 100755
--- a/builder/build-iso.sh
+++ b/builder/build-iso.sh
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ cp "/tmp/$NODE_FILENAME" "$build_cache_dir/airootfs/opt/packages/"
 # The selected omarchy-settings package is needed here so its post_install hook
 # drops Omarchy's plymouthd.conf into /etc/plymouth before mkarchiso builds the
 # live initramfs.
-arch_packages=(linux-t2 git gum jq openssl plymouth ttfx tzupdate omarchy-keyring "$OMARCHY_SETTINGS_PACKAGE" lvm2 cryptsetup parted)
+# cage and foot give Chinese installs a console that draws Chinese.
+arch_packages=(linux-t2 git gum jq openssl plymouth ttfx tzupdate omarchy-keyring "$OMARCHY_SETTINGS_PACKAGE" lvm2 cryptsetup parted cage foot)
 printf '%s\n' "${arch_packages[@]}" >> "$build_cache_dir/packages.x86_64"
 
 # The live ISO boots linux-t2 (see airootfs/etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-t2.preset), so
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ sed -i -E '/^(linux|broadcom-wl)$/d' "$build_cache_dir/packages.x86_64"
 # already in the mirror and we filter them out below. Without it, pacman -Syw
 # pulls the published omarchy* from the network mirror like any other package.
 if [[ -d /omarchy-source ]]; then
+  regions_source=/omarchy-source/default/regions
   base_pkg_lists=(/omarchy-source/install/omarchy-base.packages /omarchy-source/install/omarchy-other.packages)
   setup_form=/omarchy-source/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh
 else
@@ -177,6 +179,17 @@ else
   # build here (set -e) with a bare "Not found in archive" instead of the
   # actionable error below.
   bsdtar -xf "$omarchy_pkg" -C /tmp/omarchy-pkglists usr/share/omarchy/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh 2>/dev/null || true
+  # Region profiles live under default/, which the settings package ships,
+  # not the runtime. Its own cache dir keeps the runtime lookup above from
+  # ever matching it.
+  settings_cache_dir="$bootstrap_cache_dir/settings"
+  mkdir -p "$settings_cache_dir"
+  pacman --config /configs/pacman-online-${OMARCHY_MIRROR}.conf --noconfirm -Syw "$OMARCHY_SETTINGS_PACKAGE" --cachedir "$settings_cache_dir" --dbpath /tmp/offlinedb-bootstrap >/dev/null
+  regions_source=$(find "$settings_cache_dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "$OMARCHY_SETTINGS_PACKAGE-*.pkg.tar.zst" | sort | head -1)
+  if [[ -z $regions_source ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: downloaded package for $OMARCHY_SETTINGS_PACKAGE not found in $settings_cache_dir" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
   setup_form=/tmp/omarchy-pkglists/usr/share/omarchy/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh
 fi
 
@@ -203,6 +216,24 @@ if [[ ! -f $setup_form ]]; then
 fi
 cp "$setup_form" "$build_cache_dir/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/setup-form.sh"
 
+# Every region's packages ride in the offline mirror, and its community
+# repositories join a writable copy of the online config to download them.
+online_config=/tmp/omarchy-pacman-online.conf
+cp "/configs/pacman-online-${OMARCHY_MIRROR}.conf" "$online_config"
+bash /builder/prepare-regions.sh "$regions_source" \
+  "$build_cache_dir/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso" "$online_config"
+
+# Profiles ship in the settings package, but the finalizer that applies them
+# ships in the runtime. A runtime without it would ignore the region marker,
+# leaving regional targets with the keyring but none of the repositories.
+if [[ -n ${omarchy_pkg:-} && -d $build_cache_dir/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/regions ]]; then
+  runtime_listing=$(bsdtar -tf "$omarchy_pkg")
+  if ! grep -qx 'usr/bin/omarchy-apply-pacman' <<<"$runtime_listing"; then
+    echo "ERROR: $OMARCHY_SETTINGS_PACKAGE ships region profiles, but $OMARCHY_RUNTIME_PACKAGE lacks omarchy-apply-pacman to apply them." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
 # Collect every package we want available in the offline mirror.
 declare -a all_packages
 mapfile -t all_packages < <(
@@ -210,6 +241,9 @@ mapfile -t all_packages < <(
     cat "$build_cache_dir/packages.x86_64"
     grep -hv '^#\|^$' "${base_pkg_lists[@]}"
     grep -hv '^#\|^$' /builder/archinstall.packages
+    # Downloaded but not installed: the installer adds a region's packages
+    # only to targets in that region.
+    grep -hsv '^#\|^$' "$build_cache_dir"/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/regions/*/packages || true
     # Always include the selected Omarchy packages so the target install can
     # find the runtime and companion packages in the offline mirror.
     printf '%s\n' "$OMARCHY_RUNTIME_PACKAGE" "$OMARCHY_SETTINGS_PACKAGE" "$OMARCHY_NVIM_PACKAGE"
@@ -248,7 +282,7 @@ fi
 
 mkdir -p /tmp/offlinedb
 download_offline_packages() {
-  pacman --config /configs/pacman-online-${OMARCHY_MIRROR}.conf --noconfirm -Syw \
+  pacman --config "$online_config" --noconfirm -Syw \
     "${all_packages[@]}" --cachedir "$offline_mirror_dir/" --dbpath /tmp/offlinedb --needed
 }
 
@@ -266,7 +300,7 @@ fi
 # newest version of every cached package name) removes packages that have left
 # the lists or dependency closure, such as an old Electron major version.
 if ! resolved_package_files="$(
-  pacman --config "/configs/pacman-online-${OMARCHY_MIRROR}.conf" --noconfirm \
+  pacman --config "$online_config" --noconfirm \
     --dbpath /tmp/offlinedb -S --print --print-format '%f' "${all_packages[@]}"
 )"; then
   echo "ERROR: could not resolve the package files required by the offline mirror" >&2
diff --git a/builder/prepare-regions.sh b/builder/prepare-regions.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c668048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/prepare-regions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Ship every region profile from the bundled runtime, so one ISO serves every
+# region. The installer picks a profile from the target's timezone; this only
+# stages the profiles and makes their packages downloadable. Repository
+# defaults stay in the runtime, not in a second set of ISO-specific templates.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+regions_source="$1"
+iso_payload="$2"
+online_config="$3"
+
+# The source is a checkout's default/regions, or the published settings
+# package that ships default/. One predating region profiles ships none; the
+# ISO then installs global targets only, exactly as before. Anything else that
+# fails here, such as an unreadable package, aborts the build.
+regions="$regions_source"
+if [[ -f $regions_source ]]; then
+  member=usr/share/omarchy/default/regions
+  listing=$(bsdtar -tf "$regions_source")
+  if grep -q "^$member/" <<<"$listing"; then
+    extracted=$(mktemp -d)
+    trap 'rm -rf "$extracted"' EXIT
+    bsdtar -xf "$regions_source" -C "$extracted" "$member"
+    regions="$extracted/$member"
+  fi
+fi
+if [[ ! -d $regions ]]; then
+  echo "Runtime ships no region profiles; every install will be global."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+cp -a "$regions" "$iso_payload/regions"
+
+for profile in "$regions"/*/; do
+  # Only the community repositories are needed to download regional packages.
+  # Keep the channel's build mirrors intact; target mirrors are set later by
+  # the runtime's own pacman finalizer.
+  printf '\n' >> "$online_config"
+  cat "$profile/pacman/pacman.conf.append" >> "$online_config"
+
+  # Each keyring package must be signed by a key Arch already trusts. Do not
+  # bootstrap trust from an unchecked keyserver response or disable signatures.
+  # https://github.com/archlinuxcn/repo#usage
+  mapfile -t keyring_packages < <(grep -hv '^#\|^$' "$profile/packages" | grep -- '-keyring$' || true)
+  if (( ${#keyring_packages[@]} > 0 )); then
+    pacman --config "$online_config" --noconfirm -Sy --needed "${keyring_packages[@]}"
+    pacman-key --populate "${keyring_packages[@]%-keyring}"
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh b/configs/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh
index 16904f8..90d1ad3 100644
--- a/configs/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh
+++ b/configs/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 #   - COLUMNS/LINES so gum picks up real terminal size
 set -euo pipefail
 
-[[ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]] || exit 0
+[[ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 || -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]] || exit 0
+if [[ -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]]; then
+  touch "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/cjk-console-started"
+fi
 
 export OMARCHY_MIRROR="$(cat /root/omarchy_mirror)"
 if [[ -f /root/omarchy_iso_ref ]]; then
@@ -39,7 +42,8 @@ set_tokyo_night_colors() {
   echo -en "\033[0m"
   clear
 }
-set_tokyo_night_colors
+# foot sets the same palette from foot.ini; these escapes are VT-only.
+[[ -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]] || set_tokyo_night_colors
 
 mkdir -p /var/log
 touch "$OMARCHY_INSTALL_LOG_FILE"
@@ -90,6 +94,16 @@ warm_offline_mirror &
 warm_pid=$!
 trap 'kill "$warm_pid" 2>/dev/null' EXIT
 
+# The CJK console's font comes from the offline mirror's noto-fonts-cjk, not the live image.
+unpack_cjk_font() {
+  local packages=(/var/cache/omarchy/mirror/offline/noto-fonts-cjk-*.pkg.tar.zst)
+  if ((${#packages[@]} != 1)) || [[ ! -f ${packages[0]} ]]; then
+    echo "Expected one noto-fonts-cjk package in the offline mirror, found: ${packages[*]}" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+  bsdtar -xf "${packages[0]}" -C / usr/share/fonts/noto-cjk/NotoSansCJK-Regular.ttc
+}
+
 cd /root
 # Autoinstall: a cidata drive carrying the configurator's own output files
 # stands in for the wizard. omarchy-cidata-load copies them into /root and
@@ -98,7 +112,43 @@ if /usr/local/bin/omarchy-cidata-load; then
   echo "Autoinstall configuration found on cidata drive; skipping the configurator."
   export OMARCHY_UI_INTERACTIVE=no
 else
-  ./configurator
+  # Chinese moves to cage + foot, which draw Chinese; English moves back to the VT, which applies keymaps.
+  cjk_relaunch=10
+  vt_return=11
+  if [[ -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]]; then
+    export OMARCHY_VT_RETURN=$vt_return
+  elif command -v cage >/dev/null; then
+    export OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH=$cjk_relaunch
+  fi
+  ./configurator && status=0 || status=$?
+  while ((status == cjk_relaunch)); do
+    cjk_runtime=/run/omarchy-cjk-console
+    mkdir -p -m 700 "$cjk_runtime"
+    rm -f "$cjk_runtime/cjk-console-started" "$cjk_runtime/return-to-vt"
+    if ! unpack_cjk_font; then
+      echo "The Chinese font could not be unpacked from the offline mirror; continuing in English."
+      unset OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH
+      OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE=zh ./configurator && status=0 || status=$?
+      continue
+    fi
+    cage_status=0
+    env -u OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$cjk_runtime OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE=1 OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE=zh \
+      LANG=C.UTF-8 WLR_RENDERER=pixman cage -- foot -c /usr/share/omarchy-iso/foot.ini "$0" || cage_status=$?
+    if [[ -f $cjk_runtime/return-to-vt ]]; then
+      OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE=en ./configurator && status=0 || status=$?
+    elif [[ -f $cjk_runtime/cjk-console-started ]]; then
+      exit "$cage_status"
+    else
+      echo "The Chinese console could not start (cage exit $cage_status); continuing in English."
+      unset OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH
+      OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE=zh ./configurator && status=0 || status=$?
+    fi
+  done
+  if [[ -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]] && ((status == vt_return)); then
+    touch "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/return-to-vt"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  ((status == 0)) || exit "$status"
 fi
 
 # Deferred-provisioning installs skip the celebration/reboot prompt and reboot on
@@ -111,6 +161,11 @@ if [[ -f /root/defer-provisioning ]] ||
   export OMARCHY_UI_DEFER_PROVISIONING=yes
 fi
 
+# Only Chinese reaches the install from the CJK console; English returns to the VT.
+if [[ -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]]; then
+  export OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANG=zh
+fi
+
 # The foreground dashboard is now the sole visible install UI owner. It starts
 # the actual installer as a non-interactive child, logs child output, waits for
 # completion, then renders the final installed-time/reboot prompt itself.
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/root/configurator b/configs/airootfs/root/configurator
index 8e18b59..9f3fbc0 100644
--- a/configs/airootfs/root/configurator
+++ b/configs/airootfs/root/configurator
@@ -24,6 +24,72 @@ if [[ ! -r $SETUP_FORM ]]; then
 fi
 source "$SETUP_FORM"
 
+# Chinese text for OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANG=zh; disk-step failures stay English for support logs.
+OMARCHY_ZH+=(
+  ["Aborted installation"]="安装已中止"
+  ["You can retry later by running: ./.automated_script.sh"]="稍后可运行 ./.automated_script.sh 重试"
+  ["Let's setup your machine..."]="开始设置这台机器……"
+  ["Press Ctrl+C to prepare this machine for another owner."]="按 Ctrl+C 为另一位使用者准备这台机器。"
+  ["This prepares the machine for another owner."]="这会为另一位使用者准备这台机器。"
+  ["The system installs now, but setup is delayed until first boot."]="系统现在安装，设置留到首次开机。"
+  ["Yes, prepare for another owner"]="是，为他人准备"
+  ["No, keep setting up"]="否，继续设置"
+  ["Prepare this machine for another owner?"]="为另一位使用者准备这台机器？"
+  ["Let's setup your user account..."]="开始设置用户账户……"
+  ["Field"]="项目"
+  ["Value"]="值"
+  ["Username"]="用户名"
+  ["Password"]="密码"
+  ["Full name"]="姓名"
+  ["Email address"]="邮箱"
+  ["Hostname"]="主机名"
+  ["Keyboard"]="键盘"
+  ["Region"]="区域"
+  ["[Skipped]"]="[已跳过]"
+  ["Yes"]="是"
+  ["No, change it"]="否，去修改"
+  ["Does this look right?"]="以上信息正确吗？"
+  ["Not enough free space on %s"]="%s 的空闲空间不足"
+  ["%s has %s of usable free space; Omarchy needs at least 32GB."]="%s 有 %s 可用空闲空间；Omarchy 至少需要 32GB。"
+  ["Open the partition tool to free at least 32GB on %s, then try again."]="打开分区工具，在 %s 上腾出至少 32GB，然后重试。"
+  ["Back"]="返回"
+  ["Open partition tool"]="打开分区工具"
+  ["Return to installation mode?"]="返回安装方式选择？"
+  ["Checking for BitLocker on %s"]="检查 %s 上的 BitLocker"
+  ["BitLocker signature detected on %s."]="在 %s 上发现 BitLocker 签名。"
+  ["Turn BitLocker off in Windows and wait for the drive to finish decrypting, then try again."]="在 Windows 中关闭 BitLocker，等磁盘解密完成后重试。"
+  ["Suspending BitLocker is not enough — the drive stays encrypted."]="只暂停 BitLocker 不够，磁盘仍是加密的。"
+  ["Aborted: BitLocker is enabled on this disk."]="已中止：这块磁盘开启了 BitLocker。"
+  ["Checking existing EFI partitions on %s"]="检查 %s 上已有的 EFI 分区"
+  ["Found a Windows ESP at %s — leaving it untouched."]="在 %s 发现 Windows ESP，保持不动。"
+  ["Omarchy will create its own dedicated EFI partition in free space."]="Omarchy 会在空闲空间中创建自己的 EFI 分区。"
+  ["A new EFI partition will be created in free space."]="会在空闲空间中新建 EFI 分区。"
+  ["Analyzing free space on %s"]="分析 %s 的空闲空间"
+  ["Install Omarchy in the %s of free space."]="在 %s 空闲空间中安装 Omarchy。"
+  ["Press Ctrl+C for unencrypted install."]="按 Ctrl+C 改为不加密安装。"
+  ["Yes, install"]="是，开始安装"
+  ["Yes, install without encryption"]="是，不加密安装"
+  ["Confirm installing on %s"]="确认安装到 %s"
+  ["Creating partitions on %s"]="在 %s 上创建分区"
+  ["Setting up LUKS2 on %s"]="在 %s 上设置 LUKS2 加密"
+  ["Creating Btrfs filesystem and subvolumes"]="创建 Btrfs 文件系统和子卷"
+  ["Let's select where to install Omarchy..."]="选择 Omarchy 的安装位置……"
+  ["Select install disk"]="选择安装磁盘"
+  ["Partition tool for %s"]="%s 的分区工具"
+  ["Create unallocated free space for Omarchy, then write changes and quit."]="为 Omarchy 腾出未分配空间，然后写入更改并退出。"
+  ["Do not create an Omarchy partition here — leave the target area as Free space."]="不要在这里创建 Omarchy 分区，目标区域保持为 Free space。"
+  ["Tip: free-space install needs at least 32GB unallocated, plus 2GB more if no ESP already exists."]="提示：空闲空间安装至少需要 32GB 未分配空间；没有 ESP 时再加 2GB。"
+  ["Open cfdisk"]="打开 cfdisk"
+  ["Open partition tool for %s?"]="打开 %s 的分区工具？"
+  ["Full disk install"]="整盘安装"
+  ["Free space install (alongside existing data)"]="空闲空间安装（保留现有数据）"
+  ["Choose a different disk"]="换一块磁盘"
+  ["Let's select how to install Omarchy..."]="选择 Omarchy 的安装方式……"
+  ["Select installation mode on %s"]="选择 %s 上的安装方式"
+  ["Everything will be overwritten. There is no recovery possible."]="磁盘上的一切都会被覆盖，无法恢复。"
+  ["Confirm overwriting %s"]="确认覆盖 %s"
+)
+
 # Partition creation helpers, shared with test/partition-numbering-test.sh so
 # the numbering logic can be exercised without a real disk.
 DISK_PARTITIONING="${DISK_PARTITIONING:-/usr/share/omarchy-iso/disk-partitioning.sh}"
@@ -176,9 +242,9 @@ greeter() {
 }
 
 abort() {
-  gum style "${1:-Aborted installation}"
+  gum style "${1:-$(omarchy_text "Aborted installation")}"
   echo
-  gum style "You can retry later by running: ./.automated_script.sh"
+  gum style "$(omarchy_text "You can retry later by running: ./.automated_script.sh")"
   exit 1
 }
 
@@ -203,6 +269,30 @@ notice() {
 
 # STEP 1: KEYBOARD LAYOUT
 
+# The target's LANG follows the language picked on the first screen.
+target_lang() {
+  if [[ $language == "zh" ]]; then
+    echo zh_CN.UTF-8
+  else
+    echo en_US.UTF-8
+  fi
+}
+
+# .automated_script.sh moves Chinese into the CJK console and English back to the VT, which applies keymaps.
+apply_language() {
+  if [[ $language == "zh" && -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH:-} ]]; then
+    exit "$OMARCHY_CJK_RELAUNCH"
+  fi
+  if [[ $language == "en" && -n ${OMARCHY_VT_RETURN:-} ]]; then
+    exit "$OMARCHY_VT_RETURN"
+  fi
+  if [[ $language == "zh" && -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]]; then
+    export OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANG=zh
+  else
+    unset OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANG
+  fi
+}
+
 keyboard_form() {
   # Ctrl+C is the hidden entry into deferred provisioning, offered on every
   # visit: the user step unwinds back here and nothing is on disk yet. Callers
@@ -212,11 +302,24 @@ keyboard_form() {
   while true; do
     clear_logo
     echo
-    say "Let's setup your machine..."
-    say --foreground 8 "Press Ctrl+C to prepare this machine for another owner."
+    say "$(omarchy_text "Let's setup your machine...")"
+    say --foreground 8 "$(omarchy_text "Press Ctrl+C to prepare this machine for another owner.")"
     echo
 
-    omarchy_prompt_keyboard && status=0 || status=$?
+    status=0
+    if ! $language_chosen; then
+      omarchy_prompt_language && status=0 || status=$?
+      ((status == 0)) && apply_language
+    fi
+    # Esc, Ctrl+C or a later "No, change it" asks the language again.
+    language_chosen=false
+    if ((status == 0)); then
+      local layouts=$OMARCHY_KEYBOARD_LAYOUTS selected="English (US)"
+      [[ $language == "zh" ]] && selected="Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin)"
+      # cage keeps its US layout, so the CJK console offers only US-keymap keyboards.
+      [[ -n ${OMARCHY_CJK_CONSOLE:-} ]] && layouts=$(awk -F'|' '$2 == "us"' <<<"$layouts")
+      OMARCHY_KEYBOARD_LAYOUTS=$layouts omarchy_prompt_keyboard "$selected" && status=0 || status=$?
+    fi
     ((status == 0)) && break
 
     # Esc means "back", and nothing precedes the first screen, so re-ask.
@@ -245,11 +348,11 @@ keyboard_form() {
 confirm_prepare_for_another_owner() {
   clear_logo
   echo
-  say "This prepares the machine for another owner."
-  say --foreground 8 "The system installs now, but setup is delayed until first boot."
+  say "$(omarchy_text "This prepares the machine for another owner.")"
+  say --foreground 8 "$(omarchy_text "The system installs now, but setup is delayed until first boot.")"
   echo
-  gum confirm --affirmative "Yes, prepare for another owner" --negative "No, keep setting up" \
-    "Prepare this machine for another owner?"
+  gum confirm --affirmative "$(omarchy_text "Yes, prepare for another owner")" --negative "$(omarchy_text "No, keep setting up")" \
+    "$(omarchy_text "Prepare this machine for another owner?")"
 }
 
 # The user step. Deferred-provisioning installs skip it entirely — the machine's first owner
@@ -257,7 +360,7 @@ confirm_prepare_for_another_owner() {
 # operator sets nothing user-specific.
 
 user_form() {
-  step "Let's setup your user account..."
+  step "$(omarchy_text "Let's setup your user account...")"
 
   # Each prompt reports 0 (set), OMARCHY_FORM_BACK (Esc), or OMARCHY_FORM_SIGNAL
   # (Ctrl+C). Both non-zero cases unwind to user_step, which decides what they
@@ -290,19 +393,29 @@ user_step() {
       continue
     fi
 
+    # The timezone selects the region (mirrors and repositories), using the
+    # same lookup as the orchestrator. Global installs get no extra row.
+    region=$(cd /usr/share/omarchy-iso 2>/dev/null && python -m orchestrator.region "$timezone") || region="global"
+    region_row=""
+    if [[ $region != "global" ]]; then
+      region_row="\n$(omarchy_text Region),$region"
+    fi
+
     # Add manual padding since gum table -p doesn't respect padding
-    echo -e "Field,Value
-Username,$username
-Password,$(printf "%${#password}s" | tr ' ' '*')
-Full name,${full_name:-[Skipped]}
-Email address,${email_address:-[Skipped]}
-Hostname,$hostname
-Timezone,$timezone
-Keyboard,$keyboard" |
+    local skipped
+    skipped=$(omarchy_text "[Skipped]")
+    echo -e "$(omarchy_text Field),$(omarchy_text Value)
+$(omarchy_text Username),$username
+$(omarchy_text Password),$(printf "%${#password}s" | tr ' ' '*')
+$(omarchy_text "Full name"),${full_name:-$skipped}
+$(omarchy_text "Email address"),${email_address:-$skipped}
+$(omarchy_text Hostname),$hostname
+$(omarchy_text Timezone),$timezone$region_row
+$(omarchy_text Keyboard),\"$keyboard_label\"" |
       gum table -s "," -p | sed "s/^/${PADDING_LEFT_SPACES}/"
 
     echo
-    if gum confirm --negative "No, change it" "Does this look right?"; then
+    if gum confirm --affirmative "$(omarchy_text "Yes")" --negative "$(omarchy_text "No, change it")" "$(omarchy_text "Does this look right?")"; then
       break
     else
       keyboard_form
@@ -504,11 +617,11 @@ print_dry_run_files() {
 # action so users have a way to actually fix the situation.
 not_enough_space() {
   local available="${1:-0}"
-  step "Not enough free space on $disk"
-  say --foreground 1 "$disk has $(to_gb $available) of usable free space; Omarchy needs at least 32GB."
-  say "Open the partition tool to free at least 32GB on $disk, then try again."
+  step "$(omarchy_text "Not enough free space on %s" "$disk")"
+  say --foreground 1 "$(omarchy_text "%s has %s of usable free space; Omarchy needs at least 32GB." "$disk" "$(to_gb $available)")"
+  say "$(omarchy_text "Open the partition tool to free at least 32GB on %s, then try again." "$disk")"
   echo
-  if ! gum confirm --affirmative "Back" --negative "Open partition tool" "Return to installation mode?"; then
+  if ! gum confirm --affirmative "$(omarchy_text "Back")" --negative "$(omarchy_text "Open partition tool")" "$(omarchy_text "Return to installation mode?")"; then
     open_partition_tool
   fi
   return 1
@@ -518,14 +631,14 @@ not_enough_space() {
 # encryption confirm. Sets the globals run_partition_execute needs. Returns 1
 # to fall back to the install-mode picker.
 run_partition_decide() {
-  step "Checking for BitLocker on $disk"
+  step "$(omarchy_text "Checking for BitLocker on %s" "$disk")"
   local bl_part
   bl_part=$(detect_bitlocker || true)
   if [[ -n "$bl_part" ]]; then
-    say --foreground 1 "BitLocker signature detected on $bl_part."
-    say "Turn BitLocker off in Windows and wait for the drive to finish decrypting, then try again."
-    say "Suspending BitLocker is not enough — the drive stays encrypted."
-    abort "Aborted: BitLocker is enabled on this disk."
+    say --foreground 1 "$(omarchy_text "BitLocker signature detected on %s." "$bl_part")"
+    say "$(omarchy_text "Turn BitLocker off in Windows and wait for the drive to finish decrypting, then try again.")"
+    say "$(omarchy_text "Suspending BitLocker is not enough — the drive stays encrypted.")"
+    abort "$(omarchy_text "Aborted: BitLocker is enabled on this disk.")"
   fi
 
   # Omarchy always creates its own dedicated ESP in free space and never
@@ -534,17 +647,17 @@ run_partition_decide() {
   # Windows ESP is far too small for our Unified Kernel Images, and a shared
   # ESP forces the install unencrypted. A separate Linux ESP keeps Windows
   # and Omarchy fully isolated and keeps LUKS on the table.
-  step "Checking existing EFI partitions on $disk"
+  step "$(omarchy_text "Checking existing EFI partitions on %s" "$disk")"
   local detected_win_esp
   detected_win_esp=$(detect_windows_esp || true)
   if [[ -n "$detected_win_esp" ]]; then
-    say "Found a Windows ESP at $detected_win_esp — leaving it untouched."
-    say "Omarchy will create its own dedicated EFI partition in free space."
+    say "$(omarchy_text "Found a Windows ESP at %s — leaving it untouched." "$detected_win_esp")"
+    say "$(omarchy_text "Omarchy will create its own dedicated EFI partition in free space.")"
   else
-    say "A new EFI partition will be created in free space."
+    say "$(omarchy_text "A new EFI partition will be created in free space.")"
   fi
 
-  step "Analyzing free space on $disk"
+  step "$(omarchy_text "Analyzing free space on %s" "$disk")"
   partprobe "$disk" 2>/dev/null || true
   sleep 1
 
@@ -619,21 +732,21 @@ run_partition_decide() {
   while true; do
     clear_logo
     echo
-    say "Install Omarchy in the $(to_gb $INSTALL_MAX_B) of free space."
+    say "$(omarchy_text "Install Omarchy in the %s of free space." "$(to_gb $INSTALL_MAX_B)")"
 
     case $mode in
       encrypted)
-        say --foreground 8 "Press Ctrl+C for unencrypted install."
-        affirmative="Yes, install"
+        say --foreground 8 "$(omarchy_text "Press Ctrl+C for unencrypted install.")"
+        affirmative="$(omarchy_text "Yes, install")"
         ;;
       unencrypted)
-        affirmative="Yes, install without encryption"
+        affirmative="$(omarchy_text "Yes, install without encryption")"
         ;;
     esac
     echo
 
-    gum confirm --affirmative "$affirmative" --negative "No, change it" \
-      "Confirm installing on $disk"
+    gum confirm --affirmative "$affirmative" --negative "$(omarchy_text "No, change it")" \
+      "$(omarchy_text "Confirm installing on %s" "$disk")"
     confirm_status=$?
 
     case $confirm_status in
@@ -691,7 +804,7 @@ run_partition_execute() {
     say "[dry] partition numbers are assigned by parted at creation, then read back"
     say "[dry] encrypted=$encrypt_installation kernel=$kernel_choice"
   else
-    step "Creating partitions on $disk"
+    step "$(omarchy_text "Creating partitions on %s" "$disk")"
     if $needs_mklabel; then
       disk_step "initializing GPT on $disk" parted --script "$disk" mklabel gpt
       partprobe "$disk" 2>/dev/null || true
@@ -729,7 +842,7 @@ run_partition_execute() {
     disk_step "clearing stale signatures on $root_partition_device" wipefs -af "$root_partition_device"
 
     if [[ "$encrypt_installation" == "true" ]]; then
-      step "Setting up LUKS2 on $root_partition_device"
+      step "$(omarchy_text "Setting up LUKS2 on %s" "$root_partition_device")"
       # Kept as pipes rather than routed through disk_step: the passphrase must
       # not become an argv the process table can show. Folding stderr into
       # stdout still lands any error in the install log.
@@ -746,7 +859,7 @@ run_partition_execute() {
       root_mapper="$root_partition_device"
     fi
 
-    step "Creating Btrfs filesystem and subvolumes"
+    step "$(omarchy_text "Creating Btrfs filesystem and subvolumes")"
     disk_step "creating the Btrfs filesystem on $root_mapper" \
       mkfs.btrfs -f -L OMARCHY "$root_mapper"
     wait_for_device "$root_mapper" || disk_abort_hook "Root device $root_mapper never appeared"
@@ -834,7 +947,7 @@ run_partition_execute() {
     "locale_config": {
         "kb_layout": "$keyboard",
         "sys_enc": "UTF-8",
-        "sys_lang": "en_US.UTF-8"
+        "sys_lang": "$(target_lang)"
     },
     "mirror_config": {
         "custom_repositories": [],
@@ -864,7 +977,7 @@ _EOF_
 }
 
 disk_form() {
-  step "Let's select where to install Omarchy..."
+  step "$(omarchy_text "Let's select where to install Omarchy...")"
 
   # Don't offer the install media as an option (Arch ISO mounts it here)
   local boot_source
@@ -890,19 +1003,19 @@ disk_form() {
     fi
   done <<<"$available_disks"
 
-  selected_display=$(echo "$disk_options" | gum choose --header "Select install disk") || abort
+  selected_display=$(echo "$disk_options" | gum choose --header "$(omarchy_text "Select install disk")") || abort
   disk=$(echo "$selected_display" | awk '{print $1}')
 }
 
 # STEP 4: INSTALL MODE
 
 open_partition_tool() {
-  step "Partition tool for $disk"
-  gum style "Create unallocated free space for Omarchy, then write changes and quit."
-  gum style --foreground 8 "Do not create an Omarchy partition here — leave the target area as Free space."
-  gum style --foreground 8 "Tip: free-space install needs at least 32GB unallocated, plus 2GB more if no ESP already exists."
+  step "$(omarchy_text "Partition tool for %s" "$disk")"
+  gum style "$(omarchy_text "Create unallocated free space for Omarchy, then write changes and quit.")"
+  gum style --foreground 8 "$(omarchy_text "Do not create an Omarchy partition here — leave the target area as Free space.")"
+  gum style --foreground 8 "$(omarchy_text "Tip: free-space install needs at least 32GB unallocated, plus 2GB more if no ESP already exists.")"
   echo
-  gum confirm --affirmative "Open cfdisk" --negative "Back" "Open partition tool for $disk?" || return 0
+  gum confirm --affirmative "$(omarchy_text "Open cfdisk")" --negative "$(omarchy_text "Back")" "$(omarchy_text "Open partition tool for %s?" "$disk")" || return 0
 
   clear
   cfdisk "$disk" || true
@@ -935,17 +1048,17 @@ requires_full_disk_install() {
 }
 
 install_mode_form() {
-  local choices=("Full disk install")
+  local choices=("$(omarchy_text "Full disk install")")
 
   # The free-space/protected path registers an EFI boot entry and is UEFI-only.
   # Full-disk installs still support BIOS through the orchestrator's BIOS branch.
   if [[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ]] && ! $full_disk_only; then
-    choices+=("Free space install (alongside existing data)")
+    choices+=("$(omarchy_text "Free space install (alongside existing data)")")
   fi
-  choices+=("Choose a different disk")
+  choices+=("$(omarchy_text "Choose a different disk")")
 
-  step "Let's select how to install Omarchy..."
-  install_mode=$(gum choose --header "Select installation mode on $disk" "${choices[@]}") || abort
+  step "$(omarchy_text "Let's select how to install Omarchy...")"
+  install_mode=$(gum choose --header "$(omarchy_text "Select installation mode on %s" "$disk")" "${choices[@]}") || abort
 }
 
 confirm_disk_overwrite() {
@@ -955,17 +1068,17 @@ confirm_disk_overwrite() {
   while true; do
     clear_logo
     echo
-    say "Everything will be overwritten. There is no recovery possible."
+    say "$(omarchy_text "Everything will be overwritten. There is no recovery possible.")"
 
     if [[ $mode == "encrypted" ]]; then
-      say --foreground 8 "Press Ctrl+C for unencrypted install."
-      affirmative="Yes, install"
+      say --foreground 8 "$(omarchy_text "Press Ctrl+C for unencrypted install.")"
+      affirmative="$(omarchy_text "Yes, install")"
     else
-      affirmative="Yes, install without encryption"
+      affirmative="$(omarchy_text "Yes, install without encryption")"
     fi
 
     echo
-    gum confirm --affirmative "$affirmative" --negative "No, change it" "Confirm overwriting ${disk}"
+    gum confirm --affirmative "$affirmative" --negative "$(omarchy_text "No, change it")" "$(omarchy_text "Confirm overwriting %s" "$disk")"
     confirm_status=$?
 
     case $confirm_status in
@@ -1004,13 +1117,13 @@ select_installation() {
     # With no free-space option to offer, a full-disk install is the only
     # mode, so skip the picker and go straight to the overwrite confirm.
     if $full_disk_only; then
-      install_mode="Full disk install"
+      install_mode=$(omarchy_text "Full disk install")
     else
       install_mode_form
     fi
 
     case "$install_mode" in
-      "Full disk install")
+      "$(omarchy_text "Full disk install")")
         if confirm_disk_overwrite; then
           install_target="full_disk"
           return 0
@@ -1019,13 +1132,13 @@ select_installation() {
         # wants a different disk.
         $full_disk_only && disk_form
         ;;
-      "Free space install"*)
+      "$(omarchy_text "Free space install (alongside existing data)")")
         if run_partition_decide; then
           install_target="free_space"
           return 0
         fi
         ;;
-      "Choose a different disk")
+      "$(omarchy_text "Choose a different disk")")
         disk_form
         ;;
     esac
@@ -1036,12 +1149,20 @@ select_installation() {
 
 defer_provisioning=false
 install_target="full_disk"
+# A rerun arrives with the language chosen; otherwise English.
+language="${OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE:-en}"
+language_chosen=false
 
 # Let the live VT reach its settled width before the first screen so the logo
 # isn't measured against the transient 80-column boot console.
 wait_for_stable_terminal
 
-greeter
+if [[ -n ${OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANGUAGE:-} ]]; then
+  apply_language
+  language_chosen=true
+else
+  greeter
+fi
 
 keyboard_form
 
@@ -1227,7 +1348,7 @@ cat <<-_EOF_ >user_configuration.json
     "locale_config": {
         "kb_layout": "$keyboard",
         "sys_enc": "UTF-8",
-        "sys_lang": "en_US.UTF-8"
+        "sys_lang": "$(target_lang)"
     },
     "mirror_config": {
         "custom_repositories": [],
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-install-dashboard b/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-install-dashboard
index e20e61a..3bb8d22 100755
--- a/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-install-dashboard
+++ b/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-install-dashboard
@@ -88,6 +88,81 @@ tips=(
   "Keep the system fresh with Update in the Omarchy menu"
 )
 
+# omarchy_text and its Chinese table come from the setup form the configurator uses.
+SETUP_FORM="${SETUP_FORM:-/usr/share/omarchy-iso/setup-form.sh}"
+[[ -r $SETUP_FORM ]] || SETUP_FORM="${OMARCHY_PATH:-/usr/share/omarchy}/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh"
+source "$SETUP_FORM"
+OMARCHY_ZH+=(
+  ["Tip: %s"]="提示：%s"
+  ["Installed Omarchy"]="Omarchy 安装完成"
+  ["Installed Omarchy in %s"]="Omarchy 安装完成，用时 %s"
+  ["Reboot Now"]="立即重启"
+  ["Last log lines:"]="日志末尾："
+  ["Last target log lines:"]="目标系统日志末尾："
+  ["Press Enter to continue…"]="按回车继续……"
+  ["No log uploader is available in this environment."]="这个环境没有日志上传工具。"
+  ["Install log: %s"]="安装日志：%s"
+  ["Target log: %s"]="目标系统日志：%s"
+  ["Omarchy installation stopped"]="Omarchy 安装已停止"
+  ["Installer exited with status %s"]="安装程序退出，状态码 %s"
+  ["Get help at https://omarchy.org/discord"]="求助：https://omarchy.org/discord"
+  ["What would you like to do?"]="接下来做什么？"
+  ["Upload log for support"]="上传日志求助"
+  ["View full log"]="查看完整日志"
+  ["Drop to shell"]="进入 shell"
+  ["Reboot"]="重启"
+  ["Power off"]="关机"
+  ["The install medium was misread"]="安装介质读取出错"
+  ["This package is intact on this ISO, so the download and the write were fine:"]="这个软件包在 ISO 中完好，下载和写入都没有问题："
+  ["Try another USB port or another stick, and test this machine's memory"]="换一个 USB 口或换一个 U 盘，并检测这台机器的内存"
+  ["The install medium is damaged"]="安装介质已损坏"
+  ["This package no longer matches the checksum it was built with:"]="这个软件包和构建时的校验和不再一致："
+  ["Re-download the ISO, verify it with sha256sum, and write the USB again"]="重新下载 ISO，用 sha256sum 校验，再重新写入 U 盘"
+  ["If a verified ISO fails here too, the USB stick itself is the problem"]="如果校验过的 ISO 在这里也失败，问题出在 U 盘本身"
+  ["The install medium is damaged or misread"]="安装介质已损坏或读取出错"
+  ["pacman rejected this package, read straight off this ISO:"]="pacman 拒绝了这个直接从 ISO 读出的软件包："
+  ["Verify your download with sha256sum, then write the USB again"]="用 sha256sum 校验下载的文件，再重新写入 U 盘"
+  ["If the download verifies, the stick or this machine's memory is at fault"]="如果下载校验无误，问题出在 U 盘或这台机器的内存"
+)
+
+if [[ ${OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANG:-} == "zh" ]]; then
+  whimsy=(
+    "备好贴心的默认设置"
+    "省掉装机的折腾"
+    "挑选打磨过的软件包"
+    "调配协调的配色"
+    "准备悦目的像素"
+    "唤醒 Hyprland"
+    "接好顺手的界面"
+    "搭起漂亮的系统"
+    "写好趁手的命令"
+    "让机器焕然一新"
+    "擦亮每一个像素"
+    "调好终端的品味"
+    "织出流畅的工作流"
+  )
+  tips=(
+    "Super + Space 打开 Omarchy 菜单：应用、设置等"
+    "Super + K 查看全部快捷键"
+    "Super 是键盘上的 Windows 或 Command 键"
+    "用 Xournal++ 给 PDF 签名"
+    "用 LocalSend 和手机、电脑互传文件"
+    "菜单 安装 > 网页应用 把任意网站变成应用"
+    "Super + Return 打开终端，Super + Shift + Return 打开浏览器"
+    "图片用 Pinta，视频用 Kdenlive，文档用 LibreOffice"
+    "Super + Ctrl + Print 用 OCR 抓取屏幕文字"
+    "Print 截屏，Alt + Print 录屏"
+    "Super + Ctrl + R 设置提醒"
+    "菜单 风格 > 主题 切换主题"
+    "双击菜单栏让它透明"
+    "菜单 安装 > Windows 运行完整的 Windows 虚拟机"
+    "Super + Ctrl + V 打开剪贴板管理器"
+    "Super + 1 到 0 切换工作区，加 Shift 带上窗口"
+    "Super + Print 拾取屏幕上任意位置的颜色"
+    "用菜单里的 更新 让系统保持最新"
+  )
+fi
+
 cleanup() {
   printf '%s%s' "$RESET" "$SHOW_CURSOR" >"$TTY_PATH" 2>/dev/null || true
 }
@@ -286,8 +361,8 @@ left_padding() {
 
 visible_len() {
   local text="$1"
-  text="$(printf '%b' "$text" | sed -E $'s/\x1b\\[[0-9;?]*[A-Za-z]//g')"
-  printf '%s' "${#text}"
+  # wc -L counts display columns, so double-width CJK centers too.
+  printf '%b' "$text" | sed -E $'s/\x1b\\[[0-9;?]*[A-Za-z]//g' | wc -L
 }
 
 blank_line() { printf '\r%s\n' "$CLEAR_LINE"; }
@@ -678,7 +753,7 @@ render_dynamic() {
   render_icon "$DISPLAY_PM"
 
   message="$(truncate_for_width "$(current_whimsy)" "$PROGRESS_TEXT_WIDTH")"
-  tip="$(truncate_for_width "Tip: $(current_tip)" "$PROGRESS_TEXT_WIDTH")"
+  tip="$(truncate_for_width "$(omarchy_text "Tip: %s" "$(current_tip)")" "$PROGRESS_TEXT_WIDTH")"
   printf '%s%d;1H' "$CSI" "$((TOP_ROW + ICON_HEIGHT + 1))"
   center "${GREEN}$((DISPLAY_PM / 10))%${RESET}" "$PROGRESS_TEXT_WIDTH"
   center "${GREEN}${message}${RESET}" "$PROGRESS_TEXT_WIDTH"
@@ -718,9 +793,13 @@ install_duration() {
 }
 
 render_finish() {
-  local duration effect_canvas_width title="Installed Omarchy"
+  local duration effect_canvas_width title
   duration="$(install_duration || true)"
-  [[ -n $duration ]] && title+=" in ${duration}"
+  if [[ -n $duration ]]; then
+    title=$(omarchy_text "Installed Omarchy in %s" "$duration")
+  else
+    title=$(omarchy_text "Installed Omarchy")
+  fi
   # ttfx centers its text two columns right of plain centering. A canvas two
   # columns narrower aligns the animation with the title and fallback logo.
   effect_canvas_width="$(term_cols)"
@@ -765,7 +844,7 @@ render_finish() {
 }
 
 reboot_prompt() {
-  local prompt_pad
+  local prompt_pad label
 
   # Nobody to confirm; the OMARCHY_UI_AUTO_REBOOT check at the call site still
   # applies, so setting both stops on the finish screen without a keyboard.
@@ -776,24 +855,31 @@ reboot_prompt() {
   # gum allows. FINISH_HEIGHT budgets for the same three rows.
   printf '%s%d;1H%s' "$CSI" "$((FINISH_TOP_ROW + LOGO_HEIGHT + 2))" "$CLEAR_LINE" >"$TTY_PATH"
 
-  prompt_pad=$(( ( $(term_cols) - 18 ) / 2 ))
+  # gum pads the button label by four columns on each side.
+  label=$(omarchy_text "Reboot Now")
+  prompt_pad=$(( ( $(term_cols) - $(visible_len "$label") - 8 ) / 2 ))
   (( prompt_pad < 0 )) && prompt_pad=0
   gum confirm \
     --padding "0 0 0 $prompt_pad" \
     --show-help=false \
     --default \
-    --affirmative "Reboot Now" \
+    --affirmative "$label" \
     --negative "" \
     "" <"$TTY_PATH" >"$TTY_PATH" 2>&1
 }
 
+# Columns, not characters: each CJK character takes two.
 truncate_for_width() {
   local text="$1" width="$2"
-  if (( ${#text} > width )); then
-    printf '%s…' "${text:0:$((width - 1))}"
-  else
+  if (( $(printf '%s' "$text" | wc -L) <= width )); then
     printf '%s' "$text"
+    return
   fi
+  text=${text:0:$((width - 1))}
+  while (( $(printf '%s' "$text" | wc -L) > width - 1 )); do
+    text=${text%?}
+  done
+  printf '%s…' "$text"
 }
 
 render_failure_log_tail() {
@@ -819,8 +905,8 @@ render_failure_log_tail() {
   fi
   [[ -f $tail_log ]] || return 0
 
-  label="Last log lines:"
-  [[ $tail_log == /mnt/* ]] && label="Last target log lines:"
+  label=$(omarchy_text "Last log lines:")
+  [[ $tail_log == /mnt/* ]] && label=$(omarchy_text "Last target log lines:")
   line_at "$CONTENT_WIDTH" 2 "${DIM}${label}${RESET}"
   printf '\n'
   tail -n "$lines" "$tail_log" 2>/dev/null | while IFS= read -r line; do
@@ -843,7 +929,7 @@ find_log_uploader() {
 }
 
 prompt_enter() {
-  printf '\nPress Enter to continue…' >"$TTY_PATH"
+  printf '\n%s' "$(omarchy_text "Press Enter to continue…")" >"$TTY_PATH"
   IFS= read -r _ <"$TTY_PATH" || true
 }
 
@@ -854,9 +940,9 @@ upload_failure_log() {
     "$uploader" install >"$TTY_PATH" 2>&1 || true
   else
     {
-      echo "No log uploader is available in this environment."
-      echo "Install log: $LOG_FILE"
-      [[ -f /mnt/var/log/omarchy-install.log ]] && echo "Target log: /mnt/var/log/omarchy-install.log"
+      printf '%s\n' "$(omarchy_text "No log uploader is available in this environment.")"
+      printf '%s\n' "$(omarchy_text "Install log: %s" "$LOG_FILE")"
+      [[ -f /mnt/var/log/omarchy-install.log ]] && printf '%s\n' "$(omarchy_text "Target log: %s" /mnt/var/log/omarchy-install.log)"
     } >"$TTY_PATH"
   fi
   prompt_enter
@@ -907,6 +993,8 @@ render_media_diagnosis() {
       blank_line
       continue
     fi
+    # The support log keeps English; the screen shows the translation, and package names pass through.
+    [[ ${OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANG:-} == "zh" ]] && line=${OMARCHY_ZH[$line]:-$line}
     if (( first )); then
       center "${RED}$(truncate_for_width "$line" "$CONTENT_WIDTH")${RESET}" "$CONTENT_WIDTH"
       first=0
@@ -922,8 +1010,8 @@ render_failure() {
   blank_line
   render_logo
   blank_line
-  center "${RED}Omarchy installation stopped${RESET}" "$CONTENT_WIDTH"
-  center "Installer exited with status $status" "$CONTENT_WIDTH"
+  center "${RED}$(omarchy_text "Omarchy installation stopped")${RESET}" "$CONTENT_WIDTH"
+  center "$(omarchy_text "Installer exited with status %s" "$status")" "$CONTENT_WIDTH"
 
   render_media_diagnosis "$media_diagnosis"
 
@@ -938,12 +1026,12 @@ render_failure() {
   blank_line
   render_failure_log_tail "$(media_diagnosis_rows "$media_diagnosis")"
   blank_line
-  center "${DIM}Get help at https://omarchy.org/discord${RESET}" "$CONTENT_WIDTH"
+  center "${DIM}$(omarchy_text "Get help at https://omarchy.org/discord")${RESET}" "$CONTENT_WIDTH"
   blank_line
 }
 
 failure_menu() {
-  local choice uploader
+  local choice uploader actions shown i
 
   [[ ${OMARCHY_UI_FAILURE_ACTION:-} == "exit" ]] && return 0
   # The failure screen and log tail have already rendered; exit with the
@@ -953,26 +1041,20 @@ failure_menu() {
   while true; do
     uploader=""
     uploader=$(find_log_uploader || true)
-    if [[ -n $uploader ]]; then
-      choice=$(gum choose \
-        --height 6 \
-        --header "What would you like to do?" \
-        "Upload log for support" \
-        "View full log" \
-        "Drop to shell" \
-        "Reboot" \
-        "Power off" \
-        <"$TTY_PATH" 2>"$TTY_PATH") || choice="Drop to shell"
-    else
-      choice=$(gum choose \
-        --height 5 \
-        --header "What would you like to do?" \
-        "View full log" \
-        "Drop to shell" \
-        "Reboot" \
-        "Power off" \
-        <"$TTY_PATH" 2>"$TTY_PATH") || choice="Drop to shell"
-    fi
+    actions=("View full log" "Drop to shell" "Reboot" "Power off")
+    [[ -n $uploader ]] && actions=("Upload log for support" "${actions[@]}")
+    shown=()
+    for i in "${!actions[@]}"; do
+      shown+=("$(omarchy_text "${actions[i]}")")
+    done
+    choice=$(gum choose \
+      --height "$((${#actions[@]} + 1))" \
+      --header "$(omarchy_text "What would you like to do?")" \
+      "${shown[@]}" \
+      <"$TTY_PATH" 2>"$TTY_PATH") || choice=""
+    for i in "${!shown[@]}"; do
+      [[ ${shown[i]} == "$choice" ]] && choice=${actions[i]}
+    done
 
     case "$choice" in
       "Upload log for support")
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/foot.ini b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/foot.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6685477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/foot.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# The Chinese installer's console: the VT's Tokyo Night palette, with Noto Sans Mono CJK from the offline mirror.
+[main]
+font=Noto Sans Mono CJK SC:size=13
+# Noto's tall default rows leave the summary too few lines for the logo.
+line-height=22px
+
+[colors-dark]
+background=1a1b26
+foreground=a9b1d6
+regular0=1a1b26
+regular1=f7768e
+regular2=9ece6a
+regular3=e0af68
+regular4=7aa2f7
+regular5=bb9af7
+regular6=7dcfff
+regular7=a9b1d6
+bright0=414868
+bright1=f7768e
+bright2=9ece6a
+bright3=e0af68
+bright4=7aa2f7
+bright5=bb9af7
+bright6=7dcfff
+bright7=c0caf5
+
+# cage draws no title bar, and a reserved one leaves a black strip.
+[csd]
+preferred=none
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/context.py b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/context.py
index 436bfa8..994697e 100644
--- a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/context.py
+++ b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/context.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
 from .keyboard import validate_input_selection
+from .region import GLOBAL, resolve_region
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ class InstallContext:
     arch_config_path: Path
     omarchy_install: dict[str, Any]
     defer_provisioning: bool = False
+    region: str = GLOBAL
 
     target: Path = Path("/mnt")
     omarchy_path: Path = Path("/usr/share/omarchy")
@@ -61,6 +63,11 @@ class InstallContext:
 
         validate_input_selection(omarchy_install.get("input_method"), omarchy_install.get("input_xkb_layout", ""))
 
+        # Resolved before any disk is touched, so an autoinstall naming a
+        # region this ISO lacks fails without wiping anything.
+        region = resolve_region(omarchy_install, user_configuration.get("timezone"))
+        omarchy_install["region"] = region
+
         # Deferred provisioning: the whole system installs but user creation is deferred to
         # first boot. Selected by the configurator (omarchy_install.defer_provisioning) or by
         # an `defer-provisioning` marker file on an autoinstall drive, which also replaces the
@@ -125,6 +132,7 @@ class InstallContext:
             arch_config_path=arch_config_path,
             omarchy_install=omarchy_install,
             defer_provisioning=defer_provisioning,
+            region=region,
             state_dir=state_dir,
         )
         disk_config = user_configuration.get("disk_config", {})
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/phases_impl.py b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/phases_impl.py
index e30e8c7..83b8487 100644
--- a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/phases_impl.py
+++ b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/phases_impl.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from . import archinstall_adapter as arch
 from .command import capture, capture_identifier, require_text
 from .context import InstallContext
 from .keyboard import configure_keyboard
+from .region import GLOBAL, region_keyrings, region_packages
 from .ui import error, info
 
 
@@ -298,6 +299,11 @@ def arch_install_system(ctx: InstallContext) -> None:
             info("› installing Omarchy runtime + omarchy-base.packages")
             installer.add_additional_packages(_runtime_package_list(ctx))
 
+            if region_pkgs := region_packages(ctx.region):
+                info(f"› installing {ctx.region} region packages: {', '.join(region_pkgs)}")
+                installer.add_additional_packages(region_pkgs)
+            _write_region_marker(ctx)
+
             # Tailscale is bundled in the offline mirror but only installed
             # when an autoinstall drive staged an auth key; must happen here,
             # while the mirror is still bind-mounted, not in the phase that
@@ -728,6 +734,17 @@ def _unmask_mkinitcpio_pacman_hooks(
             info(f"warning: failed to restore pacman hook mask for {name}: {exc}")
 
 
+def _write_region_marker(ctx: InstallContext) -> None:
+    """Tell the runtime's pacman finalizer which profile to apply. Global
+    installs write nothing, so they stay identical to a region-less install."""
+    if ctx.region == GLOBAL:
+        return
+    marker = ctx.target / "etc/omarchy/region"
+    marker.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    marker.write_text(ctx.region + "\n")
+    marker.chmod(0o644)
+
+
 def _runtime_package_list(ctx: InstallContext) -> list[str]:
     """Selected Omarchy runtime package + every package in the ISO-bundled
     base package list that isn't already installed early."""
@@ -1135,6 +1152,14 @@ def _run_target_setup_command(ctx: InstallContext, cmd: list[str], *, user: str
 
 
 def run_system_finalizer(ctx: InstallContext) -> None:
+    # The region's keyring packages are installed by now, but the build
+    # container's GPG state is not inherited. Initialize the target's trust
+    # database with only this region's keys before the finalizer enables its
+    # online repositories; global installs never trust them.
+    if keyrings := region_keyrings(ctx.region):
+        _run_target_setup_command(ctx, ["pacman-key", "--init"])
+        _run_target_setup_command(ctx, ["pacman-key", "--populate", "archlinux", *keyrings])
+
     if ctx.defer_provisioning:
         cmd = ["/usr/bin/omarchy-apply-system", "--defer-provisioning", "--first-install"]
     else:
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/region.py b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/region.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ff8159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/region.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+"""Region selection: which of the runtime's region profiles a target gets.
+
+The builder copies every profile from the bundled runtime's default/regions/
+into REGIONS_DIR, and their packages into the offline mirror. Nobody picks a
+region by hand: the timezone the user already chose selects it, and an
+autoinstall config may name one explicitly in omarchy_install.region. Run as
+`python -m orchestrator.region <timezone>` to print the region the installer
+would use, which is how the configurator fills its summary.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REGIONS_DIR = Path("/usr/share/omarchy-iso/regions")
+GLOBAL = "global"
+
+
+def _entries(path: Path) -> list[str]:
+    if not path.is_file():
+        return []
+    lines = (line.strip() for line in path.read_text().splitlines())
+    return [line for line in lines if line and not line.startswith("#")]
+
+
+def region_for_timezone(timezone: str | None, regions_dir: Path | None = None) -> str:
+    regions_dir = regions_dir or REGIONS_DIR
+    if timezone and regions_dir.is_dir():
+        for profile in sorted(regions_dir.iterdir()):
+            if timezone in _entries(profile / "timezones"):
+                return profile.name
+    return GLOBAL
+
+
+def resolve_region(omarchy_install: dict, timezone: str | None, regions_dir: Path | None = None) -> str:
+    regions_dir = regions_dir or REGIONS_DIR
+    region = omarchy_install.get("region")
+    if region is None or region == "":
+        return region_for_timezone(timezone, regions_dir)
+    # Profiles are named by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code; checking the shape first
+    # keeps a path like ".." from passing the directory test.
+    if not isinstance(region, str) or (
+        region != GLOBAL and not (re.fullmatch(r"[a-z]{2}", region) and (regions_dir / region).is_dir())
+    ):
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Unsupported region: {region!r}")
+    return region
+
+
+def region_packages(region: str, regions_dir: Path | None = None) -> list[str]:
+    if region == GLOBAL:
+        return []
+    return _entries((regions_dir or REGIONS_DIR) / region / "packages")
+
+
+def region_keyrings(region: str, regions_dir: Path | None = None) -> list[str]:
+    """Pacman keyrings the profile ships, named the Arch way: <name>-keyring
+    installs /usr/share/pacman/keyrings/<name>.gpg."""
+    return [
+        package.removesuffix("-keyring")
+        for package in region_packages(region, regions_dir)
+        if package.endswith("-keyring")
+    ]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(region_for_timezone(sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else None))
diff --git a/test/unit/install-media-diagnosis-test.sh b/test/unit/install-media-diagnosis-test.sh
index cbad41d..41ded2c 100755
--- a/test/unit/install-media-diagnosis-test.sh
+++ b/test/unit/install-media-diagnosis-test.sh
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ mkdir -p "$omarchy_share"
   printf 'logo bottom row%*s\n' 66 ''
 } >"$omarchy_share/logo.txt"
 
+# The ISO vendors the runtime's setup form; the dashboard only needs its text lookup.
+cat >"$work/setup-form.sh" <<'FORM'
+declare -gA OMARCHY_ZH=()
+omarchy_text() { local text=$1; shift; printf -- "$text" "$@"; }
+FORM
+
 run_dashboard() {
   local install_log="$1"
 
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ run_dashboard() {
              "error": "Pacstrap failed. See /var/log/archinstall.log"}]}
 STATE
   : >"$screen"
-  script -qefc "stty rows 40 cols 120; PATH='$stubs:$PATH' OMARCHY_PATH='$omarchy_share' OMARCHY_UI_INTERACTIVE=no OMARCHY_UI_FAILURE_ACTION=exit OMARCHY_FAILURE_TAIL_LOG='$install_log' '$DASHBOARD' '$install_log' '$state_file' -- bash -c 'exit 1'" \
+  script -qefc "stty rows 40 cols 120; PATH='$stubs:$PATH' OMARCHY_PATH='$omarchy_share' SETUP_FORM='$work/setup-form.sh' OMARCHY_UI_INTERACTIVE=no OMARCHY_UI_FAILURE_ACTION=exit OMARCHY_FAILURE_TAIL_LOG='$install_log' '$DASHBOARD' '$install_log' '$state_file' -- bash -c 'exit 1'" \
     "$screen" >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/install-text-zh-test.sh b/test/unit/install-text-zh-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da38e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/install-text-zh-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Every installer text needs an OMARCHY_ZH entry, or a Chinese install shows it in English.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)
+SETUP_FORM="${OMARCHY_SOURCE:-$ROOT/../omarchy}/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh"
+
+fail() {
+  printf 'not ok - %s\n' "$1"
+  [[ -z ${2:-} ]] || printf '%s\n' "$2" | sed 's/^/# /'
+  exit 1
+}
+
+if [[ ! -r $SETUP_FORM ]]; then
+  printf 'ok - # skip the setup form is not checked out next to this repo (set OMARCHY_SOURCE)\n'
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+source "$SETUP_FORM"
+for file in configs/airootfs/root/configurator configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-install-dashboard; do
+  eval "$(sed -n '/^OMARCHY_ZH+=(/,/^)/p' "$ROOT/$file")"
+done
+
+mapfile -t texts < <(
+  grep -ho 'omarchy_text "[^"$]*"' "$ROOT/configs/airootfs/root/configurator" "$ROOT/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-install-dashboard" |
+    sed 's/^omarchy_text "//; s/"$//' | sort -u
+)
+((${#texts[@]} > 50)) || fail "the installer routes its text through omarchy_text" "found ${#texts[@]}"
+for text in "${texts[@]}"; do
+  [[ -n ${OMARCHY_ZH[$text]:-} ]] || fail "every installer text has a Chinese entry" "missing: $text"
+done
+printf 'ok - every installer and dashboard text has a Chinese entry\n'
+
+for action in "View full log" "Drop to shell" "Reboot" "Power off" "Upload log for support"; do
+  [[ -n ${OMARCHY_ZH[$action]:-} ]] || fail "labels passed through variables have Chinese entries" "missing: $action"
+done
+printf 'ok - labels passed through variables have Chinese entries\n'
+
+mapfile -t diagnosis < <(grep -x ' *echo "[^"$]*"' "$ROOT/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-install-diagnose-media" | sed 's/^ *echo "//; s/"$//')
+((${#diagnosis[@]} >= 10)) || fail "the media diagnosis sentences are found" "found ${#diagnosis[@]}"
+for line in "${diagnosis[@]}"; do
+  [[ -n ${OMARCHY_ZH[$line]:-} ]] || fail "every media diagnosis sentence has a Chinese entry" "missing: $line"
+done
+printf 'ok - every media diagnosis sentence has a Chinese entry\n'
+
+[[ $(OMARCHY_INSTALL_LANG=zh omarchy_text "Confirm overwriting %s" /dev/vda) == "确认覆盖 /dev/vda" ]] ||
+  fail "Chinese text keeps its printf arguments"
+[[ $(omarchy_text "Confirm overwriting %s" /dev/vda) == "Confirm overwriting /dev/vda" ]] ||
+  fail "English stays the default"
+printf 'ok - omarchy_text formats Chinese and English alike\n'
diff --git a/test/unit/test_kernel_selection.py b/test/unit/test_kernel_selection.py
index a366a2e..8c952bf 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_kernel_selection.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_kernel_selection.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class KernelSelectionTest(unittest.TestCase):
                     ctx = types.SimpleNamespace(
                         state={"arch_config_handler": types.SimpleNamespace(config=config), "mirror_handler": None},
                         target=Path("/unused"), tailscale_authkey_path=None, omarchy_install={},
+                        region="global",
                     )
                     for name in ("_mount_offline_package_cache", "_mask_mkinitcpio_pacman_hooks",
                                  "_configure_limine_boot", "_write_pre_mounted_fstab"):
diff --git a/test/unit/test_region.py b/test/unit/test_region.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6119bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/test_region.py
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+"""The target's region comes from its timezone, using the runtime's profiles."""
+
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import types
+import unittest
+from contextlib import ExitStack
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest import mock
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso"))
+sys.modules.setdefault(
+    "orchestrator.archinstall_adapter",
+    types.ModuleType("orchestrator.archinstall_adapter"),
+)
+from orchestrator import context, phases_impl, region  # noqa: E402
+
+
+def write_profiles(root: Path) -> Path:
+    regions = root / "regions"
+    cn = regions / "cn"
+    (cn / "pacman").mkdir(parents=True)
+    (cn / "timezones").write_text("# China\nAsia/Shanghai\n\n  Asia/Urumqi  \n")
+    (cn / "packages").write_text("# keyring first\narchlinuxcn-keyring\nextra-tool\n")
+    (cn / "pacman/pacman.conf.append").write_text("[archlinuxcn]\nServer = https://example.invalid/$arch\n")
+    for channel in ("stable", "rc", "edge"):
+        (cn / f"pacman/mirrorlist-{channel}.prepend").write_text(f"Server = https://{channel}.example.invalid/$repo/os/$arch\n")
+    return regions
+
+
+class RegionSelectionTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.addCleanup(tmp.cleanup)
+        self.root = Path(tmp.name)
+        self.regions = write_profiles(self.root)
+        patcher = mock.patch.object(region, "REGIONS_DIR", self.regions)
+        patcher.start()
+        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
+
+    def test_timezone_selects_region(self):
+        for timezone, expected in [
+            ("Asia/Shanghai", "cn"),
+            ("Asia/Urumqi", "cn"),
+            ("Asia/Hong_Kong", "global"),
+            ("America/New_York", "global"),
+            ("UTC", "global"),
+            ("# China", "global"),
+            ("", "global"),
+            (None, "global"),
+        ]:
+            with self.subTest(timezone=timezone):
+                self.assertEqual(region.region_for_timezone(timezone), expected)
+
+    def test_iso_without_profiles_is_global(self):
+        self.assertEqual(region.region_for_timezone("Asia/Shanghai", self.root / "missing"), "global")
+        self.assertEqual(region.resolve_region({}, "Asia/Shanghai", self.root / "missing"), "global")
+
+    def test_autoinstall_region_overrides_timezone(self):
+        self.assertEqual(region.resolve_region({"region": "cn"}, "UTC"), "cn")
+        self.assertEqual(region.resolve_region({"region": "global"}, "Asia/Shanghai"), "global")
+        self.assertEqual(region.resolve_region({}, "Asia/Shanghai"), "cn")
+        for bad in ("us", "CN", "..", "cn/../cn", True, 1, ["cn"]):
+            with self.subTest(region=bad), self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+                region.resolve_region({"region": bad}, "UTC")
+
+    def test_profile_packages_and_keyrings(self):
+        self.assertEqual(region.region_packages("cn"), ["archlinuxcn-keyring", "extra-tool"])
+        self.assertEqual(region.region_keyrings("cn"), ["archlinuxcn"])
+        self.assertEqual(region.region_packages("global"), [])
+        self.assertEqual(region.region_keyrings("global"), [])
+
+    def from_env(self, config: dict) -> context.InstallContext:
+        config_path = self.root / "config.json"
+        creds_path = self.root / "creds.json"
+        config_path.write_text(json.dumps(config))
+        creds_path.write_text(json.dumps({"users": [{"username": "test"}]}))
+        with mock.patch.dict(os.environ, {
+            "OMARCHY_INSTALL_CONFIG": str(config_path),
+            "OMARCHY_INSTALL_CREDS": str(creds_path),
+            "OMARCHY_INSTALL_STATE_DIR": str(self.root / "state"),
+        }, clear=True), mock.patch.object(context, "_default_kernel", return_value="linux-omarchy"):
+            return context.InstallContext.from_env()
+
+    def test_context_resolves_region_before_install(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.from_env({"timezone": "Asia/Shanghai"}).region, "cn")
+        self.assertEqual(self.from_env({"timezone": "Europe/Berlin"}).region, "global")
+        # Deferred installs carry UTC until first boot, so they are global
+        # unless the autoinstall config names a region.
+        self.assertEqual(self.from_env({"timezone": "UTC"}).region, "global")
+        self.assertEqual(self.from_env({"timezone": "UTC", "omarchy_install": {"region": "cn"}}).region, "cn")
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            self.from_env({"omarchy_install": {"region": "zz"}})
+
+    def test_marker_is_written_only_for_regional_targets(self):
+        target = self.root / "target"
+        phases_impl._write_region_marker(types.SimpleNamespace(target=target, region="global"))
+        self.assertFalse((target / "etc/omarchy/region").exists())
+
+        phases_impl._write_region_marker(types.SimpleNamespace(target=target, region="cn"))
+        marker = target / "etc/omarchy/region"
+        self.assertEqual(marker.read_text(), "cn\n")
+        self.assertEqual(marker.stat().st_mode & 0o777, 0o644)
+
+    def test_region_packages_install_while_the_offline_mirror_is_mounted(self):
+        for selected, expected_packages in [("global", []), ("cn", [["archlinuxcn-keyring", "extra-tool"]])]:
+            with self.subTest(region=selected), ExitStack() as stack:
+                events = []
+                installer = mock.MagicMock()
+                installer.add_additional_packages.side_effect = lambda packages: events.append(packages)
+                config = types.SimpleNamespace(
+                    kernels=["linux-omarchy"], locale_config=None, mirror_config=None,
+                    swap=None, auth_config=None, app_config=None, timezone=None,
+                    ntp=False, hostname="test", pacman_config="/etc/pacman.conf",
+                )
+                ctx = types.SimpleNamespace(
+                    state={"arch_config_handler": types.SimpleNamespace(config=config), "mirror_handler": None},
+                    target=self.root / "target", tailscale_authkey_path=None, omarchy_install={},
+                    region=selected,
+                )
+                for name in ("_mount_offline_package_cache", "_mask_mkinitcpio_pacman_hooks",
+                             "_unmask_mkinitcpio_pacman_hooks", "_configure_limine_boot",
+                             "_write_pre_mounted_fstab", "_install_early_packages"):
+                    stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(phases_impl, name))
+                stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(
+                    phases_impl, "_unmount_offline_package_cache", side_effect=lambda _: events.append("unmount")))
+                stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(phases_impl, "configure_keyboard", return_value=True))
+                stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(phases_impl, "_runtime_package_list", return_value=["omarchy"]))
+                for name, value in (("is_pre_mount", True), ("root_user", None)):
+                    stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(phases_impl.arch, name, return_value=value, create=True))
+                stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(phases_impl.arch, "sanity_check", create=True))
+                opened = stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(phases_impl.arch, "open_installer", create=True))
+                opened.return_value.__enter__.return_value = installer
+
+                phases_impl.arch_install_system(ctx)
+
+                self.assertEqual(events, [["linux-omarchy-headers"], ["omarchy"], *expected_packages, "unmount"])
+                self.assertEqual((ctx.target / "etc/omarchy/region").exists(), selected != "global")
+
+    def test_finalizer_trusts_only_the_selected_region(self):
+        for selected, expected in [
+            ("global", []),
+            ("cn", [["pacman-key", "--init"], ["pacman-key", "--populate", "archlinux", "archlinuxcn"]]),
+        ]:
+            with self.subTest(region=selected), \
+                    mock.patch.object(phases_impl, "_run_target_setup_command") as run, \
+                    mock.patch.object(phases_impl, "_mask_mkinitcpio_pacman_hooks"), \
+                    mock.patch.object(phases_impl, "_unmask_mkinitcpio_pacman_hooks"):
+                ctx = types.SimpleNamespace(region=selected, defer_provisioning=True, target=Path("/unused"))
+                phases_impl.run_system_finalizer(ctx)
+                commands = [call.args[1] for call in run.call_args_list]
+                self.assertEqual(commands[:-1], expected)
+                self.assertEqual(commands[-1][0], "/usr/bin/omarchy-apply-system")
+
+
+class PrepareRegionsTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def run_prepare(self, regions: Path, root: Path) -> tuple[Path, Path, str]:
+        payload = root / "payload"
+        payload.mkdir()
+        online = root / "online.conf"
+        online.write_text("[core]\nInclude = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist\n")
+        stubs = root / "bin"
+        stubs.mkdir()
+        log = root / "calls.log"
+        for name in ("pacman", "pacman-key"):
+            stub = stubs / name
+            stub.write_text(f'#!/bin/bash\necho "{name} $*" >> "{log}"\n')
+            stub.chmod(0o755)
+        subprocess.run(
+            ["bash", str(ROOT / "builder/prepare-regions.sh"), str(regions), str(payload), str(online)],
+            env={**os.environ, "PATH": f"{stubs}:{os.environ['PATH']}"},
+            check=True, capture_output=True, text=True,
+        )
+        return payload, online, log.read_text() if log.exists() else ""
+
+    def test_ships_every_profile_and_bootstraps_its_keyring(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp)
+            regions = write_profiles(root)
+            payload, online, calls = self.run_prepare(regions, root)
+            self.assertEqual((payload / "regions/cn/timezones").read_text(), (regions / "cn/timezones").read_text())
+            self.assertIn("[archlinuxcn]", online.read_text())
+            self.assertTrue(online.read_text().startswith("[core]\n"))
+            self.assertEqual(calls.splitlines(), [
+                f"pacman --config {online} --noconfirm -Sy --needed archlinuxcn-keyring",
+                "pacman-key --populate archlinuxcn",
+            ])
+
+    def settings_package(self, root: Path, with_regions: bool) -> Path:
+        tree = root / "pkgroot"
+        (tree / "usr/share/omarchy/default/pacman").mkdir(parents=True)
+        if with_regions:
+            write_profiles(root / "src")
+            (root / "src/regions").rename(tree / "usr/share/omarchy/default/regions")
+        package = root / "omarchy-settings-1-1-any.pkg.tar.zst"
+        subprocess.run(["bsdtar", "--zstd", "-cf", str(package), "-C", str(tree), "usr"], check=True)
+        return package
+
+    def test_published_build_reads_profiles_from_the_settings_package(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp)
+            payload, online, calls = self.run_prepare(self.settings_package(root, with_regions=True), root)
+            self.assertEqual((payload / "regions/cn/packages").read_text(), "# keyring first\narchlinuxcn-keyring\nextra-tool\n")
+            self.assertIn("[archlinuxcn]", online.read_text())
+            self.assertIn("pacman-key --populate archlinuxcn", calls)
+
+    def test_settings_package_without_profiles_builds_a_global_iso(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp)
+            payload, online, calls = self.run_prepare(self.settings_package(root, with_regions=False), root)
+            self.assertFalse((payload / "regions").exists())
+            self.assertEqual(calls, "")
+
+    def test_unreadable_settings_package_fails_the_build(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp)
+            package = root / "omarchy-settings-1-1-any.pkg.tar.zst"
+            package.write_text("not an archive")
+            with self.assertRaises(subprocess.CalledProcessError):
+                self.run_prepare(package, root)
+
+    def test_runtime_without_profiles_builds_a_global_iso(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp)
+            payload, online, calls = self.run_prepare(root / "missing", root)
+            self.assertFalse((payload / "regions").exists())
+            self.assertNotIn("archlinuxcn", online.read_text())
+            self.assertEqual(calls, "")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()