Colonial nation

Colonial ideas

Notes:

For colonial nations.

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Traditions:

−10% Development cost

Heretic and heathen provinces do not give any penalties

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Founding Fathers

+1 Yearly devotion

+1 Yearly legitimacy

+1 Yearly horde unity

+0.5 Yearly republican tradition

+1 Yearly meritocracy

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Continental Trade

+25% Provincial trade power modifier

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Manufacturing Center of an Empire

−10% Construction cost

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Free Thinkers

−10% Idea cost

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Colonial Militia

−10% Regiment cost

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New Frontiers

Automatically discover adjacent when a colony is built.

+20 Global settler increase

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Liberty Heroes

+1 Leader without upkeep

-1 National Unrest

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Ambition:

+10% Morale of armies

Colonial nations are a unique form of subject state available to any colonial power and can form in the Americas and Oceania once enough settlers have arrived for them to establish a local government. They are not playable without the Conquest of Paradise DLC.

Formation of colonial nations

Colonial regions in the new world (America and Oceania).

The New World and Oceania are divided into several ‘colonial regions’ for the purpose of forming colonial nations. There are twelve colonial regions in the game, 11 in the Americas (7 in North America, 4 in South America) and 1 covering Australia and New Zealand.

As long as the conditions are met, any nation in the game except former colonial nation formables can spawn colonial nations, from large and wealthy empires like Ming or a united Bharat to small and poor minor nations like Iceland.

In order to allow a country to spawn colonial nations, its capital must not be located within a colonial region. For example, if the Maya or Inca (in Mesoamerica and South America, respectively) colonize North America, the colonized territory will remain under their direct control. This also applies overseas; if Maya or Inca colonize Australia or New Zealand (in Oceania), the colonized land will still remain under their direct control, even though it is geographically located overseas.

Assuming that the country's capital is outside the colonial regions, then if said country colonizes and cores five overseas provinces in the same colonial region, (regardless of whether they are part of a state or territory) a colonial nation will form. After that, any and all overseas provinces gained by the mother nation within the same colonial region are acquired by the colonial nation. New colonies started by the mother country will remain under its control until completion upon which they are acquired by the colonial nation.

As an example; Great Britain's capital London is located in Europe, outside of any colonial regions, thus allowing them to spawn colonial nations. If they colonize five provinces in Colonial Eastern America (within North America), a colonial nation will be formed and it will acquire all provinces gained by Great Britain if they are located within the same colonial region.

A colonial power may have multiple colonial nations under its rule. They do not use up diplomatic relation slots. A nation can have multiple colonial nations operating in the same colonial region by fully annexing or inheriting countries which themselves have colonial subjects.

Going back to our previous example; if Great Britain, after colonizing Colonial Eastern America (within North America), colonizes five provinces within Colonial Louisiana and Colonial Canada (which are both separate colonial regions within North America), two new colonial nations will form and gain any and all British provinces within their colonial region, granting Great Britain three colonial nations.

If Great Britain also annexes or inherits France, any and all colonial nations that France had under its rule will be transferred to British rule, even if they are located in the same colonial regions as existing British colonial nations.

As most colonial regions contain more than five provinces, it is possible for multiple colonial nations - from different colonizing countries - to form in the same colonial region. While the colonial regions themselves contain enough provinces for 162 colonial nations with 5 provinces, the game itself allows 75 by default and 100 at most.

Colony designation

If Leviathan is enabled, there will be three designation after formation which are Crown Colony, Private Enterprise Colony, Self-Governing Colony. Those designation can be upgraded to provide more bonus. However disloyal colonies won't provide manpower, sailors, tariffs. Colony Designation can be changed for 1000 ducats and can't be changed again for 10 years.

Designation effects

Designation	Colony effects		Overlord effects
Crown Colony	−6 Tax income −3 Land force limit −6 Naval force limit	0−0.1 Monthly autonomy change +10.0 Global settler increase	Once the colony has at least ten provinces: Land force limit: +30% of colony Naval force limit: +1% of colony Manpower: +30% of colony Sailors: +1% of colony +1% Merchant +5% Global trade power
Private Enterprise Colony		+20% Ship trade power +20% Goods produced modifier +10% Naval tradition from protecting trade +10% Ship tradepower propagation	Once the colony has at least ten provinces: Naval force limit: +30% of colony Sailors: +30% of colony +1% Merchant +5% Global trade power −5% Global tariffs
Self-Governing Colony		0+1% Colonist −15% Development cost +25% Liberty desire	Once the colony has at least ten provinces: Land force limit: +0.2% of colony Naval force limit: 0.2% of colony Manpower: +0.2% of colony Sailors: +0.2% of colony 0+1% Merchant 0+5% Global trade power −10% Global tariffs

Each designations will receive a reform that provide some effects in addition of the previous effects.

	Crown Colony	Private Enterprise Colony	Self-Governing Colony
Reform effects	00+2% Recover army morale speed 0−10% Institution embracement cost +100% Governing capacity 0+40% Maximum absolutism	0+5% Production efficiency 0+1% Merchants −10% Institution embracement cost +20% Ship trade power +40% Maximum absolutism	−10% Construction cost −10% Development cost −25% State maintenance −10% Institution embracement cost +40% Maximum absolutism

Modify colony relationship

Each relationship cost 25 administrative power and 100 ducats to upgrade and can be rescinded for 100 ducats. The relationships will retain even if the designation changed; however, once rescinded it cannot be upgraded again unless changed to the appropriate designation.

Crown Colony

Upgrades	Overlord effects	Colony effects
Increase Draft from Colony	+5 Land force limit	0−5% Land force limit +10% Liberty desire
Enlarge the Gold Fleet	+20% Treasure fleet income	+10% Liberty desire
Increase Religious Control		0+1% Missionary strength 0−1% Tolerance of heathens +10% Liberty desire
Increase Integration	−25 Governing capacity	−10% Liberty desire

Private Enterprise Colony

Upgrades	Overlord Effects	Colony Effects
Increase Trade Power Transfer	+2% Global trade power	0−2% Global trade power +10% Liberty desire
Encourage Cash Crops		Cash crop trade goods will be more likely to appear in their provinces Cash crops are: Fur Tea Spices Coffee Cotton Sugar Tobacco Silk Dyes Tropical Wood Incense Gems 0−2% Global trade power +10% Liberty desire
Increase Navies from Colony	0+5% Naval force limit	0−5% Naval force limit +10% Liberty desire
Increase the Gold Tax	0+5% National tax modifier	0−5% National tax modifier +10% Liberty desire

Self-Governing Colony

Upgrades	Colony effects
Allow Autonomous Trade	+5% Domestic trade power −5% Liberty desire
Allow Autonomous Taxing	+5% National tax modifier −5% Liberty desire
Allow Autonomous Militias	+5% National manpower modifier −5% Liberty desire
Allow Autonomous Navy	+5% National sailors modifier −5% Liberty desire

If the Overlord of a Colonial nation enacts the "Exploitation of the new World" government reform, a Colonial nation receives :

• +10% goods produced modifier

List of colonial regions

The following table lists the colonial regions in the game and their most important trade influencing provinces (those with estuaries and centers of trade).

Continent	Colonial region	Colour	№ of provinces	№ of ports	% ports	Key provinces
North America	Colonial Cascadia		42	21	50%	Tsinuk
North America	Colonial Canada		77	32	42%	Osheaga, Wiinibig Stadacona, Mushkegowuk
North America	Colonial Eastern America		112	37	33%	Honniasont, Massachusett Issati, Chesapeake, Sakimauchheening, Manhattan
North America	Colonial Louisiana		92	4	4%	Tamaroa, Bodewadmik Chitimacha (893)
North America	Colonial California		31	15	48%	Ohlone
North America	Colonial Mexico		136	46	33%	Cuetlaxtlan Pueblo, Mexico, Tlapanec, Sayultecas, Ohkay Owingeh Coahuilteco
North America	Colonial Caribbean		34	34	100%	Havana, Jamaica, Borikén, Bani, Zui, Aruba
South America	Colonial Colombia		74	35	47%	Quito, Bogota, Cartagena, Panama, Cauca Guayaquil
South America	Colonial Peru		41	8	20%	Chuquiabo Lima, Chanchan, Cuzco
South America	Colonial La Plata		63	22	35%	Asuncion, Jujuy, Quisquisacate, Picunmapu, Rio de la Plata, San Antonio, Candelaria Rio de la Plata
South America	Colonial Brazil		76	24	31%	Manaus, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Ceara, Pernambuco
Oceania	Colonial Australia		56	40	71%	Woolna, Wadjuk, Kaurna, Wurundjeri, Eora, Badtjala

Flag

The flag of New Spain, a Spanish colonial nation in Mexico, taking the left half of the flag of Spain with a shade of yellow (color of the Colonial Mexico region) on the right.

When a colonial nation is formed, the flag used to represent the nation is generated by placing the motherland's flag in a canton over a plain field of a solid color. This color varies but is based of the color of the colonial region that the colonial nation formed in. If the motherland's flag changes, either through formation (e.g. England forms Great Britain) or through annexation of the overlord, the colony's flag will change as well.

Names

Most of the colonial nations have names based on the overlord, however, some have historically relevant names. The table below lists all possible names.

Name	Colonial region	Motherland	Further triggers
Alyeska	Colonial Cascadia	Russian culture
Pacifico Norte	Colonial Cascadia	Spain, Castile or Aragon
[Root.GetAdjective] Alaska	Colonial Cascadia
[Root.GetAdjective] Cascadia	Colonial Cascadia
Aleutia	Colonial Cascadia
New [Root.GetName]	Colonial Cascadia
	Colonial Canada	Brunswick
	Colonial Eastern America
	Colonial Louisiana
	Colonial California
	Colonial Mexico
	Colonial Caribbean
	Colonial Colombia
	Colonial Peru
	Colonial La Plata
	Colonial Brazil
	Colonial Australia
[Root.GetAdjective] Canada	Colonial Canada	France, French culture group
Acadia	Colonial Canada	France or French culture group
Nouvelle-Écosse	Colonial Canada	France	is the overlord of Scotland, is allied with Scotland or owns a province in the Highlands or Lowlands
		Scotland
Newfoundland	Colonial Canada	Great Britain or England
[Root.GetAdjective] Quebec	Colonial Canada	Great Britain or England
Laurentia	Colonial Canada	Great Britain or England
Borealia	Colonial Canada	Great Britain or England
Nova Scotia	Colonial Canada	Great Britain or England	Owns a province in the Highlands or Lowlands and Scotland does not exist
		Scotland
Lavrador	Colonial Canada	Portugal
Kanata	Colonial Canada	Iroquois
Vinland	Colonial Canada	Scandinavian culture group
Nova Hollandia	Colonial Canada	Netherland, Holland or Dutch culture
[Root.GetAdjective] Canada	Colonial Canada
Labrador	Colonial Canada
Manitoba	Colonial Canada		owns Manitoba (1010)
Hudson Bay	Colonial Canada
Rupert's Land	Colonial Canada
Thirteen Colonies	Colonial Eastern America	Great Britain or England
Nouvelle-Flandre	Colonial Eastern America	France or French culture group	owns Bruges (90)
Floride	Colonial Eastern America	France or French culture group
Florida	Colonial Eastern America	Spain
		Castile
		Aragon
Massachusetts	Colonial Eastern America		owns Massachusetts (968)
Connecticut	Colonial Eastern America		owns Connecticut (2010)
Manhattan	Colonial Eastern America		owns Manhattan (965)
Delaware	Colonial Eastern America		owns Delaware (957)
Conoy	Colonial Eastern America		owns Conoy (953)
Alabama	Colonial Eastern America		owns Alabama (924)
Virginia	Colonial Eastern America
[Root.GetAdjective] Louisiana	Colonial Louisiana	France or French culture group
Manitounie	Colonial Louisiana	France or French culture group
Illinois	Colonial Louisiana	France or French culture group	owns Illinois (915), Kaskaskia (916) or Cahokia (917)
			owns Illinois (915), Kaskaskia (916) or Cahokia (917)
[Root.GetAdjective] Louisiana	Colonial Louisiana
Mississippi	Colonial Louisiana
Ohio	Colonial Louisiana		owns Ohio (948)
Missouri	Colonial Louisiana		owns Tamaroa (900) or Missouri (902)
Arkansas	Colonial Louisiana		owns Quapaw (897)
Michigan	Colonial Louisiana		owns Potawatomi (944) or Michigan (945)
Wisconsin	Colonial Louisiana		owns Sauk (912), Mesquakie (913) or Winnebago (914)
Iowa	Colonial Louisiana		owns Iowa (905)
Sisseton	Colonial Louisiana		owns Sisseton (908)
Kansas	Colonial Louisiana		owns Kansas (898)
Nebraska	Colonial Louisiana		owns Pawnee (901) or Omaha (903)
Yankton	Colonial Louisiana		owns Yanktonai (906) or Yankton (907)
[Root.GetAdjective] Columbia	Colonial California	Great Britain or England	Britsh culture group
New Albion	Colonial California	Great Britain or England	Britsh culture group
California	Colonial California
Oregon	Colonial California
Cascadia	Colonial California
New Spain	Colonial Mexico	Spain
New Castile	Colonial Mexico	Castile
[Root.GetAdjective] Mexico	Colonial Mexico
Yucatan	Colonial Mexico
Guatemala	Colonial Mexico
Texas	Colonial Mexico
Belize	Colonial Mexico		owns Belize (843)
Nicaragua	Colonial Mexico		owns Nicaragua (837)
Panama	Colonial Mexico		owns Panama (835)
Honduras	Colonial Mexico		owns Belize (840)
Hispaniola	Colonial Caribbean	Spain	owns Zui (488), Tortuga (489) and Barahonas (490)
		Castile	owns Zui (488), Tortuga (489) and Barahonas (490)
		Aragon	owns Zui (488), Tortuga (489) and Barahonas (490)
Isla Juana	Colonial Caribbean	Spain	owns Havana (484), Moron (485) and Guantanamo (486)
		Castile	owns Havana (484), Moron (485) and Guantanamo (486)
		Aragon	owns Havana (484), Moron (485) and Guantanamo (486)
Antilles	Colonial Caribbean	France or French culture group
Cuba	Colonial Caribbean		owns Havana (484), Moron (485) and Guantanamo (486)
Caraibas	Colonial Caribbean	Portugal
Antilhas	Colonial Caribbean	Portugal
[Root.GetAdjective] West Indies	Colonial Caribbean
West Indies	Colonial Caribbean
The Caribbean	Colonial Caribbean
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Montserrat, Gonave, Aruba, Bonaire, Mustique, Bequia, Grenada, Dulcina, Barbuda, Abaco, Eleuthera, Sabinal, Saona, Mayreau, Anguilla, Anegada, Tortola, Alcarraza, Mayaguana, Saint Croix, Vieques or Roatan	Colonial Caribbean
New Granada	Colonial Colombia	Spain	owns Granada (223)
		Castile	owns Granada (223)
		Aragon	owns Granada (223)
[Root.GetAdjective] Colombia	Colonial Colombia
[Root.GetAdjective] Peru	Colonial Peru
Cajamarca	Colonial Peru		owns Cajamarca (813)
Lima	Colonial Peru		owns Lima (809)
Cuzco	Colonial Peru		owns Cuzco (809)
Argentine	Colonial La Plata	British culture group
Rio da Prata	Colonial La Plata	Portugal
Transplatina	Colonial La Plata	Portugal
[Root.GetAdjective] La Plata	Colonial La Plata
[Root.GetAdjective] Paraguay	Colonial La Plata
[Root.GetAdjective] Chile	Colonial La Plata
Argentina	Colonial La Plata
Uruguay	Colonial La Plata		owns Uruguay(772)
[Root.GetAdjective] Brazil	Colonial Brazil	Portugal
Terra de Vera Cruz	Colonial Brazil	Portugal	is Christian
Granada al-Jadida	Colonial Brazil	Morocco, Granada or Algiers	is Muslim
Rio Grande	Colonial Brazil		owns Rio Grande (753)
Bahia	Colonial Brazil		owns Bahia (756)
Australia	Colonial Australia	Great Britain or England
Tierra Austral	Colonial Australia	Spain
		Castile
		Aragon
Terre Australe	Colonial Australia	France or French culture group
New Holland	Colonial Australia	Netherlands, Holland or Dutch culture
[Root.GetAdjective] Australia	Colonial Australia
Terra Australis	Colonial Australia		Spain, Castile, "or" Iberian Culture

If no name is available (because none of the names defined for the colonial region have triggers that are satisfied by this colonial nation, all the names for which this colonial nation satisfies the triggers were already used by other colonial nations, or no names are defined for the colonial region), the colonial nation will be named after a province of its parent country--e.g., "New London" or "New Paris".

Tariffs

The colonial overlord receives a cut of each of its colonies income in the form of a tariff calculated, for a given colony, as such :

${\text{colonyTariff}}=\left({\text{colonyProductionIncome}}+{\text{colonyTradeIncome}}\right)\div 2\times {\text{tariffEfficiency}}$

Tariff rate

Represents the pressure put by an overlord on its colonies to transfer income. Each colony has its associated rate. Default, for a newly formed colony is 10%.. It then can be adjusted, separately for each colony, with the Increase tariffs / Decrease tariffs options in the subject interaction interface, for a cost of administrative power. There are also regular events that present an option to raise tariffs for a particular colonial nation at the expense of some liberty desire. This is generally the preferred, although slower method for managing tariff levels as it will not cost any administrative monarch power.

Tariff rate has a direct negative 1:1 impact on colony's liberty desire. Note that Disloyal colonies will refrain from paying any tariffs at all, independent from how high the tariff rate actually is and if their liberty desire increases high enough, they might try to declare independence and start a war to break free.

Tariff efficiency

Tariff rate modified by the Global tariffs modifier (see section below)

${\text{tariff efficiency}}={\text{tariff rate}}\times \left(100+{\text{global tariffs}}\right)\div 100$

Global tariffs

The Global tariffs (labeled as 'Colony income' in the Subjects panel) is an overlord modifier applied to every colony tariff rate to get matching tariff efficiency.

As this modifier is for all colonies, it makes it the prefered way to raise tariff efficiency without also raising colonies liberty desires.

A nation can gain global tariffs modifier by:

	Conditions
+25%	trading in slaves
+25%	a parliament and Colonial taxation as active issue
+20%	‘Council of the Indies’ government reform (tier 3 monarchy and republic)
+10%	a colonial governor as advisor
−5%	Private Enterprise Colony upon reaching ten provinces
−10%	Self-Governing Colony upon reaching ten provinces
−10%	Burghers estate with granted ‘Grant New World Charters’ privilege

Ideas and policies:

	Traditions	Ideas	Bonuses	Policies
+20%	—	—	Portuguese ambition	—
+15%	—	British idea 2: City Upon a Hill Spanish idea 5: Casa de Contratación	—	Economic-Exploration: The Stamp Act
+10%	—	Expansion idea 4: Viceroys	—	Court-Expansion: Subject Obligations Act

There are also several colonial-associated events that can have positive and negative effects on the global tariff efficiency.

Full example

Given the following incomes of 76.34 and 20.13

Incomes for a given example colony

And Global tariffs modifier of 40%

Possible sources for 'Global tariffs' modifier (labeled here 'Colony Income')

And a tariff rate of 40%

Tariff efficiency and rate examples

We finally get following tariff : $\left(76.34+20.13\right)\div 2\times \left(0.4\times \left(1+0.4\right)\right)=27.01$

Subject interaction

Main article: Subject_nation#Subject_interactions

Interaction with a colonial nation is done through the Subject Interaction section of the Subject Menu. In addition to the regular interaction types, colonial subjects have some special interactions focusing on managing tariffs and colonial management.

Liberty desire

Main article: Subject nation#Liberty desire

Like all subjects, colonies have liberty desire ranging from 0 to 100. The main influences on liberty desire are the colony's development, relations, and relative military strength. Some factors that are specifically relevant to determining the liberty desire of a colony are the tariff rate and the overlord's mercantilism. Something to keep in mind is that when determining relative strength, colonies will only consider their own strength and the strength of independence supporters, not that of other subjects of the same overlord.

As long as the liberty desire is below 50%, the colonial nation is unable to declare independence, and foreign nations cannot support its independence. Two disloyal colonies may form an alliance with each other, enabling them to call each other into an independence war.

Expanding colonial nations

Colonial nations will automatically acquire ownership of any province in its designated colonial region of which its overlord has taken ownership. The overlord does not need to have a core on these provinces for this transfer of ownership to occur. This automatic transfer of province ownership makes colonial nations an important tool for expansion by conquest in the New World, as the overlord merely needs to acquire ownership of provinces in a peace deal, and may then leave the colonial nation to deal with the associated coring costs and overextension penalties.

Colonial nations can be granted provinces that are bordering it via land or are adjacent to the same sea zone. If the overlord had cores in these provinces, the colonial nation will replace those with its own cores. This restriction on granting provinces and cores also means that it is nearly impossible for overlords to grant provinces from the "old world" to colonial nations, with the sole exception of colonial Australia; granting land to colonial Australia requires the overlord to have land provinces in the following sea provinces: Gulf of Carpentaria and Arafura Sea. From there, granting land provinces which overlap sea provinces can extend the range of provinces which can be granted.

When colonial nations have enough income to sustain a working colonist, they will pick the Exploration and Expansion idea groups and automatically begin exploring and colonizing the uncolonized land adjacent to them.

Treaty of Tordesillas

Main article: Treaty of Tordesillas

The first Catholic nation to found a colonial nation in a colonial region (and with 0 or more opinion of the Papal State) will get a claim on that entire region.

The claim can be transferred by annexing the claimant as a Catholic nation. The claim will give a +10 bonus to settler growth for colonizing in that region, while other Catholic nations suffer a -20 penalty to settler growth and a stacking -50 relations penalty with the Papal States and the claimant country. Non-Catholic nations are unaffected by any Treaty of Tordesillas claims.

Diplomacy and warfare

Colonial nations can form alliances with primitive countries which they border and with subjects of the same overlord, though AIs only seem to ally disloyal subjects of the same overlord.

They can declare war on independent nations which have a capital in a colonial region and on colonial subjects of other countries unless their overlords are allied. Unlike most vassal types, the overlord is not automatically involved in these wars. Likewise countries which have a capital in any colonial region can attack colonial nations without involving their overlord. However if a colonial nation is the defender in a war, their overlord can enforce peace on the attacker(with less restrictions than usual). If the target of this request refuses, then the overlord will join the war and become warleader. If the attacker was also a colonial nation, their overlord will also join and become warleader.

If a country which has their capital outside a colonial region, declares war on a colonial nation, the colony is treated like an ally or vassal and the overlord is automatically called into the war. Colonies will also automatically join all wars their overlords are in.

Independence war

If a colonial nation's liberty desire increases high enough, they will gain the ability to declare independence and start a war to break free from their overlord. Other nations can pledge to support the colonial nation's independence and if the colonial nation declares a war for independence, it will call on any foreign allies that had pledged to support its freedom.

If the colonial nation wins the independence war, it will become independent and form a new nation, free of ties to the mother country. At the start of the independence war, the colonial nation will get the event New Government! which presents the choice of becoming a republic or a monarchy. There are also several formable nations that can be formed by independent former colonial nations, allowing them to reform themselves into a proper nation and stake their claim to the lands around them.

If, on the other hand, the colonial nation loses such the independence war, it will stay under the overlord's rule and keeps the tariff level at where the overlord set it before the conflict. The Colonial Nation’s desire for liberty will be lowered by 50% points after the defeat and the overlord gets the event Treaty of [Root.Capital.GetCapitalName] in which they can choose to spare or kill the ruler of the colonial nation.

Elimination of the overlord

If a colonial nation's overlord is fully annexed or otherwise removed from the game, one of two things will happen:

• If the colonial nation has already declared an independence war, it will be treated as successful and the colonial nation will become independent.
• If the colonial nation has not declared independence, however, it will be transferred to whoever gained control of the former overlord's capital. This is worth keeping in mind when considering hostilities with colonial empires, as well as when negotiating peace.

Other bonuses and penalties

• A colonial nation cannot establish colonies outside its colonial region unless it borders the target province directly by land.
• Colonial nations join their overlord in wars.
• Colonial nations provide their overlord with 50% of their trade power.
• Each colonial nation of at least 10 provinces increases their overlord's naval force limit by +10.
• Each colonial nation of at least 10 provinces increases their overlord's land force limit by +5.
• Each colonial nation of at least 10 provinces increases their overlord's global trade power by +5%.
• Each colonial nation of at least 10 provinces provides their overlord with an extra merchant.
• If El Dorado is enabled, if a colonial nation has gold producing provinces, it will accumulate all of the gold in a 'treasure fleet counter' and every once in a while, once the meter fills up, it will send a treasure fleet, providing the overlord with a large sum of money (and inflation), but only as long as the overlord's home trade port is downstream from the colony's.
  • If the overlord's home trade port is not located downstream from the colony's, then the colonial nation will keep the gold (and any income gained from it) and simply tariffs on it normally.

Random New World Maps

While colonial nations function the same in a Random New World, there are some issues to keep in mind if following a colonization strategy in a different new world.

The number of colonial nation regions may be wildly different from the 11 found in North and South America, ranging from as low as 2 to as high as 18, plus Australia. This can drastically alter the circumstances for the formation of colonial nations and can affect a player's strategy if they rely on the force limit contributions of subject nations, or on extra merchants from colonial nations of ten provinces or more.

While the standard map does not completely align colonial nations with trade node areas, in a random new world, nothing can be taken for granted. Most trade nodes will usually line up with a single colonial region, but some will be shattered among several and others may encompass two or three. Founding the right colonies first, in order to control the key trade nodes in a random new world requires a fresh look each game, complicated by the fact that until everything is discovered, there can never be certainty about where the truly crucial areas lie, which is exactly how it was intended to be.

In some RNW maps, especially those with large numbers of colonial regions, there are two common peculiarities.

First, some provinces will not belong to any colonial nation area, and thus will stay under the direct control of the original colonizer. Likewise some areas can become a patchwork of colonial regions, none of whom are big enough to allow colonial nations to form and thus like the first category, they will stay under the control of the original colonizer. Both areas should be prioritized as they effectively add directly to the home nation size and allow the nation in question to use them as stable "anchor points" in the New World, serving as collections of provinces with the proper culture and religion that can be made into states and developed without fear of them 'defecting' to a colonial nation.

Second, colonial regions can be truly huge, and the colonial nations formed in them may therefore attain great size and power, making them harder to keep under control than anything found on the standard map. While this should not deter a player from colonizing them, one should stay aware of the colonial nations' growth and consider taking steps to appease them and keep their liberty desire in check, steps that might not be required for smaller colonial nations.

Tags

Main article: Countries#Dynamic_tags

Colonial nations use a special set of nation tags to identify them. The first colonial nation formed in the game will be assigned the tag 'C00', followed by 'C01', 'C02', 'C03' and so on, assigned in the order that they were formed and from the game's starting overlord. If a colonial nation becomes independent and form a nation they gain the tag of that nation.

Colonial Nation Strategy

You can play as a colonial nation with Conquest of Paradise DLC, by navigating different start dates. Playing as a colonial nation can provide a unique and fun experience but newer players may find it challenging to gain independence from their overlord, if desired. The easiest method to play a colonial nation is to settle the colony as the overlord, then go to subject interaction screen, and press the button to release subject, then check the box to play as the released nation.

General

There are two general strategies for playing as a colonial nation, not starting as an overlord:

• Gain Independence
  • Attempt to build a stronger navy than your overlord, to prevent an invasion.
  • Declare independence when your overlord is occupied in a large war outside your region.
  • Seek out rivals of your overlord to support your independence.
• Remain a Loyal Subject

Once independent, the next goal is often to become one of the many former colonial nations, like the United States or Mexico.

Achievements

Turn the Table

As a colony, break free and vassalize your former overlord without forming any other nation..

Mechanics

Customization

Nation designer • Random New World

Ages and Institutions

Ages • Institutions

Innovativeness and Technology

Innovativeness • Technology

Defense

Fort • Zone of control