West Indies

Primary culture

English (British)

Capital province

Jamaica (487)

Government

Republic

State religion

Catholic

Technology group

Western

West Indies ideas

Traditions:

−10% Development cost

+1 Merchant

Plantation Economy

−10% Construction cost

+10% Production efficiency

Blue Mountain Coffee

+20% Institution spread

The Sugar Revolution

−2 National unrest

The American Trade Hub

+5% Global trade power

+10% Trade range

Miskito-Zambos

+2 Max promoted cultures

Interconnected Relations

+1 Diplomatic reputation

Colonial Legacy

+25% Naval force limit modifier

Ambition:

+1 Colonist

West Indies is a formable country in the Colonial Caribbean region of North America that is not available at any game start.

Formation[edit]

West Indies can be formed by any former colonial nation that owns the required provinces of ‘Colonial Caribbean’ (colonial region).

id

Form Caribbean Nation

Now that our islands have been cut from the corrupt and weak powers of the Old World, we must federalise ourselves into a nation capable of uniting our disporate islands and their countless cultures and languages. We will never be one people, but in the West Indies Federation, we will dwell together in unity.

Potential requirements

is not playing with random New World.
has not enacted a colonial nation formation decision before.
is not an end-game tag.
is not a nomad nation.
Either:
- is a colonial nation.
- is a former colonial nation.
- Capital is in the Colonial Caribbean region.
  - is not in a native American technology group.
owns a province in the Colonial Caribbean region.

Allow

West Indies does not exist.
Administrative technology is at least 10.
is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not at war.
Capital is in the Colonial Caribbean region.
owns at least 10 cities in the Colonial Caribbean region as cores.

Effects

The country:

changes to West Indies.
gains a permanent claim on every non-owned province of:
- Colonial Caribbean region.
gains 25 prestige.
gets the modifier “Increased Centralization” for 20 years:
- −0.05 Monthly autonomy change
- +1 National unrest

If the country:

is a member of the Holy Roman Empire and not an elector or the emperor
- then all its provinces are removed from the HRE.
is a duchy
- then it becomes a kingdom.
does not have custom ideas
- then it gets the ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’ event.