Long and short wars and the problem wihth colony grabbing
Sadly i can't stab hit Ireland!
I was thinking of an immediate peace but I notice Inca is at war with GB. I transfer some troops idling in occupied Portuegesse Central America and land them in Ireland's provs in the north of South america.
They pass through on their way to 'help' the Incans.
I select the National trade Policy (?) for an extra 10% trade efficency, my economy needs some work! I also enact the pass importation act for even more trade income!
While on the way Scandinavia offer a White Peace again and I accept!
However i keep up pressure on the others, burning colonies in the panama area, jamacia and the Andes! I hunt down any transports especially!
Like fish in a barrell!
Arriving in the Incan border I annouce my 'helpful' intentions!
This war is easy, my 2/3 stack eats the Incans who are now in a truce with gb! My intention was to take the centre of trade and vassalise the rest.
So I seize Lima and start a fort there. Then this happens:
Portugal then offer me te world:
So I decide to finally make my peace! Though i do not know what causes overextension and had no clue peace would make it worse!
I take 5 port provs, the coastal ones + a pacific one, a lot of cash, releaesd a nation in India and anulled the spainish and Irish treaties. (which the ai immediately remade!! grrr) I immediately start building workshops, they need finishing off! I wish i'd seen the last couple of updates, then i could have taken a few more useful provs, rather than the costal ones!
Here's the new south colonies in red!
The colonies in red above need colonist to convert rel and culture! and have no border with a city!! gulp.
My solution is to grow them full plt till one is at 890 then wait for a colonist to arrive and complete it. Rince and repeat!
Ah I almost missed these evens:
Kentucky + muskogee. Kentucky never revolts, Muskogee does seemingly every other month!
Yahoooooooo below infamy limit now!
I get my second missionary which I send to Beothuk!
Finally I finish off the Inca'sand I can't vassalise it requires 112% so I go for this:
Plenty of money and Lima is free! next month I guarreentee them! Oh sweet irony!
I have some cores finish and find my force limits are much increased!
I concentrate on building ships, some transports so i can move 12 regiments at once.. I'm thinking of an invasion of Ireland! The a few light ships to zoom around the Cape Horn to get to my pacifc provs!
During this time i'm making steady progress on my colonies. I also put lots of effort into trade and can set my minting to a level where i'm working off 0.07 inflation a year. I had got up to 7.5.
I am tryong to decide what to do about Mohawk. It is now the largest CoT in the world and so attracts alot of attention. With high BB it is difficult to keep the monopoly but I am. I'm considering spliting the cot and so reduce Mowhawk's attractiveness. What do you think? If I can keep both empty and my own monopoly then surely i wont lose anything? (except the starting 500 ducats)
I already have a monopoly in Lima.
I'm also thinking of converting to a Administrative Republic, this offers more magistrates and another 10% trade (or is it tax) modifer? I could also centralise some more then!
by 1668 my overextension should pass, as the Old Spainish provs should core by then! I had no idea grabbing so many provs at once would cause me such problems!
Portugesse SE USA is over run with rebels, peasents sadly, but it is fun to see!