Peace? Erm... what do we do with that? Answers on a postcard to....
Peace! How long will it last? Normally about 2 months lol but we will see.
I push colonial maintance up to full and reduce minting down to a point where inflation is not growing!
A diplomat promptly dies and so I replace him with a level 5! This is why I burn so many magistates to keep culture high!
I decide I'm going to use Tomaroa as the new national focus. It should open on to 4 more empty provenices. The idea is to make the most of the 50% colonial growth bonus. But Tomaroa is still a colony at the moment, and I WONT risk my natonal focus until it has at least a level 1 fort on it.
Currently the focus is near the Portugese border, in Monacan I think. There is an empty provenice there, Kanawha, so I send a colonist there to make the most of the focus before it moves.
With all Spain's money and with my forts completed. I think about a public works project! lol. Before I was building courthoses due to the vastness of my revolt risk due to WE but that is slowly passing and so I decide it will be workshops. I build ten in my most productive provenices without them. Most territory taken from Spain and Portugal has all the upgrades they can build on them. Beothuk even has a regimental camp!
Novemeber 1646 2000 infantry revolt in Kespek..
And in January it becomes election time... NO I want my level 8 diplomat! alas I can't keep him so I plum for another Diplomatic candidate:
Bye bye any hope of border disputes! but the high Admin should help with reducing WE and fixing my economy!
In March 4000 infantry rise up in Abnaki. The Arcadian Army intercepts.. Practice boys!
I get a colonist in June and send it to Kaskaskia, next to Tamoroa, even though the focus isn't there yet. In Novemeber Tamoroa becomes a city and a fort is ordered, I have a stack of 10k troops nursing it, incase Portugal gets hungry.
In January some of my people want to try new religeons! A free move to narrowminded! 1 more and I'll start to get missionaries (0.2 every year!) Is this going to worth trying to convert the Christians?
In September Portugal refuses me access to Lisboa, I inflitrate them to see what it going on. There are a lot of troops in America but I have enough to match them or over awe them.
Another colonist sent to Qapaw neighbouring Tamaroa, I now need TI to spread away.
In Oct arcadia cored and so I could build more ships! In fact I've been building ships and regiments to my supply limits.
In November Tamaroa's fort complets, level 2 is ordered and the national focus moved.
Unit extra provenices open on my National Focus border I'll send colonists to Kanawha, to complete it quickly as it will grow so slowly. The other two 'gaps' will be filled in like this, one at a time, concentrated on, expect when a new territory opens on the focus. Once they are filled in I'll review my strategy!
I'm also sending out traders, I now have monoplies in Mohawk, Japan, Ming and Kutch. The foregin ones keep displacing my 6th merchant. Not sure I should struggle too much to keep the monopolies, but hopefully I'll soon be able to find target no 5!
I took this loan completely by accident! It annoyed the heck out of me! There should be a way to repay them early you know!
WE is almost gone so I take a quick look at my revolt risk:
Not as much fun as the past huh?
The year completes and so it's time for a quick review.
Blue circles = colonial targets,
Yellow = National Focus,
Red = colonies.
Next colonist will go to the prov next to the national focus, and then to one of the 'gaps' unless the TI prov gets discovered!
My once scarry revolt risk map:
How dull!!
and a quick review of my technology and economy:
Government tech is the aim, for more NI slots. I would change them up but Stabliity is expensive! After workshops I may start on temples!
As always comments would be good!
I think I'm going to get my decade of peace unless I attack. Ireland has compelted her last two colonies on the gulf coast but not the two in Florida. Any Advice on how to reduce a 1004 pop citie to a colony again?
However she is allied with Portugal but Guranneteed by GB! Tamaroa's level 2 fort should complete in Novemeber.
I also had to replace my minter who died!
