Colonial Nations Questions...

[Bulldog773]

So I untied iberia under castillian rule and formed Spain. I then proceed to Colonized other land such as Brazil & The Americas.

My Brazilian colony had about 10 territories & so did my American colonies. So both were colonial nations due to the fact it was more than 5. What I have notice is i spend a lot of time fighting for them because they can't handle there own. They continually lose all there land from different type of rebellion.

So here is my question. Is it better to keep it a 4 territories so that it is always under my direct control or is it better to always have colonial nations? What are the pros and cons of both?

Thanks...

 

[Badesumofu]

You want CNs. If it's under your direct control it's not going to do much for you unless you can make states which you shouldn't since states a scarce and there are better value places to make them.

CNs, especially young ones, will need a degree of baby-sitting. They can become pretty profitable as the game progresses, though.

 

[Vetgirig]

You need to babysit them until they have 10 provinces. You need to give them money(subsidise) so they can colonize on their own and pay off their debts so they can pay for their own troops.

If there are native nations. Conquer them and give to your CNs.

You want as many CNs as possible.

 

[BitCaps]

CN's are good to have. Each CN gives you a 5% global trade bonus that you can see on every trade node you have merchants at. It can add up nicely if you get a few of them. When they first start they are very poor so I park a few troops there to handle rebels till they can handle it alone. They get rebellions because they will force autonomy down (which pushes unrest up) at first with new provinces.

They will develop their provinces with their own monarch points and they will build buildings too. They each have a colonist and will colonize adjacent empty land. They can start their own wars which you can't participate in. They can also be targets of other colonies and you won't be part of the war.

The tariffs they pay are much better than what you get from vassals. It can become a decent amount of income.

They will send their troops into battle in any war you start so you may want to set their focus to passive or defensive to prevent that. Depends if you want their help. I usually forget until I see them losing all their ships in some war I am involved in.

You can use their diplomacy interface to give them subsidies or gifts or pay their debts to help them become self sufficient faster. You can also build and develop their provinces. I'm not so sure that is a good thing to do.

If they have the money and the troops they will conquer their neighboring colonies. I really enjoy it when one of my colonies grabs some extra provinces.

I think they are worth having.