What are the relative pros and cons of colonies and states. Playing as the Ottomans I have a number of Arabic colonies that I could turn into states if I wanted. Is it better to leave them as colonies or to turn them into states?
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States:
Pros- Capitalists will build factories in them
They cannot be attacked in colonial wars
Cons- They are more expensive to maintain thean colonies, because education and crime fighting costs are added to them
Colonies:
Pros- They are cheap to maintain, as you do not have to pay for education or crime fighting
-They provide basic resources such as wheat, allowing you to put more POPs in to factories back home
Cons:
- They can be attacked in colonial wars
These are the basic things that you must weigh up before granting a colony statehood.
Pros- Capitalists will build factories in them
They cannot be attacked in colonial wars
Cons- They are more expensive to maintain thean colonies, because education and crime fighting costs are added to them
Colonies:
Pros- They are cheap to maintain, as you do not have to pay for education or crime fighting
-They provide basic resources such as wheat, allowing you to put more POPs in to factories back home
Cons:
- They can be attacked in colonial wars
These are the basic things that you must weigh up before granting a colony statehood.
Necessary conditions are either one of these:
1) The colony is in the same continent as your capital (Japan can turn any Asian colony into a state, f.ex.).
2) One of the provinces has an accepted culture as the primary culture.