Colonization penalty

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I read something about colonization penalty somewhere. I havent played EU2 in a long time and I just bought the game from Paradox on Demand. I wonder if someone could tell what this colonization penalty is. Portugal is my favourite country to play with so......

 

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I read something about colonization penalty somewhere. I havent played EU2 in a long time and I just bought the game from Paradox on Demand. I wonder if someone could tell what this colonization penalty is. Portugal is my favourite country to play with so......

There are a lot of colonization penalties, try looking in the stickies for the colonization FAQ, it will explain it.
EDIT: here it is: Colonization FAQ

 

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Thank you so much.