Coring/Colonial Range

[The_Boominator]

I'm playing Brandenburg/Prussia in a multiplayer game with an extensive "concert of Europe" thing going on. The world has been divided into spheres of influence and there is a massively complicated network of alliances and conditions enforcing these claims and divisions. I am currently looking to complete my mission "The Emden Company" and then "Trade in Canton," but I would also like to grab Bangkok for the monument and governing capacity.

The problem is that I do not have the coring range and basically every province on my way to Canton is owned or claimed by another major power (war is unlikely to go well for me because of the strength of alliances and my inability to project power outside of continental Europe). The best option, it seems to me, is to have one of my maritime allies who is already in Asia subjugate an Asian country for me (I would have to pay them for it or "owe them one"). However, I have not attempted this maneuver before and I'm not sure if it would work.

Could I still integrate this country outside of my coring range? Would I even need to, or do subjects extend my coring and trade range from their borders?
Thanks in advance.

 

[grotaclas]

Could I still integrate this country outside of my coring range?

No, you can only integrate a country if you can core one of their provinces. But could you maybe get a province which is on the continent Asia in eu4? If you move your capital to Asia, you will be able to integrate a subject which has at least two provinces which border each other if at least one of the provinces is in Asia. That works, because you can core provinces on your home continent if they border the core province of a subject.
How late are you in the game? In the age of revolutions, you could get the unrestricted coring ability to core provinces anywhere in the world.

do subjects extend my coring and trade range from their borders?

I don't know about trade range, but only colonial nations extend your coring range. But can't you get trade range from fleet basing rights?

 

[The_Boominator]

I don't know about trade range, but only colonial nations extend your coring range. But can't you get trade range from fleet basing rights?

I thought this was a mechanic, but I wasn't sure. I'll look into this and see if any of my allies are in the region. Currently, I believe I have fleet basing rights with all of them and can't reach Canton, but I will double-check.

 

[grotaclas]

I thought this was a mechanic, but I wasn't sure. I'll look into this and see if any of my allies are in the region. Currently, I believe I have fleet basing rights with all of them and can't reach Canton, but I will double-check.

I just tried it and got fleet basing rights with Ming as Mecklenburg in 1444 and I was able to send a merchant to Canton. And once the merchant arrived, I was able to send ships to protect trade. Maybe your allies are not close enough to the trade node.
I also tested having a vassal which owns Canton, but that did not allow me to send a merchant there

 

[The_Boominator]

I just tried it and got fleet basing rights with Ming as Mecklenburg in 1444 and I was able to send a merchant to Canton. And once the merchant arrived, I was able to send ships to protect trade. Maybe your allies are not close enough to the trade node.
I also tested having a vassal which owns Canton, but that did not allow me to send a merchant there

Thanks! This is useful info!