Do nations behave ahistorically if lucky nations is turned off?

[Dsingis]

I play all my games with lucky nations turned off, since in my opinion it leaves space open for interesting things to happen.

What I have noticed though is, that many many nations behave totally ahistorical in almost all of my games.

Especially the colonizers. In my last 5 or 6 games, the Colonialism institution always spawned in England, since Portugal and Castile don't really colonize that much, and instead focus on the Maghreb.

Now, is that because I have lucky nations turned off? Is the AI more likely to behave ahistorical if it's turned off? Like historic focuses in HoI4?

Cheers!

 

[Manic Eskimo]

I would say no. That happens fairly often with lucky nations on. Six in a row seems quite a lot but not impossible.

 

[tobias.mb]

The AI doesn't behave differently apart from the results from it being weaker. Meaning with lucky nation bonus these countries have an easier time expanding and are less likely to fail.

 

[Sfan]

This is also due to the fact that without lucky nation modifier, Castile will get the requirements of Colonialism even later.

 

[PhoenixG]

It does increase the chance for bigger tags to fall and smaller tags to rise. But where the institution spawns remains the same as with lucky nation on.