Help with trade

[GeneralZaphod]

Hey all, I need help understanding where other nations trade power is coming from. I am France. My power in Genoa is 43, the sum of my provinces (from the province screen) is about 38. I have 24 light ships (half car half bar). Genoa on the other hand has about 42 in their two provinces (they have the trade node), and no ships, yet their trade in the node reads 139. What factors, not show in the two province screens, could be factoring into the nearly 100 extra trade power? Thanks!

 

[Logist]

If you check the Genoa trade node screen it'll give you a breakdown. Go to the trade map mode and click on the genoa trade node box.

 

[sigeena]

Screenshot of the trade screen would be best to help explain.

The Genoa trade node is very competitive. Aragon-Spain is likely to have at least 25-30%. Genoa, is likely to have 15%, France- Provence, 15%. Florence, another 10%. All these due to the provinces with Estuaries and/or CoT.

 

[Ironside121]

Hovering over the exact number should give you a breakdown of everything contributing to that nations trade power, should it not?

 

[Stadhouder]

Hey all, I need help understanding where other nations trade power is coming from. I am France. My power in Genoa is 43, the sum of my provinces (from the province screen) is about 38. I have 24 light ships (half car half bar). Genoa on the other hand has about 42 in their two provinces (they have the trade node), and no ships, yet their trade in the node reads 139. What factors, not show in the two province screens, could be factoring into the nearly 100 extra trade power? Thanks!

Are you collecting in not a home node? That's -50%.

 

[Tarkilth]

Try hovering over where you found the values. Trade tooltips should be fairly extensive, but ultimately answer the specific questions asked here.

In general though, a country gets (base) trade power in a trade node by
1. Trade power from provinces. Trade centers/estuaries in any of those provinces adds to this total, but it's all in total trade power from provinces.
2. Light ships protecting trade in the trade node.
3. Merchant present. (Typically only a base of 2 trade power, but in inland nodes it can be 50 when steering and so on)
4. Transfers from traders downstream (basically increased control in downstream nodes will grant a small increase in control in the upstream node)

The total trade power a country gets in the node will be calculated by the various bases taken together and increased by factors affecting them, such as mercantilism, global trade power, merchants steering collecting outside of home node and so on)

Tooltip should show all sources. (I may very well have forgotten something or made some mistake as I am taking it from memory and am away from the precious EU4 at the moment)