immigration

[Darkrenown]

You're pretty unlikely to get large numbers of immigrants now. You can get a lot by enacting a lot of good reforms early on and by having a ruling party with citizenship as an issue. After the early flood the USA is hardcoded to get most of the immigrants

 

[Darkrenown]

Argh! That's... um... not nice Any idea when "after the early flood" is exactly?
Also, doesn't this take away much of the usefullness of reforms for many countries? I find it hard enough maintaining a good economy early-game most of the time, even without reforms. And later on militancy is hardly ever an issue, so other than for the tiny pop growth increase I really wouldn't know why I'd still want to invest in (expensive) reforms

I remember this being tested, but not the exact results. You can get a big wave in the first 5 years and another 20-30 years in and a trickle at other times. Still, remember immigrants are only half as effective as your state culture pops.

If you can keep mil down in other ways all reforms give you are a slight prestige boost and the reward of the look on your pop's little faces. Oh, and certain reform levels help you avoid bad events, like the revolutions.

 

[Darkrenown]

That's old news, and an exploit to boot. Plus selling techs for money will ruin your prestige with 1.03.