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Ivan Rogov

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I don't see how increasing pop growth in a colony could improve defenses. Enhancing manpower or fortifications sure, but just more people?
 

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How could there be defenses at all if there is no fort?

Colonies need to be successfully colonized and have a fort build for them to not be immediatly occupied when an enemy arrives, assuming you aren't guarding it with an army.
 

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A prereq for the FD decision is to have a least a Fort 1 built, so in that regard the decision makes less sense. I mean, I could see if you enhanced the ability of the province like the "Fortification Expert" event does, but all the FD decision does is speed up pop growth a tiny bit.