Ming and colonialism

[ObsidianSpectre]

How does the colonialism institution work in Ming for example?
How does it fire there, and how does it spread if colonialism fired in Europe?
Is there something in-game that explains the requirements for an institution to fire?

 

[inreadible]

I think it can spawn in any country that is not in the Americas and has discovered the New World and has the quest for the New World idea.
It should eventually spread to anyone who has a colonial nation in the New World
There's a tooltip when you hover your cursor over the year in the institutions tab that tells you something about the spawning but it's a bit unclear sometimes.

Usually I refer to EU4 wiki article of institutions to make sure I have everything required.

 

[Zohtun]

Plus once it has fired you can develop a province to trigger it. It's not as awesome as having it fire naturally, but with how horrifically slow this particular Institution spreads, it's the lesser of the evils here. Especially since the Hordes will choke any hope of it spreading prior to something stupid like 1700.

 

[Benghi Bon]

Most countries have to force this institution to spawn, just like the printing press - if they want to keep up with tech of course.