Newbie COT

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COT (X)(Y)

So the X figure is the total trade generated by all province , so this not income for me ..just trade ?

Figure Y - this what I earn from placing merchant right ?

Why sometimes I cannot place any merchant in the COT which is owned by me and no other nation involve ..not even a single one ..the place merchant button is darkened

 

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You can't send merchants if you don't have trade tech 1, which is usually not a problem, but you'll see it with some countries at the start of the game.

You can't send merchants if you don't have the money in treasury to pay for it. That's another reason.

You can't send merchants if the owner embargoes you, but that should not apply in your own CoT.

Finally, you can't send merchants once you've got 5 already in place, or 6 once you get to trade tech 3 (monopoly).
http://www.paradoxian.org/eu2wiki/index.php/Monopoly

 

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or 6 once you get to trade tech 3 (monopoly).

Not true. Once you get 6 merchants, or a monopoly in a COT, you can keep sending merchants to compete other nations' merchants out. The button will only become greyed once there is no merchant left to compete.

 

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thanks for the reply ..

really a fun and addictive game this is ...wonder where I am when it was first available