So I have made some colonies and they are now protectorates. Should i turn all protectorates to states? I'm not sure about that.
Should i turn all protectorates to states in Victoria 2?
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Well it allows you to build factories there for one. Most of Africa and Asia are very hard to turn into states though
They do generally benefit from being turned into states. Depending on the population size of your country, this can happen relatively quickly..or never at all. The education tech increases colonial migration. The last decade of the game or so, this tends to increase. If you core, the pops will also increasingly assimilate. Productivity in your rgo's also increase. As far as I am concerned, there isn't much negative about this.
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What makes it tough is that a colony needs 1% bureaucrats from your primary culture, which can be tough to achieve. The rule of thumb is that the population of the protectorate needs to be at least 5% primary culture before it can reasonably be expected to achieve the 1% bureaucrats figure. For a large pop state in Asia/Africa, that's near-impossible.
As an example, as Two Sicilies I had conquered the Nile Valley and expanded into some of the Sahara last game. The Sahara regions practically turned into full states with minimal effort, and they quickly became Sicilian cores, with populations of up to 75% South Italian, because no one else lived there. Upper and Middle Egypt, with about half a million each, became full states in time, and were very valuable as decently-sized lands. Lower Egypt and Sinai, on the other hand, each had close to a million Egyptians and never became states throughout the entire game.
As an example, as Two Sicilies I had conquered the Nile Valley and expanded into some of the Sahara last game. The Sahara regions practically turned into full states with minimal effort, and they quickly became Sicilian cores, with populations of up to 75% South Italian, because no one else lived there. Upper and Middle Egypt, with about half a million each, became full states in time, and were very valuable as decently-sized lands. Lower Egypt and Sinai, on the other hand, each had close to a million Egyptians and never became states throughout the entire game.
Mostly it's about your size compared to the amount of colonies and their size.
For example if you play as the Ming and westernize, anywhere you colonize will soon get filled to the brim with accepted pops.
On the other hand 100k colonial provinces are often too much for medium size colonizers no matter how long you wait. Certain RGOs that stay continually in demand suck in more people. There's also those colonial immigration techs.
For example if you play as the Ming and westernize, anywhere you colonize will soon get filled to the brim with accepted pops.
On the other hand 100k colonial provinces are often too much for medium size colonizers no matter how long you wait. Certain RGOs that stay continually in demand suck in more people. There's also those colonial immigration techs.