Depends on which version of the game you're running? Must be Victoria Revolutions, Vanilla to follow this advice, if VIP everything is just a little harder but pretty much the same, plus events/parties/resources/everything else is different so know the game before you play. Also depends on a lot of other factors, I myself have since learned how to bring immigration into practically any country except Europe/Asia.
First of all, these are the factors: Liberal Democracy first off... Getting that requires you know what that party wants and you force that ideology by those mini events to fire. Plus you have to have free parties since your start out a Dictatorship with say Oranje, and use either Sufferage for the masses if they're mostly voting liberal or use Wealthy if you promote a Clerk or Liberal Capitalist. It's a trick, but if you plan it right with the research of Ideological Thought, you get Plurality up around 55, in the 1840s! Essential, because this is the first boom time depending on whether it's VIP or just Vanilla Revolutions. You also get the Liberal Revolution which will go in this time you want a PORT, because immigrants cannot get in without one, at least I do not recall it. You also need socialism, medicine/good across the board, just don't fund it because you'll never afford it. Make your country like UK or Canada Appealing on the surface but underfunded beneath
You need RGOs in the what Settlers like, I get all kinds but Precious Metal seems to be the backbone of good Immigrants. I expand all precious metals and all RGOs to get as much as foreign immigrants as I can. I let my Capitalists build the factories and they fill themselves, you want to push-push-push early in the game... Stay set to the Ruling Party, keep Consc/Mil low, especially do not get into long protracted wars with anyone! Makes you unattractive I noticed... usually...
Okay, Another big factor is Full Citizenship, need that party in power and you need it to be primary for the People, Immigrants want to be Citizens, so with High Pluralism, lots of Precious metal RGOs open, lots of Open factory slots and plenty of tension abroad! You will get a lot of Immigration. Only down side to all this as I noticed with Vanilla Victoria you really have issues getting back to Dictatorship or other type of Government. So when you want to go Militaristic and what not you are pretty much frozen in time without some gamey move. So unless you want to risk a civil war to get rid of your Government type your stuck with it. Liberal Settlers dream. BTW: DO NOT Research Ideological Though Tech, until you've put in the reforms and new Government. Also do not wait and lose the Liberal Revolution Bonus.
BTW: This all pretty much works for Texas too, IN VIP I noticed though that most of my boom went to my Mexican Provinces, and I had Texico instead of Mexico quite early in the game. Timing is essential, it'll take several tries to get everything to run as planned. Good luck
And if you want a challenge try VIP, I could only get about 20,000 immigrants to Africa with that in the '50s.. Much more difficult, really VIP much favors Texas over Africa for an Immigrant State turned Colonial. Plus all the nice events...
First of all, these are the factors: Liberal Democracy first off... Getting that requires you know what that party wants and you force that ideology by those mini events to fire. Plus you have to have free parties since your start out a Dictatorship with say Oranje, and use either Sufferage for the masses if they're mostly voting liberal or use Wealthy if you promote a Clerk or Liberal Capitalist. It's a trick, but if you plan it right with the research of Ideological Thought, you get Plurality up around 55, in the 1840s! Essential, because this is the first boom time depending on whether it's VIP or just Vanilla Revolutions. You also get the Liberal Revolution which will go in this time you want a PORT, because immigrants cannot get in without one, at least I do not recall it. You also need socialism, medicine/good across the board, just don't fund it because you'll never afford it. Make your country like UK or Canada Appealing on the surface but underfunded beneath
You need RGOs in the what Settlers like, I get all kinds but Precious Metal seems to be the backbone of good Immigrants. I expand all precious metals and all RGOs to get as much as foreign immigrants as I can. I let my Capitalists build the factories and they fill themselves, you want to push-push-push early in the game... Stay set to the Ruling Party, keep Consc/Mil low, especially do not get into long protracted wars with anyone! Makes you unattractive I noticed... usually...
Okay, Another big factor is Full Citizenship, need that party in power and you need it to be primary for the People, Immigrants want to be Citizens, so with High Pluralism, lots of Precious metal RGOs open, lots of Open factory slots and plenty of tension abroad! You will get a lot of Immigration. Only down side to all this as I noticed with Vanilla Victoria you really have issues getting back to Dictatorship or other type of Government. So when you want to go Militaristic and what not you are pretty much frozen in time without some gamey move. So unless you want to risk a civil war to get rid of your Government type your stuck with it. Liberal Settlers dream. BTW: DO NOT Research Ideological Though Tech, until you've put in the reforms and new Government. Also do not wait and lose the Liberal Revolution Bonus.
BTW: This all pretty much works for Texas too, IN VIP I noticed though that most of my boom went to my Mexican Provinces, and I had Texico instead of Mexico quite early in the game. Timing is essential, it'll take several tries to get everything to run as planned. Good luck
And if you want a challenge try VIP, I could only get about 20,000 immigrants to Africa with that in the '50s.. Much more difficult, really VIP much favors Texas over Africa for an Immigrant State turned Colonial. Plus all the nice events...
I tired the same as you did with Oranje. My conclusion is that it doesnt work. I didnt get any immigrants at all. Im in the 1860 have over 80 percent plurality, have full railroads, expanded RGOs (Precious metal), all the reqired techs and factories (3), I am a constitutional monarchy with wealth voting rights, liberals are in power, I also do have 3 reforms (Which I pay for and have a constant income of 10). Doesnt work
One of the strange things is, once I was playing with Austria and had about 25 plurality with anarcho liberals in power. As soon as the liberal revolution began people began immigrating to me for seemingly no reason (Stopped after the liberal revolution ended). But by that time 80% of Slovenia was German and Italian and about 40% of Croatia was German.
