why cant I set colonies in Oceania as Chile

[geogus]

As per title, I started a game as chile and set an interest in oceania to get my beloved easter island to the country ( i visited there and it was amazing)

To my dismay I cant set colonies in any oceanian island, i dont know why.

Plus easter island is part of taiti, an protectorate of GB, is gonna take a while to get it (but this is of topic, its just fine)

Also, is there an event for chile regarding the easter island?

 

[CaesarVincens]

Most of the islands have the severe malaria state trait, which blocks colonization until you have researched Quinine.

 

[yurcick]

Apart from the correct mention of severe malaria, I think it's possible that you have the frontier colonisation law which prevents you from colonising overseas.

 

[CaesarVincens]

Oh yeah, that too. Frontier Colonization requires that your colonies are able to draw a contiguous path to your capital/culture homeland (might be either, might be both). Overseas colonies are just impossible with Frontier Colonization.

 

[GreyOgre]

Oh yeah, that too. Frontier Colonization requires that your colonies are able to draw a contiguous path to your capital/culture homeland (might be either, might be both). Overseas colonies are just impossible with Frontier Colonization.

The wiki doesn't mention capital/homelands specifically, just bordering a state. I've never tried, but is it not possible to conquer an African state and colonize from there?

 

[CaesarVincens]

The wiki doesn't mention capital/homelands specifically, just bordering a state. I've never tried, but is it not possible to conquer an African state and colonize from there? View attachment 1127845

Yeah, I can't remember if it's clearly spelled out in game or not either, but it's definitely a condition that there is a contiguous land path with either the capital or a primary culture homeland or possibly both.

Maybe I'll see if I can determine which condition it is later and update the wiki pages to be clear.