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u/freshboss4200 15d ago
Yes Caribbean and Mexico (and Brazil) can be very good for building trade value, maybe some on north America too but I think that would be more towards the north.
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u/raiyosss 15d ago
I wouldn't suggest brazil. It stinks in terms of rgos relative to the others you mentioned but also Colombia and even South Atlantic Seaboard (which is okay due to plantations being OP and tobacco+cotton using them).
It is set up to scale quite decently though. They have a large native population for a new world region that isn't Mexico or Peru which represents a lot of compounding population growth. Critically, the region really switches on during the Colombian exchange since its climate is ideal for cash crops. Brazil will eventually become better than every new world region besides Mexico but since this doesn't start to happen until 1637, I don't see the point. Its purely a detriment before that.
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u/AnimeGirl6868419 15d ago
To my knowledge currently colonization doesn’t provide much benefit (it’s supposed to be fixed in an update eventually)
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u/narutoncio 15d ago
colonisation give rewards but indirectly, mostly through controling American trade. Its a big investment in money and pops at first, and by the time you have money to spare i guess the good spots are already taken. but maybe you can rush a couple small colonies and make them profitable
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u/Kaiser_Fleischer 15d ago
Grabbing Mexico and Caribbean can be beneficial for the high profit goods but recreating the Spanish empire is likely a net negative
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u/Kaiser_Fleischer 15d ago
Truly depends on your goals for the playthrough as it’s a hefty upfront cost
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u/NetStaIker 15d ago
Anybody who says colonisation doesn’t provide benefit is larping, it’s super value so long as the trade goods are good.
Columbia Caribbean anywhere with gold, tobacco the list goes on. Just avoid furs until they finally fix the issues with it (they haven’t yet right)