Quote Originally Posted by Slaists View Post
Well, take Courland as an example. They were poor. They were miliarily weak. The DID NOT have a strong and secured home base. But they DID have colonies... Tobago and a territory in today's Gambia. Those colonies helped to boost their economy quite a bit in history.
I understand if done intelligently colonising could be very beneficial, but i think you and i can both agree that the current AI isn't capable of such things, especially with a one province minor. I would much rather see to use your example courland conquer a few neighbouring countries first giving itself some breathing room before attempting any colonisation.