Imigration to colonies?

**tverdohleb** · March 22, 2009, 07:43 AM

I'm having trouble encouraging emigration to my colonies, I'm playing as France and my home region has a population of about 80 million people and my colonial possessions in the America's have the population of 40 thousand combined. No matter how high I raise my taxes in my home region and even though I exempted the whole of my territory in America from taxes, my colonies just won't grow and at best I get a 0.25 percentage growth from immigration in a province with 4000 people (which means about 20 people come there from my 80 million, overpopulated and extremely highly taxed home region).

**Black Prince IV** · March 22, 2009, 10:43 AM

Just try to build up farms and build fishing ports. That's the only advice I can give.

**ocelot397** · March 22, 2009, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by Black Prince IV

Just try to build up farms and build fishing ports. That's the only advice I can give.

Yeah it all seems slow progress as far as colonies are concerned. Just try and get your home provences loyalty as low as you can without dropping under 1.

**awisler** · March 22, 2009, 11:02 AM

All you can really do is build the farms/fisheries in the colonies, exempt them from tax, while raising your taxes high and destroying churches/happiness buildings in france. Build extra schools for more unhappiness.

**skullman86** · March 22, 2009, 10:58 AM

Food shortages seem to be the source of my immigration numbers. If there is no food in the homeland, they have no other choice, right?

**ocelot397** · March 22, 2009, 02:17 PM

Just out of interest, is there really any need to build up your colonies? I've never seen any need for it, besides for better troops.

**Silentio** · March 23, 2009, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by ocelot397

Just out of interest, is there really any need to build up your colonies? I've never seen any need for it, besides for better troops.

Yes, this creates greater region wealth, thus adding to tax income. Many colonial holdings can in a short time period become far more profitable than European regions, ie. Mexico, Quebec, Pennsylvania, Boston, almost any Indian possession. Also if you build up a region it gains extra products to export. The nice new units are an added bonus.

**Evil_Dane** · March 23, 2009, 09:55 AM

Your population in your home land have it way to good and thats why they do not migrate.

**DanMLee88** · March 23, 2009, 10:14 AM

revolution? good excuse for ppl to hightail it to the new world for a 'better' life

**CtrlAltDe1337** · March 23, 2009, 01:11 PM

Treat your people like dirt and they will immigrate. Make them starve.

**mapper2** · March 23, 2009, 02:11 PM

Not to be too anal about the language, but the thread title should be "emigration" to the colonies.

**Kiljaden** · March 23, 2009, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by mapper2

Not to be too anal about the language, but the thread title should be "emigration" to the colonies.

Depends on your perspective

**Megalos** · March 23, 2009, 03:09 PM

What special units do you get for extra population? I just build the highest barracks with the highest admin building.

Does your region/colony open up more building slots the more people move there?

**Chaoticfist** · March 23, 2009, 03:34 PM

Will your population in new france really go up, if you raise taxes in France? I haven't seen this happen yet but then again i didnt know it was a feature. I have to say i like it tho. Having a larger pop in NA would be nice.