User talk:Nathan1123

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RE: PM III colony
Hi Nathan,

If you wish, you can play as the OTL Northern California/Oregon colony. I renamed it to New Austria in 1750.

When you play as that colony, you'd still be a vassal of mine, which means that I have final say in all matters and stuff, but other than that, I'll let you have a good deal of autonomy. You can have whoever leader you want, expand wherever (I'll explain more on expansion below), and manage the colony however you see reasonable.

Now, most of the colony will be Spanish-speaking Hispanic colonists, so they will probably not like any new Bavarian/Austrian settlers. So keep that in mind.

In terms of expansion, I drew up a little map showing where I'd like to be able to freely expand, and where you can likewise expand:

So the green line represents the Line of Demarcation. The purple is New Austria, and the light purple is reasonable areas where you can expand, while the light pink is where I want to be able to expand. Be wary of the French colonies though, because they can expand just as much as you can, so be careful not cause territorial disputes with France.

As a final note, I'm not entirely sure how many pixels a year you can expand your colony by. For me, I can expand new Bavaria by 750 pixels a single turn. When Spain controlled the area, he could expand by at least 1500 or 2000 pixels a single turn, so I would ask a mod how much you can expand by.

Oh, and in actual maps, both New Bavaria and New Austria will be pink. I just colored New Austria purple in the above map for clarity.

Thanks for asking, and sorry for the long message!

Cookiedamage (talk) 21:07, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

P.S. when you post in game, I'd prefer you to post as New Austria (Colony of Bavaria):

Cookiedamage (talk) 21:08, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

Hi Nathan,

Unfortunately, I think it would be both less plausible and less likely for you to succeed. My reasoning stems from the fact that in southern Hesperia (South America) there are many more Spaniards compared to where your colony is situated. In southern Hesperia there are at least six million, whereas in your area there are considerably fewer.

"This is not your grave  but you are welcome in it. " 20:31, January 23, 2015 (UTC)

Ethnic Subdivisons, population Growth, and more
Hi Nathan, I'm Edge. I am player in PM3 and I read through your turn and noticed several issues. First is your point about Ethnic Subdivisons. To destroy and meld ethnicities takes hundreds of years, and eve then it it's neigh impossible to completly remove one ethnicity without relocation or genocide, neither of which are good options for you. I am activly taken roles to remove the large Spanish Minority/Majority in areas of my nation, and even then it is not possible to fully remove Spanish culture. Second, Population Growth. You can use several equations for this, but the one I use is the, where Xt is the final result, Xo is the intial ammount, r is the precent per year, and t is the years passed.Steady Population growth, assuming no major wars, baby booms, or flood of settlers, is about 1%. Because you are a colony, you could ask Baravia to send settlers to the Nation, boosting your population further. Finally, remember your location. The Area you are set in, in the modern world, has about 20 million people. this isn't the Population limit for you, you may have more or less than that, but use that as a judge for your estimates. Need anything you can message me

Nathan, with regards to your colony's expansion, I believe according to the map the great Salt Lake is in French territory. In any case, because it is difficult for us mods (there are only a few of us) to keep track of everyone's expansion rates, it would be helpful for the future if you could mention the issue on the talk page under a section titled "Map Complaints." Providing a map for said expansion is also extremely helpful and helps eliminate any error in translation when responding to requests.

"This is not your grave  but you are welcome in it. " 03:46, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

You can do it in any sort of image editing software, like Paint Ms, Gimp, or photoshop. Paint Ms is the most commonly used, I believe, and should be free with most computers.

"This is not your grave  but you are welcome in it. " 18:22, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

On the subject you brought up earlier, Algonquia would, at some future point, be interested in such a proposition. I need to be cautious with the whole "independence" thing, though, because my protector France is not the kind of nation I want to anger. So once the whole colonial order starts to fall apart, its definitely something Algonquia would like to participate in. Shikata ga nai! 22:20, February 22, 2015 (UTC)

Hi Nathan,

Regarding other nations, it's really a crapshoot. Some nations may be willing to aid, others will probably be more hesitant in fear that such rebellion might spread to their colonies next. Some colonies, while nominally supportive of independence, might be too busy with their own fight to consider helping others.

Long story short, if you want help, I would advise branching out and seeing who might want to provide such help rather than expect it to show up on its own.

"This is not your grave  but you are welcome in it. " 05:59, February 27, 2015 (UTC)

I just got back from a wiki-absence, so I only just noticed Scandinavia's declaration of war. Thanks for supporting me; you're the only one of my allies who has.Shikata ga nai! 23:22, March 21, 2015 (UTC) That would be great, if we can get Arcadia to help. Since he had a deal to partition my territory, that might be unlikely, but we can tr anyway. Also, Reme could play a role, given that it borders the colonies and presumably wants the land. Shikata ga nai! 23:16, March 23, 2015 (UTC)

Scandinavia did win, but it only won 0.5%, which is essentially nothing. In fact, according to the rules, I think it gets lowered to nothing. So he gets a tactical victory, but no territory or concessions. Shikata ga nai! 21:40, March 25, 2015 (UTC)

Important
Hi,

Message me back when you get this. I want to discuss colonial stuff with you, preferrably private. Thanks. Cookiedamage (talk) 17:44, April 3, 2015 (UTC)

Can you get on chat right now? And if you can't, perhaps tomorrow at noon EST? Cookiedamage (talk) 21:54, April 4, 2015 (UTC)