europa universalis 5 increasing colonial range in console

I knew about all of this, the problem is not that i want more colonies, i want each seperate colony to grow faster. Or they may have unlocked Expansion as their Admin Rank 7 Idea which grants you an additional colonist. The AI is also self destructive enough that it may just be driving itself into debt. The AI may be doing this since they're English and could have a strong enough economy. While this takes a hit on your economy (which you can turn down but you will start losing or just rest at 0 per year depending) but will claim areas. If you have to economy you could theoretically claim the entire Eastern seaboard of the United States and have those colonies slowly grow with one growing faster until it finally becomes a territory and moving your specialized colonist from area to area. Without a specific colonist a colony will grow at about 10-15 colonists per year (month actually I think?) and you'll still have this territory claimed.

Originally posted by High Councilor Omavalur of Borne:You don't actually need a colonist in a province for it to grow.

Europa universalis 5 increasing colonial range in console