Creating Texas

[Lightsong]

If I create a colonial nation in the Texas area first, can I transfer Caribbean provinces to that nation as I colonize the islands? That way, when I play as Texas, I have the Caribbean

[Tulduil Iphukiir]

As long as you have no CN in a colonial region you can give provinces in that region to a CN from another region by subject interaction.
However, subject interaction Grant Province requires adjacency (sea zone counts) so you have to create a "bridge" to the Carribean (without looking at the map maybe Yucatan ->
Jamaica -> Cuba, Florida -> Cuba or South America -> Trinidad -> Antilles)

The other option is to Transfer War Occupation of Carribean provinces to your Mexican CN and give it those in a peace deal (of course only works if another nation has already colonized in the Carribean).

[bri]

There's a limit on what provinces a CN will accept from outside their region. I'm pretty sure they'll only take provinces that share a border with their region but I'm not sure how going across a sea zone would affect it.

[Tulduil Iphukiir]

Originally posted by bri:

There's a limit on what provinces a CN will accept from outside their region. I'm pretty sure they'll only take provinces that share a border with their region but I'm not sure how going across a sea zone would affect it.

I had my Carribean Colony conquer provinces in Yucatan/Florida before (in a war it started on its own) and occupy provinces in those areas in my wars (which I didn't gave them).
On the other hand I could Grant Provinces in Papua to my Australian CN. Those even counted for the 10 provinces.

But I agree: It is not given that the CN will accept the provinces.

[bri]

Originally posted by Tulduil Iphukiir:

Originally posted by bri:

There's a limit on what provinces a CN will accept from outside their region. I'm pretty sure they'll only take provinces that share a border with their region but I'm not sure how going across a sea zone would affect it.

I had my Carribean Colony conquer provinces in Yucatan/Florida before (in a war it started on its own) and occupy provinces in those areas in my wars (which I didn't gave them).
On the other hand I could Grant Provinces in Papua to my Australian CN. Those even counted for the 10 provinces.

But I agree: It is not given that the CN will accept the provinces.

I should have said accept I suppose. They can/will colonize and conquer stuff on their own that they would never accept if offered by their overlord.

[Lightsong]

Thanks for the info. It sounds like it could be possible. I'll try it and report back

[Lightsong]

It works. I went around through Florida and I was able to transfer the Bahamas. I now have a Texas that owns most of the Caribbean starting out