New world capital

[Jiffypop]

So i'm well seasoned in eu4, but one thing I've never done is played in the new world, specifically moved my capital from the old world to the new. I have a couple of questions. First and foremost, what irish OPM is best to integrate, as in it is closest to the new world if I choose to vassalize them. Next, lets say I get 50% of my dev in the new world via conquering or using mana, once I move my capital, what happens if I gain more development in the old world? Will it swap back? If my capital is in the new world, will a colonial nation ever form under me? Am I just free to go ham and colonize anything in colonial regions? What is considered a continent even? Is it like North America as we see it today or divided by colonial regions? What if I manually move my capital back to the old world, would colonial nations pop up under me as soon as i do?

[Psychotic Fury]

1. The guy in the top left corner is the best to vassalise. Forgot its name tho.

2. Your capital will stay in the new world if u dev/gain land in the old world. (Unless u move it back via event/manually).

3. Colonial nations will not form. But you *must* place your capital in the new world (i.e not bermuda etc, as i believe that is old world still,may be wrong though).

4. The mainland of north/south america is the "new world".

5. Moving your capitak back ti the old world will turn all your new world land into colonial nations.

Pretty sure thats right.

[tonypa]

The new province must be in the colonial region (I really do not like to use term "new world"). To see colonial regions pick "Colonial and Trade Regions" mapmode under geographical mapmodes. The Bermuda for example can be colonized but is not in colonial region so moving your capital to Bermuda would not change anything (even when it belongs to the Greater Antilles region and North American continent so it could be called New World).

From Ireland your easiest route would probably be northern path through Greenland (not part of colonial region so does not count) into Colonial Canada. Or you could conquer Iceland to shorten the path.

Any Colonial Region counts, not only the mainland of Americas but all the Carribean islands work too. Even Colonial Australia can be used to escape into New World.

[bri]

Clanricarde is the closest Irish OPM to the Canadian coast, I'm not sure about Bermuda (which you can use as a stepping stone to get to the Caribbean or Thirteen colonies).