EU5 1.4 Beta – Sweden Struggles to Stabilize and Colonization Seems Bugged

[berkaycoban]

### English

I played Sweden until around the mid-1500s, but even at that point, I still feel like the country cannot properly get on its feet.

The harsh winter climate constantly devastates the country and makes it extremely difficult to develop and maintain a stable economy. On top of that, even when I try to designate the countries around me as rivals, I often cannot do so because the game says they are too weak to be my rivals. Because of this, I cannot generate the necessary war goals and therefore have very limited opportunities to expand.

Another major issue is colonization in northern Sweden. I tried to establish a colony in the northern parts of Sweden, but it gets stuck and takes around 250 years to complete. The population never properly settles there, yet I continue paying the costs of maintaining the colony for decades. What makes it even more frustrating is that I cannot cancel the colony either, leaving me stuck paying for it for an extremely long time.

Overall, the combination of the harsh climate, the rival system, and the colonization issue makes Sweden feel extremely difficult to stabilize and progress with in the current 1.4 beta.

I think the colonization issue in particular may be a bug, because having a colony remain stuck for 250 years while the population never settles does not seem intentional.

[Sicksock]

I haven't noticed the colonisation bug but the rival thing is super real.

[Xom]

I'm playing in 1.4 for Viatka, also in harsh climate, and don't see any problems with colonizaion - already colonised Taimyr and moving in East Siberia. Very hard difficulcy and multiplayer.
You can reduce Colonization spending to zero, I thing, but if it looks as bug, press Ctrl-F7 and report it.