Naval bases not building ships

[stopityouguys]

Greetings all! I'm on my first playthrough (as Persia) and I'm running into an odd issue. I am trying to build up my navy rn. I've built 3 military shipyards, and secured a trade route importing man-o-wars from Qing, and so far managed to stand up 3 light ships flotillas. When I try to build new naval bases, the game goes through constructing them and then seems to just not deliver on the flotillas. I just end up with a perpetual +1 on the navy outline. In my goods tab on the market outline it shows me as having 2 buy orders and 1 sell order, with a balance of +1. Has anyone else had this problem?

[Question]

You probably lack qualifications in the state. Probably insufficient pops are qualified to be officers.

[stopityouguys]

Originally posted by Question:

You probably lack qualifications in the state. Probably insufficient pops are qualified to be officers.

Oh interesting. Does that mean I should be building universities? Where can I go to look at my pops' info on that? Thanks for the quick response :)

[endymionologist]

When you look at the building info screen and scroll down it shows a breakdown of the vacancies, you'll see bars that are partly full if it's not fully hired.
Building Universities are a long term solution, but it's a good idea to have one in every state if you can afford it; there is a Decree that increases Qualifications in a State and you have to invest in the school Institution if you want the freedom to just build anything and have it be able to hire in the future, that can involve Law changes.

[6ap6apblckaAa]

Qualifications are a big study, so I would recommend you to not play a country with low starting literacy for your first playthrough. Choose a country with more than 40% literacy.

A quick guide:
1. You can see pop qualifications in the state green checkmark icon, or when constructing a new building in the plus icon.
2. There are several bugs in the game, so those numbers will be incorrect.
3. Each qualification has multiple requirements and modifiers to growth, including based on your laws.
4. In your case you most probably lack officers, which are severely hampered by Peasant Levies and Serfdom laws and discrimination.

[Question]

Originally posted by stopityouguys:

Originally posted by Question:

You probably lack qualifications in the state. Probably insufficient pops are qualified to be officers.

Oh interesting. Does that mean I should be building universities? Where can I go to look at my pops' info on that? Thanks for the quick response :)

Honestly universities wont help much, literacy and SOL are the biggest factors.

Note that discriminated pops cant become officers or upper strata, so having a high indigenous population will be a problem in colonial states.

Check the qualifications in the state view to see if you are lacking any btw.

[Spulls]

If you are still stuck on peasant levies, then officers can only come from nobles as well, so that is something to keep in mind.