Basics of Trade in EU4

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Trade is one of the most important aspects of game and yet poorly understood by many players. It has a lot of moving parts and too many numbers in the trade/trade node screen. So here's my attempt to simplify and put it in a way that makes sense in game. Hope it helps!

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[Weyird]

Thanks! That was pretty good. I don't know where I am on the beginner/advanced curve when it comes to knowledge about the game; I knew most of this stuff but a refresher was useful, and a couple of things I hadn't realized!

When I originally started playing I used quill18's tutorial to learn. This is much more up to date with regards to DLC. The video and examples were primarily of Spain - just like quill18's.
Does everybody consider Spain to be the tutorial nation?