Can't produce settlers

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I am Austria and have conquered Nice and country above yet it still won't let me create colonists. I read that you have to have water access which I do. The only thing I can think of is Helvetica interupts my borders keeping it from connecting Nice to the main country borders. Does this make a difference?

Thanks.

 

[hjarg]

Nope. You need more then sea to get settlers: when you are catholic, you get none. If you go to counter-reformed, you get 1 per year (same for protestant, 2 per year for reformed).
You can also get 1 per year if you have a shipyard (hint: Venice)

Austra wasn't historically much of a colonizing power, so you shouldn't be amazed if you don't get that much colonists.

 

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Or you could convert to protestant/reform, get a shipyard, or hack colonists.csv

 

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My goal in creating the colonists is to try and reduce some of the revolting due to religion. I was told that if I send a colonist into a newly occupied region, they would convert them to the countries religion. Is there another way?

 

[hjarg]

There is a random event, but that happens quite rarely, so don't count on it.

And you can only convert province if population is below 5000.