Immigration when inland?

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I'm playing as Switzerland, trying to create a socialist utopia.

I've set all the social reforms to the highest levels, and I'm a democracy, yet I've not had a single immigrant in 40 years of the game.

Unfortunately, all my political parties only have 'Residence' for their views on minorities, but I don't think that can explain a complete lack of immigration.

Is the fact that I am a landlocked country the problem? Because Sweden seems to be getting tons of immigrats with fewer social reforms.

If I have one coastal province, will immigrants be able to move into the Swiss heartland from there, or will I have to link all the Swiss provinces to the coastal province? Also, is there any way to do this without going to war (Sardinia-Piedmont looks like the best prospect)?

 

[Nethros]

Check your plurality. It's in the politics screen.

Compare the plurality with Sweden. Chances are they have a higher plurality than you do.

 

[Jingles]

Plurality is usually the single biggest factor for immigration.

 

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Unfortunately, all my political parties only have 'Residence' for their views on minorities, but I don't think that can explain a complete lack of immigration.

This does play a critical role ? Try getting the socialist party in power, since it usually comes with a nice full_citizenship minority policy; should this fail, you have always the option to mod yourself a liberal full_citizenship party.

As far my game experience reaches, you will always get more immigrants with full_citizenship liberals than any others (including socialists), especially in Europe.