This article may contain outdated information that is inaccurate for the current version of the game. It was last updated for 1. As EU4 starts during the age of discovery, Colonization is an important feature available. The main benefit of colonialism is to improve the income generation and military logistics of the colonizing country. This is because colonized territories overseas can provide large boosts in trade income to the colonizing nation, as well as provide staging points for naval and land warfare around the world. This is accomplished primarily by creating colonial nationswhich are AI-controlled subject nations that will produce their own military and navy but will provide trade power and other benefits to the univetsalis, and creating trade companieswhich are semi-autonomous provinces that provide substantial trade bonuses in trade nodes that the colonizer can control. The type of subject nation created depends on its location in the world. Any nation can benefit colomies f...