PhilThib wrote:Customs takeover and other of the like are only possible in the capital region of an unstable nation, so for the 'Balkans', it all goes down to Constantinople (and none are possible once the Balkan states become independant)...
Yes Indeed. They are inside Ottoman borders but to be independent. , ex Serbia independent so not possible action. Arab colonies does have natural resources so not possible for them to be independent historically.
If the game have started at a date maybe 50-70 years earlier Crimea could also be in the colonial penetration zone for Russia, Ex: exchanging,bringing population, controlling salt mines.
I have forund colonial action system very detailed and marvelous as well as the historical approach in the map modes.