I just moved on from EU2 to vanilla EU4 recently, and upon hearing that the United States can be created by simply releasing and playing as a colonial nation with as low as admin tech level 10, I am curious which colonial power I would have the best luck with creating the US as soon as possible from a 1444 start, without using cheats, obviously.
Which country should I use to form the United States the quickest in EU4
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Best Answer
I would go for England or France.
If you play with the aim to becoming the US later on, it makes no sense to do this as Spain or Portugal since the trade generated on the NA East Coast can not flow towards your centers of trade, instead ending up in Bordeaux or English Channel. Thus the Northern European nations are the better path to your goal.
If you want to be close to historically accurate England would be the best choice and it's also the easiest route given the shorter distance in terms of colonial range and more naval focus in traditions.