General Information
Bolivia is playable from August 6th, 1825 to October 28th, 1836, and August 25th, 1839 to the present day.
See also: Brazil, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, Spain
Strategy
Present Day
Start by improving with and trying to ally with Brazil, increase loyalty and influence of burghers, and develop Potosi to 20 development and La Paz to 10 development. With this you should have all the institutions and money to accept them by May of 2020.
Developing your provinces is key since they are all poor, but this is quite easy since the cost starts at around 10-12 and can be brought as low as 3-4 after building universities, getting burghers loyal and getting the first admin tech available.
After this, wait for an opportune moment to attack one of your neighbors. Bolivia has military ideas on par with Spain and better than any of its neighbors.
You will have manpower and force limit issues before you develop, but this is not such a big deal because you have Cerro Rico and can afford to field a mercenary army right from the start.
Form Bolivia
Requirements:
- Bolivia does not exist
- Administrative technology of at least 10
- Is former colonial nation
- Is not a subject nation
- At Peace
- Capital is a core in Colonial Peru
- Owns Core Province: Chuquiabo (802), Charcas (798), Choquechaca (797), Choquechaca (2741)
Upon Enactment:
- Country changes to Bolivia
- Gain 25 Prestige
- Country rank changes to Kingdom if lower
- Gain country modifier Increased Centralization for 20 years:
Bolivian Ideas and Traditions
Traditions:
- +20% Hostile Core-Creation On Us
- +0.5 Attrition for Enemies
Ideas:
- Independence: +15% Morale of Armies
- Metal Industry: +10% Yearly Inflation Reduction, +5% Production Efficiency
- Megadiversity: +20% Goods Produced Modifier
- Threats: +1 Diplomatic Reputation
- Battle of Tacna: +5% Discipline
- Resilience: -20% Stability Cost Modifier
- Indigenous Influence: +1 Yearly Prestige
Ambitions:
- +10% Trade Efficiency