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[–] alalzia 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

There was no Italy .

There was no Germany .

Portugal lost their balls after their stupid king went in a Crusade and got himself dead .

France was not too hot in the whole colonization game . France was too turbulent and in debt to properly defend their colonies .

Spain was hit by a huge inflation , got involved in succession wars and most of their colonies were in very rich areas where gold , spices , cocoa and sugar were produced . No need to expand just for cotton & furs .

The Netherlands had their eyes into the East where they didn't fought against puny Indians but organized states with fleets like Acheh .

The Russians had Siberia to colonize and Mongols to fight off .

Scandinavians had very low population and were totally unwilling to move , the Swedes fucked up fighting Russia and the Danes never took the endeavor seriously .

The Ottomans didn't care at all .

The Austrians didn't like to get their feet wet plus they were involved in every fucking war and his mother for much of their history .

China was already too big to administrate , the last they wanted was more land .

India was split into multiple small kingdoms and then the Mughals took over .

Africa was too big , tribal , underdeveloped, underpopulated and turbulent .