Now we need to have The Potosi talk, Potosi is a miraculous province for a few reasons. The city of Potosi is very high up in the Andes. It’s one of the highest cities in the world by elevation (13540 feet). It’s up there. (Welcome to the Andes) .
Potosi is built by a mountain called the Cerro Rico, rich mountain. It’s rich. The mountain was rumored to be literally made of silver. It’s one the deepest, richest, silver mines in the world. In history. It was the major mine that funded the various Spanish treasure fleets and such. In fact, for decades, the Cerro Rico alone amounted for about 20% of silver production in the world.
In fact, the province of Potosi in EU4 has a bonus, Cerro Rico, the increases its production considerably. You can fund anything you need from it.
(Potosi became a common phrase in Spain and was mentioned in Don Quixote)
Check our Potosi on Wikipedia:
PotosÃ* - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As it states:
“Located in the Bolivian Tin Belt, Cerro Rico de Potosi is the world's largest silver deposit and has been mined since the sixteenth century, producing up to 60,000 tonnes by 1996, and estimates are that much silver still remains. Potosi became the second largest city, and the site of the first mint, in the Americas”
And now we have Potosi.