Mali -
Mali used to be a major power, and now seeks to reestablish itself as it’s former power house:
It does have two gold mines. You will get an early event with a massive rebellion event called “Decline of Mali” disaster you have to navigate… this is an ongoing event until you finish it with the “Restore Mali Authority” mission. Nasty.
Decline of Mali:
-1 Stability when it starts
-33% caravan power
+15% stability cost upgrade
+1 global unrest
Monthly chance of rebels.
Here’s the Mission tree by the by:
Deep stuff. You want to rebuild yourself by taking out nearby stuff and growing over time. Cool to see. This is not a colonial campaign but a military one although you could grab untaken African stuff later, we need to be focusing on military Ideas like quality or offensive. I like the hard rebellious event that hits you early and hard that we would have to survive for years. Mali’s Ideas include better production, vassal income, and military things like manpower and discipline increases. Mali is rough.