That there are so many portugese speakers is only for the fact that the Spanish defended the Portugese colonies in Brazil.
I did some research and in 1630, about 100.000 people lived in Portugese Brazil, of which about 30.000 ethnic Portugese, the rest slaves and indians.
The Portugese only controlled the coast really, the backland was terra incognita.
I'm just pointing out, you shouldnt look at populations and power balances today. You should look at the balance of power at the beginning of the game and for a big part of the time frame Portugal was ruled by the Spanish and when they weren't they were weak and under constant threat of losing all their colonies.
In contrast the Dutch had the strongest fleet in Europe, they were the richest nation and constantly threatening the Spanish empire. Although their land army was rather weak and small. The only reason why their aren't as many Dutch speakers today is because the Dutch thought colonizing wasn't profitable. Additionally because the Netherlands were so rich no sane Dutchman would think of leaving his home country. In contrast many poor Spanish, Portugese, French and England were only too happy to leave their motherland for the new world.
If you read reports of the Dutch trading companies they often discuss the need for immigrants in their colonies to make them permanent settlements. As a solution they tried to attract German farmers to go to the Americas. However this wasnt as succesful. German monarchs did not like their subjects leaving.
Ofcourse you could add the Portugese to the game. I'm just saying, it wouldn't be very historically accurate for them to challenge the power of the other nations. Additionally how are you going to implement the Portugese and Spanish crown uniting?
I did some research and in 1630, about 100.000 people lived in Portugese Brazil, of which about 30.000 ethnic Portugese, the rest slaves and indians.
The Portugese only controlled the coast really, the backland was terra incognita.
I'm just pointing out, you shouldnt look at populations and power balances today. You should look at the balance of power at the beginning of the game and for a big part of the time frame Portugal was ruled by the Spanish and when they weren't they were weak and under constant threat of losing all their colonies.
In contrast the Dutch had the strongest fleet in Europe, they were the richest nation and constantly threatening the Spanish empire. Although their land army was rather weak and small. The only reason why their aren't as many Dutch speakers today is because the Dutch thought colonizing wasn't profitable. Additionally because the Netherlands were so rich no sane Dutchman would think of leaving his home country. In contrast many poor Spanish, Portugese, French and England were only too happy to leave their motherland for the new world.
If you read reports of the Dutch trading companies they often discuss the need for immigrants in their colonies to make them permanent settlements. As a solution they tried to attract German farmers to go to the Americas. However this wasnt as succesful. German monarchs did not like their subjects leaving.
Ofcourse you could add the Portugese to the game. I'm just saying, it wouldn't be very historically accurate for them to challenge the power of the other nations. Additionally how are you going to implement the Portugese and Spanish crown uniting?