[quote=@Cyclone]
I'm debating whether to have a colony or two (or more accurately, subjugated "protectorates" or "satellite states" supplying oil. Heavy colonidalism wouldn't make sense with my nation's history and goals.

I intend to be more a regional presence than a global one, though. Does anyone have a nation that would export a lot of oil, coal, etc. to a fascist state? :lol

Preferably a nation a fair ways away from mine, because border tensions and expansionist goals mean that my nation doesn't like its neighbors all too much.
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Remember Belgium the plucky state whose king bought a country ;) being regional doesn't mean you can't have colonies... nor does it mean that they have to be small.