This article is accurate for the latest versions of EU3, Napoleon’s Ambition, In Nomine, Heir to the Throne and Divine Wind.

Colony level represent the stage of development of a colony, ranging from 0 (starting colony) to an almost full-fledged city (9). It depends on the number of colonists as determined by this table:

# of colonists	colony level
0-99	0
100-199	1
200-299	2
300-399	3
400-499	4
500-599	5
600-699	6
700-799	7
800-899	8
900-999	9

Effects of level

Seizing or burning a colony gives you 10% of its level as a reputation penalty. Thus, seizing a level 6 colony gives 0.6 reputation. In In Nomine, a colony's trade good is assigned some time after it reaches level 3.

Notes

Note that this can be described mathematically by: colony level=floor(# of colonists/100)