Actually, it means both less profit but also much less expenses in money and manpower for Portugal, and allows for a better focusing on other places. Portugal always spent a large portion of what it gained in India paying for the money loans it contracted in Europe to finance its operations.4) This is a good question ! Europeans without actual economic presence in Indian Ocean will surely going to be very different in their priorities. What's the most clear is that Portugal would be weaker, and how different the TTL Europe will be will start from there.