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The following thread on me thinking that though there is debate regarding the profitability of European and other colonies in the Americas, Caribbean, Africa, Asia, etc (at least from the late 19th century onwards). Which colonies (and new world territories, etc) were actually profitable?

Also the challenge is to create a scenario where one European empire manages to hold most if not all the most profitable OTL colonies / territories to the point where it can either resist the trend towards decolonisation (or at minimum at lease decolonize at a significantly slower rate compared to OTL) perhaps making certain territories in departments (e.g. certain French territories / Overseas France, Japanese Taiwan, etc) and more.
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