To begin colonizing your country, find any resources  that are useful in the place that you are looking for. Ghana was an example of abundant resources and was next to other countries with resources. Ghana was mostly known for gold and salt. In the past, Ghana used to trade a lot of its gold in a secret trade that...not anyone knew about. Having useful resources, not just minerals, for example wood, agriculture products, etc; can make your country's economy better (once you have colonized it).

When you first settle in, make sure not to look too violent. Use strategies or another smarter ways of settling in. This way, natives won't get a bad impression of you. This was kind of different with the Europeans, they had to fight with the Ashanti. If you establish roughly, you can make natives be against you, but if this doesn't happen, you can just control them once you are completely established. Resistance can be against you also, but its best to add punishments to prevent this.With punishments, resistance will not be possible, so its better to have some, unless you want to be friends with the natives.  

Culture and traditions would be other parts of settling into the country. You may notice strange native traditions. If you like it, or have no problem in leaving it alone, it is fine, but if you do not want it, force your traditions and culture in. It will be evident that traditions will not hurt ideas, or your power, but they may give you a richer culture if it is  left alone. This was the case when Africans were brought to the new world, even in racist years, white people did not prohibit Africans from dancing and singing, they saw it as something different and sometimes even encouraged them. Some modern music types have roots in African music. This way, your culture will be better if your culture is...not that interesting.

The last step is maintaining your country as stable as possible. You need to focus on main  sections to prevent conflicts. First, you need to focus on executive, legislative and judicial branches. Make sure laws are being accomplished, and there is a system of laws and punishment. Also, it would be better if you separate your country into sections, and have control of them  in  a  organized way. The best way of avoiding conflicts with natives is making treaties or including them with your people. Besides, make sure you have a lot of knowledge before taking control, this way, your power will not have any problems. Another important thing would be having a source of profit. With this, your country can have commercial agreements with other countries or colonies,  will not go into bankrupt, and will be able to cover expenses. Since avoiding bankrupts is very important, be sure to add a system where your country's population pays for  governmental needs. Finally, be sure to include people, to help you to administrate your country, but choose the most honest ones, to avoid fraudulence.

Hopefully, if you brought new technology, new ideas,and new concepts, these may be combined with the country's ideas and concepts. The same thing happened to the Europeans and Ghana, their European technology and African resources combined, for example, wheelbarrows and gold, and new religions and beliefs.

The   way  the   this   guide    recommends    how   to   colonize   a   country   is   the   way    the   author   would   colonize   his   chosen   PBL   village, answering   the   question "How   would  you  colonize  your  village?"