The 2 nearest ports a nation doesn't own plus each top nation's nearest port can be flagged from any owned port by the owner's nation (or any nation from free ports).
Last round's top nations:Verenigde ProvinciënUnited StatesSverige· Pulls over 440 km hidden (too far to sail before the flag times out).
No conquest missions in neutral ports.
| San José | United States | 75 km | Nearest port |
| Penzacola | United States | 144 km | Nearest port |
| Mobile | United States | 192 km | Nearest port |
| Biloxi | United States | 206 km | Nearest port |
| Nouvelle-Orléans | United States | 212 km | Nearest port |
| Saint-Malo | United States | 240 km | Nearest port |
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| Iron Ore | San MarcosHereshallowNeutral | Production | here | Sarazota 187 · producedMobile 240 · produced | 76 |
| Stone Block | San MarcosHereshallowNeutral | Production | here | Penzacola 179 · producedTampa 192 · produced | 78 |
| Hemp | Hitten HatchashallowNeutral | Production | 48 | Cayo del Anclote 131 · producedBiloxi 257 · produced | 76 |
| Sugar | Hitten HatchashallowNeutral | Production | 48 | Santa Rosa 150 · producedIslamorada 372 · produced | 77 |
| Coal | ApalachicolaNeutral | Production | 49 | Sarazota 187 · producedMobile 240 · produced | 82 |
| Fir Log | ApalachicolaNeutral | Production | 49 | Penzacola 179 · producedTampa 192 · produced | 75 |
| Oak Log | ApalachicolaNeutral | Production | 49 | San José 94 · producedManataca 289 · produced | 75 |
| Lignum Vitae Log | Las SabinasshallowNeutral | Production | 81 | Gasparilla 227 · producedSaint-Malo 299 · produced | 75 |
| Provisions | Las SabinasshallowNeutral | Production | 81 | Cayo del Anclote 131 · producedBiloxi 257 · produced | 70 |