Vermont, the new French colonial possession, began its life as a source of vast wealth following the French subjugation of the Lacustre people, which allowed France to increase resource allocation to the region throughout the 1560s and 1570s. Vermont, named after the native peoples initially encountered, quickly yielded immense profits through gold and silver mining in its interior and the cultivation of valuable crops such as tumates and laucstgrain. To differentiate this new landmass from Madjrit's Mamlakarabia, the French initially called it Veridia, after the Latin term for "forest," capturing the continent's expansive wilderness. However, honoring the famed explorer, the continent soon became widely known as Mornaea (North America).

While France consolidated its holdings, other European powers, notably the Dutch Republic, sought their own colonial advantage. The Dutch, engaged in their war for independence in Europe, sent expeditions from the 1580s into the early 17th century to chart Mornaea. They established their first colony, New Netherland, in 1606. This location, corresponding to Florida, proved inhospitable, marked by humidity, swamps, alligators, and frequent, powerful storms the Dutch termed Draeywinds (hurricanes). Finding no abundance after two decades and deeming the colony a "wasteful hellhole," the Dutch abandoned their focus on the mainland.

The Dutch shifted their focus southward to the island chains of the Karib Sea. In 1617, they discovered an island with soil highly suitable for cultivating valuable cash crops such as sugar, coffee, and rooktabak (tobacco). By 1630, this profitable colony, Cobanen (Cuba), was selling its exports vigorously in Amsterdam. Facing a labor shortage due to indigenous population decline, the Dutch entered into a controversial alliance with the Madjritis in the 1640s, trading West African slaves for prime access to the Cobanen sugar market. This arrangement allowed the Dutch to bypass Madjriti taxes on the Southern Atlantic, effectively granting them unhindered access to India.

The French, reacting to the Dutch-Madjriti success, sought to fulfill their original objective for the New World expedition: crossing the Pacific. In 1632, a French fleet sailed west from Vermont, eventually discovering an archipelago. There, they noted Islamic settlements in the southern part of the chain and an encounter with the Chinese Ming Empire in the north. After being warned off by the Ming, the French continued south and concluded they had found the Iles Moluques (Moluccas), the crucial source of the spice trade. Returning with reinforced fleets, France established significant influence over the Moluques between the 1630s and 1650s, gaining control over a vast portion of the global spice market. The Dutch, following suit, established trading ports on the Indian subcontinent.

The Dutch also successfully secured trade with Cipangu (Japan) after the French were expelled for insisting on Christianizing the populace. The Dutch approach, focusing strictly on profit, secured Cipangu as a unique and lucrative market for them. Seeing the Dutch and French successes, the Polish-Swedish Union and the Danes launched their own expeditions to the New World in the 1620s and 1640s.

The Polish-Swedes established colonies on the islands of Lukorana (Jamaica) and Vasaon (The Bahamas). However, Danish efforts to settle in the profitable region led to the "War for the Sugar Islands" (1643–1647). The Dutch eventually triumphed in this conflict, which coincided with the broader Ten Years' War in Europe. The French opportunistically seized territory during this time, establishing colonies on Ile Blanche (Barbados) and Ile des Collines (Martinique). The war concluded with Denmark ceding Kruiden Eiland (Grenada) to the Dutch in 1647, securing the Netherlands' naval and commercial dominance in the Karib Sea. The Danes, relegated to cooler, northern areas of Mornaea, subsequently established Vabanakien (Canadian Maritimes) as a small colony focused on timber, cod, and furs.