Lefanis: Vladivostok is only an outpost, with a handful of men. Right now your centers of population in the far east are Nikolayevsk-on-Amur and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Think of the investment multiplication if the Swiss set up shop there! Hotels, schools, factories, industries will suddenly spring up.
Besides, the orders I sent last turn and this turn ought to speed up the growth.