Sure. I figured it is obvious they are colonies on non farming islands. Thats seems ludicrous to me. But I guess if you are spending gold you could theoretically get that colony up to a decent size by the end of bp. You would also need some good places to farm close to you to make it work as well. Though, farming has not started yet so even with gold it would be slow going. Seems like a waste of a cp to me but it could work I guess.