What are the two main functions of a colony?

A colony is a group of people who settle in a new place but keep ties to their homeland. British powers and other European powers colonized most of the third world countries back in time. The main function of colonies are:

b) trade is easy because of the direct line between their major ports. bilateral trade reached 89,6 thousand million.

glass wants to live in a world of super heroes and villains. he have lived all his life trying to be responsible for the creating the origin story of a super hero; he schemed and caused many incidents (many of them fatal) hoping that someday someone with superpowers would show up and save the day.

he knew himself very much. he saw himself as a villain of a real-life super hero story. he was aware of his strengths (more than smart enough for being manipulative and scheming) and weaknesses (having fragile bones and having to rely on his mind to succeed).