remove me from this mailing list RulingNations@aol.com wrote:In a message dated 11/18/03 5:32:22 AM Mountain Standard Time, RulingNations@aol.com writes: >In a message dated 11/16/03 10:32:41 PM Mountain Standard Time, >andrewdj54701@yahoo.com writes: > >>That said, I still think we should adjust the numbers upward. My >>approach is not, "Hm, those numbers are awfully low, how can I explain >>that?" My approach in this case is, "Hm, those numbers are awfully low, >>what should they be changed to to be realistic?" > >I can do some work on this, but I probably won't be able to get any decent >numbers posted until Sunday (Nov 23). OK. Finally got some numbers. I've assumed a two-field rotation, the invention and use of the horse collar, some minor magic in cultivation, and a low population so that only the best 10% of land is cultivated. For the Midsea area this works out to an average population of 5,000 per pixel (25 square miles) of which about 50% is directly involved in cultivating the land. As population density increases so must the proportion of the population directly involved in agriculture. A doubling of the population would mean about 75% of the population directly involved in agriculture. Using these numbers the isle of Orasaren should have a total population around 56,250,000 with each free city controlling about 6,250,000. Jefferson http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
