chad powell wrote: > After giving a history I would like to justify why I believe that Rhudyns > population is lower than it should be. One reason given for Rhudyn having a > lower population was that it is a mountain land. That is true for some > part, but in our history we know that fertile mountains can support life > fairly easily, besides when mages can manipulate the land for an advantage > of producing food for communities it helps some. Also all of Rhudyn is not > mountains, in fact a very large trade route runs right along side of almost > all of its coast. This would cause the three main port cities to have a > very high population. There is also a lot of land stretching from the coast > to the mountain range, this land most certainly holds many farms, ranches, > fields, mines, villages, and larger towns. > The land has been united continuously even when under foreign control > and have suffered only one major war,(not counting cedonia) losing their > grip on the straight. There have also been several wars with Tana where Tana gained territory from Rhudyn. > (might I add that when this piece of territory was held > by rhudyn, this would have also greatly affected their population) Many > patriots and loyalist would have fled to Rhudyn controlled soil, others > would have stayed hoping to help their country gain control again some day. > A long running well established and controlled government and society will > always have a great effect on a population. Except that Rhudyn is part of the Free Cities, which are not known for effective governments. > Its just a few thoughts, hope it backs up my reasoning. Keeping in mind the above points, what do you think your population should be instead of 250,000? -- Jefferson http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
