I think I'm finally starting to get a grip on the Combat in IH table: Military sizes such as Fair, Great, or Small are not absolutes, but are measured relative to the Size/Scope of the Society the military force belongs to--it's the only way I can get http://users.tkk.fi/~vesanto/ihfudge/military.html to make sense. Size Population Military% Nominal Standing# Provisional# ----- ---------- --------- -------- --------- ------------ Vast >500 mil 0.1% >500'000 >200'000 >2 mil Huge 500 mil 0.1% 500'000 200'000 2 mil Great 200 mil 0.1% 200'000 100'000 500'000 Big 20 mil 0.5% 100'000 30'000 200'000 Fair 2 mil 1.5% 30'000 10'000 100'000 Mediocre 200'000 5% 10'000 3'000 30'000 Small 20'000 15% 3'000 1'000 10'000 Very small 2'000 50% 1'000 300 2'000 Tiny 200 100% 200 20 200 A force of size Fair = Nation's population * Military%. So for the major players: Country 1458 Pop. Military% Force Size of Fair ----------- --------- --------- ------------------ Kaeir 810,000 5% 40,500 Mir 2,600,000 1.5% 39,000 Rhudyn/Tana* 1,800,000 1.5% 27,000 Sedonia 24,000,000 0.5% 120,000 Tanimbar* 1,800,000 1.5% 27,000 Zelkor 317,000 5% 15,850 I used 1.5% for Rhudyn/Tana and Tanimbar because 1.8 million is closer to 2 million than it is to 200,000. To find other sizes, use this table, where X=Size of Fair: Nation Size Step Down Step Up ------ --------- ------- Vast X/2 X*5 Huge X/2 X*5 Great X/2 X*5 Big X/3 X*3 Fair X/3 X*3 Mediocre X/3 X*3 Small X/3 X*3 Very small X/3 X*2 Tiny X/10 Not Possible So, a new table of relative Military sizes: Country Small Medio. Fair Big Great ----------- ------ ------ -------- ------- ------- Kaeir 4,500 13,500 40,500 121,500 364,500 Mir 4,300 13,000 39,000 117,000 351,000 Rhudyn/Tana 3,000 9,000 27,000 81,000 243,000 Sedonia 13,300 40,000 120,000 360,000 1,080,000 Tanimbar 3,000 9,000 27,000 81,000 243,000 Zelkor 1,760 5,280 15,850 47,550 142,650 Attempting to raise forces of Big or greater gives a Society a -1 per size level per year penalty to its Exploitation determinant. Andrew ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
