As someone almost completely mathematically illiterate (well, if i hit my head against a wall until it sinks in, i can get it, but its agonising), here's what the simplified equation produced for me given the Kaeirean islands population of 124000, the Kaeirean Tirmaeir population of 510000, and a guesstimate population of Saltrim as 480120 = 1,114,120. 16*SQRT(1114120.176) = 16888.3 I'd also throw in a 10% reduction on Kaeirean forces, due to the amount of suitable manpower that is needed for the merchant marine (Kaeirean ships are though, obligated to carry arms at all times and be convertible to warships, and in times of war are obligated to serve in the Home Fleet), at the expense of the military. Which would make a nominal total of 15200. If this is the case, I can see the Office of the Inquisitor, the Colonial Office, the Kaeiran military and conservative lords agitating for an expansion of land and sea forces in the near future. Any comments? Ibrahim Andrew Janssen wrote: >Thank goodness for the internet! I found a website that does all the >nasty calculation of exponential regression for me. Army sizes in >Celandra can be approximately calculated using the formula: > >y = 16.2645x^0.518867 > >or, if you're in a hurry and just want a quick'n'dirty number, > >y = 16 * squareroot(x) > >where x is the population of the country and y is the nominal army size. >The equation doesn't *quite* fit for x > 200,000,000 or so, but for most > MidSea countries, it should work adequately. > >Andrew > >Andrew Janssen wrote: > > >>I'm trying to work out some sort of equation, such that you can plug >>your population number into it and get your nominal army size out. >>Unfortunately for me, the military% changes nonlinearly, and it's been >>seven years since I took calculus. I can tell from plotting the existing >>points that any such equation would involve exponential functions, but >>like I said, my math is really rusty. >> >>Anyone out there with decent math skills? I can probably figure it out >>if I bang my head against it often enough, but I'd like to spare myself >>as much pain as possible. >> >>Andrew >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net. >> >> >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
