From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Fri 17 Jul 1998 - 02:38:14 EEST
David Dunham notes that Sartar does not practice irrigation, but nonetheless
think they have a commensurate population density:
> Looking at things from a different angle: an average clan has about 2 hexes
> on the Dragon Pass boardgame map; [...] you get 1920 people per
> clan, max. Since clans are usually smaller in population, this fits well --
> not all land is under productive use.
Different angle, much the same conclusion, I think. I'm not sure how
many clans there are in total, but since Sartar occupies about 200 hexes,
and has a population of 180,000, that's nearly 1000 people per hex.
That would only be feasible if not only almost all land were in
productive use, but that it almost all be _arable_ land, which is just
not at all sensible. I think one will find that historical population
figures for more "advanced" cultures, in areas with less heavy relief
are lower. (Sorry, don't have any statistics to hand -- will check
out such references as I can find in our library.)
Slainte,
Alex.
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