From: Nick Eden (pheasant@cix.compulink.co.uk)
Date: Wed 02 Nov 1994 - 20:17:00 EET
In-Reply-To: <9411010816.AA26201@glorantha.Holland.Sun.COM>
>unless Greg wants to tell us that
>Sartar has a population of about ~500,000 - or the 180,000 is adults only
IMHO King of Sartar is wrong. I don't know if it's deliberately wrong, but I suspect that it's part of the historical tradition of exagerating numbers. From the figures given in KoS we find that Sartar has a population density on a par with the modern United Kingdom. (Which is higher than that of the USA)
Many real historical documents multiply numbers by ten or more in order to make the king that's reading them feel important.
I'm not very convinced by clans that are 1500 people big either. Surely with 1500 people about you don't need to worry too much about inbreeding? Any genetics experts out there?
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