Re: Re: The number of devotees in a clan

From: Graham Robinson <graham_at_...>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:17:02 +0000

>1-2% Professional warriors
>1-2% Crafters
>1.5% Godi, Priests, magical speicalists
>1-2% thanes and nobility

But what about the farmers/hunters/fishers?

>which gives us a range between 4.5 to 7.5%. (45 to 75
>people in a 1000 person clan - something like the
>'pool' KoDP gives you for leaders).

Plus an equal number of farmers/hunters/fishers. Gives a total of 9 to 15%, which seems not much different from my 10% normal comment.

> Now I agree a
>wealthy clan might be higher, say 10%, but 20% is 1 in
>5 people (1 in every 2.5 adults, 200 magical
>specialists in 500 adults!) who are supported by the
>labor of others.

But as I've said, half that figure would be farmers/hunters/fishers who would support the clan as a whole. In other words, we seem to agree on how many non-food-producers a clan could support. Our disagreement appears to be only how many of the producers are also devotees.

Cheers,
Graham

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Graham Robinson
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