> Fair enough. I'll go with this scale for the Lunar Empire. So - using
> the current map in ILH1 and on the website but just changing the
> scale OK? So using the map in ILH1 :-
> Current East-West line from westernmost edge Bindle to easternmost
> Oraya a bit more than 15cm = approx 550 miles. So to get this
> distance to 1000 miles we need to nearly double the scale of the map.
> The North-South line from northernmost Karasal to southermost Tarsh
> is approx. 17cm = approx 600 miles so to stop the map distorting this
> distance wouold become about 1200 miles. The distance from
> Northenmost Karasal to southermost Sylila (the southermost satrapy)
> would be about 900 miles. So I guess the Lunar Empire not including
> the provinces would then be around 1000 miles by 1000 miles.
>
> So all in all multiply the scale of the maps of the Lunar Empire in
> ILH1 and on the website by 2. Does that sound OK?
Yes, sounds about right.
> I think the map of Dragon Pass in Dragon Pass, Land of Thunder seems
> to at the same scale. If we roughly double the scale on that Sartar
> will then be:
> On the map of Sartar in Dragon Pass Land of Thunder Sartar is -
> from the edge of Snakepipe Hollow to just south of Wilmskirk is
> directly North South approx 17cm = 77 miles x 2 = 144 miles.
> from a line from the edge of Upland Marsh to the edge of Prax
> directly East to West is 13.5 cm = 65 miles x 2 = 130 miles.
>
> How does this sound? Is it close enough?
A bit too large, actually. The map of Dragon Pass, the game, makes it about 100 miles n/s.
> As to the population I'll leave it alone then. At least it'll still
> match the population of Sartar which is low as well. Would the figure
> of 7 330 000 for the Lunar Empire be for all the population, all the
> adult population or all the heads of households?
/Genertela Book/ says "total population."
> The population of Sartar in 1617 - about 160 000 aged over 5 not
> including the Far Place and the Pol Joni - does this sound about
> right?
Close enough. /Genertela Book/ says 180,000, but think that is counting Aldachur.
--GS
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