Re: Historical population of Genertela

From: illuminate33 <inarsus-ferilt_at_...>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:27:33 -0000

Thank you for your answer, Jeff:

I now have rough calculation of the Dawn Age sparsely populated central Genertela. Third Age Genertela contains much more population,  thus the size of the troops are bigger than the troops of the legendary era.

And I still don't know about the population of Imperial Age empires except Peter's surmise without enough input (only the dead numbers in Dragonkill...) IIRC. Maybe the lack of information is in Greg's intention, or maybe not.

Is there any additional information planned in upcoming Guide to Glorantha?

TI

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> This is correct. Greg and I worked out how quickly various poulation groups would double in population given a number of variables (Theyalans, hostile neighbors, room to grow, etc). Growth slowed after about 100 or 150 as the easiest good land was already claimed.
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> This is in fact the principle Greg and I used in developing the population figures for the First Age. Population probably reached a peak circa 350 and dropped precipitiously by 450 and probably did not return to its former numbers until 800 or even later.
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