Size and population
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:30 pm
After making my Hyperborean armed forces chart, I wanted to find a more accurate way to estimate how many men Hyperborea might have in its military. For which I need to know its populatio. For which I need to know the population of everywhere else in Shireroth, so I don't accidentally make my army way too big or way too small to make sense.
According to calculations performed via the MCS map, our land area is around 35 million square kilometers - about twice that of Russia, the real world's largest country. I had no idea we were that big. Someone else might want to verify it (hint: 1 MCS pixel = ~7 miles on a side = ~11 km on a side). The Benacian half is about 15 million (one Russia), the Kildare half is just a little less, and the islands round out the rest. This isn't counting Straylight - counting the ocean would blow the numbers completely out of control.
Russia's population is about 150 million. Since Shireroth is about twice as big as Russia, a simple estimate might be R*2=300 million. However, Russia is 180th out of 190 world countries in population density, 'cause lots of it of it is uninhabited Siberian tundra. The United States is three and a half times denser than Russia. Britain, Germany, and Italy cluster around twenty or thirty times denser than Russia (France is slightly less at 15R).
I see Shireroth as more rural than urban, but it also doesn't have a lot of large uninhabited tundra; north Elwynn and even Hyperborea and Cimmeria are all well-populated. So let's take America as a comparison. A country Shireroth's size with America's population density would have about R*2*3.5= 1.05 billion people.
Splitting Benacia into its three traditional Duchies, Brookshire is about the size of Australia, Goldshire is a bit bigger than India, and Elwynn is around the size of Argentina or Kazakhstan. The Isle (NOT Duchy) of Yardistan is the size of Poland, and larger than Britain! Hyperborea is bigger still, a bit larger than Japan. Quite a few of the Benacian counties are larger than Spain.
Giving everyone America-level population density, Brookshire's got about 210 million people (slightly fewer than America itself). Goldshire's got about 150 million - same as Russia or Japan. Elwynn's got 90 million - around the same as Germany. Most likely these numbers should be shifted in favor of Brookshire and away from Elwynn, since Elwynn's cold and somewhat mountainous. 300-100 -50 seems plausible.
That gives Brookshire 21 mil/county, Goldshire 12 mil/county, and Elwynn 10 mil per county or so. Giving Hyperborea a density equal to Iceland, it's got 1.2 million people; giving it one equal to Norway, it's got 5 million..
Mainland Kildare has about 450 million people divided among its 9 counties, for 50 million a county. Yardistan has about 9 million people on basis of America. Comparing it to the state of Hawaii, which might be more accurate, it's got about 20 million. You can eyeball any other island you're interested in by taking the ratio of its area to Yardistan's and correcting for latitude.
If you're working on recwar armies, feel free to take these numbers into account. I certainly think I need to give Hyperborea some more paladins at this rate.
According to calculations performed via the MCS map, our land area is around 35 million square kilometers - about twice that of Russia, the real world's largest country. I had no idea we were that big. Someone else might want to verify it (hint: 1 MCS pixel = ~7 miles on a side = ~11 km on a side). The Benacian half is about 15 million (one Russia), the Kildare half is just a little less, and the islands round out the rest. This isn't counting Straylight - counting the ocean would blow the numbers completely out of control.
Russia's population is about 150 million. Since Shireroth is about twice as big as Russia, a simple estimate might be R*2=300 million. However, Russia is 180th out of 190 world countries in population density, 'cause lots of it of it is uninhabited Siberian tundra. The United States is three and a half times denser than Russia. Britain, Germany, and Italy cluster around twenty or thirty times denser than Russia (France is slightly less at 15R).
I see Shireroth as more rural than urban, but it also doesn't have a lot of large uninhabited tundra; north Elwynn and even Hyperborea and Cimmeria are all well-populated. So let's take America as a comparison. A country Shireroth's size with America's population density would have about R*2*3.5= 1.05 billion people.
Splitting Benacia into its three traditional Duchies, Brookshire is about the size of Australia, Goldshire is a bit bigger than India, and Elwynn is around the size of Argentina or Kazakhstan. The Isle (NOT Duchy) of Yardistan is the size of Poland, and larger than Britain! Hyperborea is bigger still, a bit larger than Japan. Quite a few of the Benacian counties are larger than Spain.
Giving everyone America-level population density, Brookshire's got about 210 million people (slightly fewer than America itself). Goldshire's got about 150 million - same as Russia or Japan. Elwynn's got 90 million - around the same as Germany. Most likely these numbers should be shifted in favor of Brookshire and away from Elwynn, since Elwynn's cold and somewhat mountainous. 300-100 -50 seems plausible.
That gives Brookshire 21 mil/county, Goldshire 12 mil/county, and Elwynn 10 mil per county or so. Giving Hyperborea a density equal to Iceland, it's got 1.2 million people; giving it one equal to Norway, it's got 5 million..
Mainland Kildare has about 450 million people divided among its 9 counties, for 50 million a county. Yardistan has about 9 million people on basis of America. Comparing it to the state of Hawaii, which might be more accurate, it's got about 20 million. You can eyeball any other island you're interested in by taking the ratio of its area to Yardistan's and correcting for latitude.
If you're working on recwar armies, feel free to take these numbers into account. I certainly think I need to give Hyperborea some more paladins at this rate.
