Low-Tech Kingdom Population Density? - Page 2

Sunrunners_Fire · 07-15-2013, 09:50 PM

I have a low-tech fantasy kingdom, isolated from the rest of the world due to accidents of geography, history and magic. It is intended to be self-sufficient at TL 4~ and so can thereby be assumed to have a minimum population of 700,000 using the numbers on (GURPS Space, pg 91) as a guideline. The available geography for said kingdom is 3,472 square miles of arable land. With a minimum population of 700,000, this gives a minimum population density of 202~.

I'm not sure that is a reasonable number. If it is reasonable, how high can I take it before it becomes unreasonable? If it isn't reasonable, how low should I reduce it to? Sources so I can figure this out for myself are welcome!

(At 700,000~ population, it has a per-capita income of G$12,480, Average Wealth and an economic volume of G$8,736,000,000. It doesn't have a trade volume as it has no trade with outside kingdoms. Average Wealth's monthly income is G$800, a CR of 3, a MBF of 2% and so it has a G$11,200,000 monthly budget for the kingdom's military and police forces.)

07-15-2013, 09:50 PM	#1
Sunrunners_Fire Join Date: Mar 2010	Low-Tech Kingdom Population Density? I have a low-tech fantasy kingdom, isolated from the rest of the world due to accidents of geography, history and magic. It is intended to be self-sufficient at TL 4~ and so can thereby be assumed to have a minimum population of 700,000 using the numbers on (GURPS Space, pg 91) as a guideline. The available geography for said kingdom is 3,472 square miles of arable land. With a minimum population of 700,000, this gives a minimum population density of 202~. I'm not sure that is a reasonable number. If it is reasonable, how high can I take it before it becomes unreasonable? If it isn't reasonable, how low should I reduce it to? Sources so I can figure this out for myself are welcome! (At 700,000~ population, it has a per-capita income of G$12,480, Average Wealth and an economic volume of G$8,736,000,000. It doesn't have a trade volume as it has no trade with outside kingdoms. Average Wealth's monthly income is G$800, a CR of 3, a MBF of 2% and so it has a G$11,200,000 monthly budget for the kingdom's military and police forces.)