I mean, we only have two ashigaru for every samurai we put in the field. That strikes me as an awful lot of your military being made up of your military elite. The Wikipedia entry for Samurai does say that they ended up at something crazy like 10% of the population. Even accounting for much of the expansion of the class occurring long after they ceased being warriors, that does leave potential for a lot of samurai in this era.
Still, 1/3 of the military would surprise me. Where did Paradox get that number from?
Still, 1/3 of the military would surprise me. Where did Paradox get that number from?