As you all may have noticed, the current method of counting the population isn't satisfactory. as we all know, population has changed both positively and negatively. The most common positive factors were
1) immigration (Siberia, America, the german "Drang nach Osten"
2) natural increase due to high stability etc.
You don't have to be an expert to notice that immigration had a bigger impact than natural increase. The latter was just too slow and the infant mortality rates were astronomical.
the most common negative factors were:
1) plundering, which includes killing native populations
2) ethnic and religious cleansing (too many examples in history to be listed here, you get the point)
3) famine, disease
and last but not least 4) EMIGRATION. the human race is a dynamic one and this has just been neglected in EU. whenever a certain area was hit by a flood, famine, conquerors or such the people seeked refuge in nearby lands, in most of the cases they stayed there for ever. numerous millions fled before the turks, spanish, inquisitons and such. So, what I'm suggesting is;
1) a random event system: say, the province of milan has had an extremely bad harvest and 25 percent of population has emigrated to genoa (of course, the numbers may be too high). or, the turks just conquered bosnia, and 40 percent of population flees to croatia and dalmatia.
2) you should be able to conduct and order ehnic cleansing or religious ones. think catarina de medici and the hugenots, think the inquisiton and the exodus of the jews and moslems from spain, think various other examples
3) this may not be necessary, but you should be able to kill off the population of the province you're sieging. i found my self trying to achieve just that when i wanted to convert a province with a population near 5000. of course, this could be modelled by higher population losses caused by occupation, so instead of the usual EU -7 percent this should be at least 20 percent. then again, there is the emigration.
Think about these. All of these played a key role in human history and neglecting it isn't cool. and it's not hard to code either
P.S: Oh and by the way, i'm very satisfied by the facts that they are actually changing the european borders. Do I see Montenegro next to Albania in the Week 35 screenshot or is it just me?
1) immigration (Siberia, America, the german "Drang nach Osten"
2) natural increase due to high stability etc.
You don't have to be an expert to notice that immigration had a bigger impact than natural increase. The latter was just too slow and the infant mortality rates were astronomical.
the most common negative factors were:
1) plundering, which includes killing native populations
2) ethnic and religious cleansing (too many examples in history to be listed here, you get the point)
3) famine, disease
and last but not least 4) EMIGRATION. the human race is a dynamic one and this has just been neglected in EU. whenever a certain area was hit by a flood, famine, conquerors or such the people seeked refuge in nearby lands, in most of the cases they stayed there for ever. numerous millions fled before the turks, spanish, inquisitons and such. So, what I'm suggesting is;
1) a random event system: say, the province of milan has had an extremely bad harvest and 25 percent of population has emigrated to genoa (of course, the numbers may be too high). or, the turks just conquered bosnia, and 40 percent of population flees to croatia and dalmatia.
2) you should be able to conduct and order ehnic cleansing or religious ones. think catarina de medici and the hugenots, think the inquisiton and the exodus of the jews and moslems from spain, think various other examples
3) this may not be necessary, but you should be able to kill off the population of the province you're sieging. i found my self trying to achieve just that when i wanted to convert a province with a population near 5000. of course, this could be modelled by higher population losses caused by occupation, so instead of the usual EU -7 percent this should be at least 20 percent. then again, there is the emigration.
Think about these. All of these played a key role in human history and neglecting it isn't cool. and it's not hard to code either
P.S: Oh and by the way, i'm very satisfied by the facts that they are actually changing the european borders. Do I see Montenegro next to Albania in the Week 35 screenshot or is it just me?
