rhineland

[unmerged(9383)]

why do all my unemployed pops seem to be there none other province ever has unemployed pops. and thats without having factories without workers built so they might have just moved there

 

[Lamprey]

You have no factories there and are wondering why pops are unemployed? Build some.

 

[Darkrenown]

Historically the rhineland was fairly well industrialized so many of your factory worker pops have been placed there to encourage you to follow suite.

 

[Lamprey]

This is the first time I've ever seen someone unhappy about unemployed pops I personally see nothing wrong with being able to plunk down a clothing or steel factory and not having to worry about promoting pops, or having to watch the 4 farmers sit in a fruit orchard and knowing I can't promote them cause they're 1-2k in size.

 

[unmerged(25454)]

Do the sizes of populations actually HAVE an effect (other than for soldiers)? I mean, a pop of 50k craftsmen takes up the same amount of working space as a pop of 100 craftsmen. Is there a discernible difference in their resource output?

 

[Waffen9999]

Do the sizes of populations actually HAVE an effect (other than for soldiers)? I mean, a pop of 50k craftsmen takes up the same amount of working space as a pop of 100 craftsmen. Is there a discernible difference in their resource output?

Absolutely. The larger the size pop working the bigger the output. really noticeable with Clerks.

 

[Memnon]

Absolutely. The larger the size pop working the bigger the output. really noticeable with Clerks.

The difference is in their production efficiency, and there are staggered levels of size that matter. Here's the small table from my revised manual:

1 – 499: 33% efficiency
500 – 19,999: 50% efficiency
20,000 – 49,999: 75% efficiency
50,000 – 100,000: 100% efficiency

So if you think you have to choose between 56,000 and 80,000 person POPs, don't. They're just the same as far as the game is concerned. EXCEPT when it comes to Clerks (and probably Clergymen, for that matter). The actual number of Clerks does figure directly into how many research points you generate.

 

[Raph]

Check out the guide at http://victoria.nsen.ch/production_output/http://victoria.nsen.ch/production_output/

 

[Heretic]

also,
be very careful when promoting small POPs -
check the province and make sure that there is NOT another POP of less than 50,000 of the same nationality & religion.
If there is another one, they will assimilate, and all you espensive paper, luxury furniture or whatever will be wasted..

(ok, so I have managed to do this by mistake a couple of times, with small countries that really can't afford the additional expense)

Heretic