Can anyone confirm the size of one city plot? I might want to try making a miniature city if I could figure out the scale ....
Ah, yeah, forgot we have the FAQ.
So.... if a total of 9 tiles gives about 36 km2 to work on..... and if we unleash the full potential of the tiles to (about?) 16, we'll get... 64 km2 .... and the city I'm working on would probably need about 400 km2, making the scale .... 1 to 6.25 (which is quite reasonable), and making the in-game population count to work towards 480,000 people.... Seems reasonable.....
With modding you'll be able to build on all 25 buildable tiles, giving you a 100km² square (no guarantees your pc won't explode though, and no technical support when you do this mod). There's also 2 tiles in every direction for horizons/eyecandy. So you'll be able to build on 10x10km from a 18x18km map.