Wait, wait, 1+1 billion people? That may be a *little* overambitious, no?
Some interesting developments.
Some interesting developments.
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In any case.. shady update, I think I generally prefer the massive battles
Me too, but not in my city, for Gosh's sake!!!!!
Catalunya under assault?
Were the Catalaunian fields in Catalunya?
In any case.. shady update, I think I generally prefer the massive battles
Eh?!
Haha a wonderful 'pun' ... or perhaps we'll upgrade it to a 'reference' there XD . Looks like make or break : but the sinister plan is not simply to land and hold ... but take the Timepiece for themselves . The Persians are starting to get smarter by the minute ! And yes , Arturo is meant to be much darker after his experience in the jungle .
It is . The over-ambitiousness of it will be CENTRAL to the plots in the Vicky section and the HOI2 section as it comes up . it will also be a major theme near the end of this particular AAR
Me too, but not in my city, for Gosh's sake!!!!!
And I do love your city , Kurt ! time for it to shine in its moment of tribulation !
Thank you , sir
Glad the sinister feeling came across !
That many people in such horrid conditions must make for a huge Communist Party.
That many people in such horrid conditions must make for a huge Communist Party.
Another reason why it's very important for the Vicky side of things (which will definitely be a shorter piece than Timelines itself)
Shorter than Timelines is so open to interpretation...356 pages instead of 357...
I shall rephrase, essentially impossible. Suspension of disbelief failure and all that.
Shorter than Timelines is so open to interpretation...356 pages instead of 357...
Haha , naa . it'll be significantly shorter .
Oh ? what's so unbelievable about it ?
Tell me you don't mean "shine" as the shinning caused by "burn, baby, burn". We were sacked once by the moors -Almansur, ten centuries ago. That's enough, methinks...
Take a look at the size and terrain type of the Iberian peninsula.
Haha , now you're getting me excited for it !
Which is approximately 590,000 square kilometers .
If we assume an average of 1 billion / 365 days for visitors on any given day there would be 1,002,739,726 people on the peninsula . Assuming that we limit ourselves to areas where elevation is not too high or steep but leaving in the possibility of many many mountain-side slums . Let's say above 1500m (remember that although there are lots of areas in spain which are high , the central mesa is one example of its flatness steepness and extreme height would be the only problems) . That would leave us with approximately 80-85% habitable . Taking the top end up with approximately 501500 square kilometers .
Population density average would be approximately 2000 people per square kilometer .
Let's compare metropolitan area population densities:
Tokyo: 4049 people per square kilometer
Seoul: 4048
Mumbai: 8170
Cairo: 9031
Manila: 6466
Karachi: 10727
Hong Kong: 5179
Mexico City: 2784
Sao Paolo: 2223
Remember that these figures are for the METROPOLITAN AREAS so this includes suburbs and outlying satellite cities .
The Iberian Peninsula would be a large metropolitan zone but comfortably between Sao Paolo and Beijing . Or , if you prefer EU settings: in between Milan (2280) Rotterdam (1940) However , it's true that this presents tons of problems with such a huge agglomeration , however that is what the previous update was attempting to talk about considering that this is the HEART of a WORLD EMPIRE .
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Ah now, the way I read it was 1bln standard + 1 bln (at the same time) staying temporarily (it was not a pretty sentence to read
)Still a little overambitious, but at least *somewhat* more credible
Just because a density is sustainable for 30Mln people (the largest "city" I can find today) doesn't mean it's anywhere near sustainable for 1Bln. For one thing the distance from "service area" to serviced area is growing quite a bit (a factor of 5 if we assume "service areas" available all around, which is hardly the case for Iberia, even if we assume the Sahara connection works)
As I said to someone some time ago, tell to a Spamiard that he cannot do something. Just try.
'You can't put 1 billion people in the peninsula'.
And you'll get 2 billion people next time you look at it.
'You can't put 1 billion people in the peninsula'.
And you'll get 2 billion people next time you look at it.
Ah now, the way I read it was 1bln standard + 1 bln (at the same time) staying temporarily (it was not a pretty sentence to read
Still a little overambitious, but at least *somewhat* more credible
Just because a density is sustainable for 30Mln people (the largest "city" I can find today) doesn't mean it's anywhere near sustainable for 1Bln. For one thing the distance from "service area" to serviced area is growing quite a bit (a factor of 5 if we assume "service areas" available all around, which is hardly the case for Iberia, even if we assume the Sahara connection works)
And by today's standards it wouldn't be sustainable , but this is why such a mega-metropolitan zone and the first highly ubranized huge stretch of land will be of interest as a unique part of the timelines story . You always hear about cities but I thought that the idea of a global empire would help give rise to a country-city and thus drive some interesting narrative developments both now and down the line .
As I said to someone some time ago, tell to a Spamiard that he cannot do something. Just try.
'You can't put 1 billion people in the peninsula'.
And you'll get 2 billion people next time you look at it.
haha , the Spanish spirit ! too bad they're usually too busy fighting each other ! =(
It'll be rather intense , alright !
Upcatching time again... I just hope your longwindiness has taken a favourable turn...
Never knew the Spanish and us Scots had so much in common
I sense BAGPIPES!
Never knew the Spanish and us Scots had so much in common
Both hate the English ? You bet XD har har har .
Upcatching time again... I just hope your longwindiness has taken a favourable turn...
Huzzah
The belgian side of things has been rather underrepresented as of late !Oh boy , don't tempt me .
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