Comments on: Medieval Demographics Online

By: Erin D. Smale

Erin D. Smale — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:37:32 +0000

@Rex Loewen : You’re right–universities are very rare. Based on the source material, the output is 1 University for every 27.3 million people.

You could come up with a university-to-population ratio that fits in better with your campaign, or you could add your universities “manually,” based on what you want in your campaign.

If you download the offline version, the University calculation is lines 107-110 of the “pop_functions.js” file.

By: Rex Loewen

Rex Loewen — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:03:06 +0000

I have playing with the numbers but cannot seem to generate a University.
What does it take before my kingdom, realm, country, province, whatever supports a University?

Thank you in advance.

Rex A. Loewen

By: Erin D. Smale

Erin D. Smale — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:12:30 +0000

@Summer : What? You mean that 2-line sentence buried in a sea of text?

You’re not the first one to ask, though, and I should update for the current version of Chimera. Thanks for the nudge.

By: Summer

Summer — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:58:31 +0000

Thanks, that helps a lot! I must’ve missed that particular line…

By: Erin D. Smale

Erin D. Smale — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:29:06 +0000

@Summer : It's the entire population (i.e., every single living inhabitant). Details about determining workforce are found in the companion article, "Low-fantasy Populations." Specifically: "Not all citizens are workers; the Generator groups citizens into households of 4.75 each. These include one or two parents and children of various (pre-marital) ages." Hope this helps!

By: Summer

Summer — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:35:11 +0000

The population number of people in a settlement: Does this number represent the entire population (including children and the elderly, i.e. non-labor force) or the adult population able to provide work?

By: Evil Eli

Evil Eli — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:43:20 +0000

Tks, I got it working!

By: Erin Smale

Erin Smale — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:39:01 +0000

@Evil Eli : Just unzip the download into its own directory. Navigate to that directory and double-click on the 'lowfantasypop.html'. It should open in your web browser, and you can work it from there (it won't look as pretty as the above). Drop me a line if you get stuck (admin AT welshpiper DOT com).

By: Evil Eli

Evil Eli — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:05:33 +0000

How do you use the offline version? I downloaded it but I am lost after that

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