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<blockquote data-quote="Hand of Evil" data-source="post: 5949874" data-attributes="member: 371">Hard to answer because every game is different.&nbsp; To me a city state is the area that a MAJOR city can support and maintain.&nbsp; 30 miles out (1 day travel) from a city is a lot of land but can be maintained by forts.&nbsp; 60 miles starts to become a problem.&nbsp; Add to that the fantasy race issue, hordes of orcs, elves, dwarves, etc., all with their own needs for resources, you start running into big problems.&nbsp; Now, don't forget the magic.&nbsp; Back in the middle ages &quot;The acre&quot; was the amount one could plow in one days work, 90% went to the king but with magic, that acre can be increased.&nbsp; So, how many people will an acre feed?&nbsp; With today's farming, 800 sq meters, or 1/5 of an acre can feed one person a year! You can build your own math from that.&nbsp; What is the population for the city?&nbsp; Divide that number by the amount an acre can feed, you then have how much land the city state will have to support itself.&nbsp; Look at your map, now where is that land going to come from?&nbsp; Some the sea, very little from the swamp, mountains are out.&nbsp; As you can see, there is no easy answer to the question.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hand of Evil, post: 5949874, member: 371"] Hard to answer because every game is different. To me a city state is the area that a MAJOR city can support and maintain. 30 miles out (1 day travel) from a city is a lot of land but can be maintained by forts. 60 miles starts to become a problem. Add to that the fantasy race issue, hordes of orcs, elves, dwarves, etc., all with their own needs for resources, you start running into big problems. Now, don't forget the magic. Back in the middle ages "The acre" was the amount one could plow in one days work, 90% went to the king but with magic, that acre can be increased. So, how many people will an acre feed? With today's farming, 800 sq meters, or 1/5 of an acre can feed one person a year! You can build your own math from that. What is the population for the city? Divide that number by the amount an acre can feed, you then have how much land the city state will have to support itself. Look at your map, now where is that land going to come from? Some the sea, very little from the swamp, mountains are out. As you can see, there is no easy answer to the question. ;) [/QUOTE]

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