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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9375645" data-attributes="member: 22779">Well, true.&nbsp; Basically, everything west of the mountains west of Greyhawk ceased to exist.&nbsp; The lands of Greyhawk proper were mostly empty as it was the movement of the Suloise and Baklunish, for lack of better term, refugees that mostly settled large swaths of Greyhawk. The point being, the lands that are typically associated with Greyhawk are really, really sparse.&nbsp; This is a major difference from Forgotten Realms where there are settlements, and quite large settlements, all over the place.&nbsp; Put it this way.&nbsp; The Great Kingdom, including the North and South Provinces and Medegia is roughly 3 million square miles.&nbsp; About the size of Australia.&nbsp; It has a total population of 5 million.&nbsp; That's it.&nbsp; That's the total population of the Great Kingdom. That's the population density of Greenland!Or, put it another way. Greyhawk has an official population of just shy of 70 000.&nbsp; That's a bit bigger than half the size of Baldur's Gate.&nbsp; Never minding Waterdeep.&nbsp; Or, about half the size of Athkathla.&nbsp; Granted, it's quite a bit bigger than Neverwinter (about 30 000) but, considering Neverwinter is one of FOUR major cities on the Sword Coast - a sparsely inhabited area of Faerun, I think it's very fair to say that Greyhawk is FREAKING EMPTY.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9375645, member: 22779"] Well, true. Basically, everything west of the mountains west of Greyhawk ceased to exist. The lands of Greyhawk proper were mostly empty as it was the movement of the Suloise and Baklunish, for lack of better term, refugees that mostly settled large swaths of Greyhawk. The point being, the lands that are typically associated with Greyhawk are really, really sparse. This is a major difference from Forgotten Realms where there are settlements, and quite large settlements, all over the place. Put it this way. The Great Kingdom, including the North and South Provinces and Medegia is roughly 3 million square miles. About the size of Australia. It has a total population of 5 million. That's it. That's the total population of the Great Kingdom. That's the population density of Greenland! Or, put it another way. Greyhawk has an official population of just shy of 70 000. That's a bit bigger than [I]half [/I]the size of Baldur's Gate. Never minding Waterdeep. Or, about half the size of Athkathla. Granted, it's quite a bit bigger than Neverwinter (about 30 000) but, considering Neverwinter is one of FOUR major cities on the Sword Coast - a sparsely inhabited area of Faerun, I think it's very fair to say that Greyhawk is FREAKING EMPTY. [/QUOTE]

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