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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 2468534" data-attributes="member: 463">From your description it sounds like there are enough survivors (several hundred) &amp; retired veterans (unstated, but could be in the thousands) that there wouldn't be much trouble finding leaders for a new army of 5,000 or even 10,000.&nbsp; The kingdom may wish to hire mercenaries to help train the new recruits but it doesn't sound strictly necessary.From everything you've said, if this is a typical feudal kingdom that was able to field an army of 5,000 + 45,000 levied militia, IMO there are no manpower reasons it would be able to field another force of 50,000 within a year.&nbsp; There might be financial or logistic reasons it could not afford to do so, and GDP might decline if there were a labour shortage, but probably by no more than 5-10%.&nbsp;&nbsp; If this is a wealthy kingdom the smart thing to do would be to recruit a trained professional army larger than the last one, and let the farmers keep farming, they could field an army of ca 20,000 without a noticeable effect on GDP - in fact the increased economic activity of the soldiers spending their pay may fuel the economy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 2468534, member: 463"] From your description it sounds like there are enough survivors (several hundred) & retired veterans (unstated, but could be in the thousands) that there wouldn't be much trouble finding leaders for a new army of 5,000 or even 10,000. The kingdom may wish to hire mercenaries to help train the new recruits but it doesn't sound strictly necessary. From everything you've said, if this is a typical feudal kingdom that was able to field an army of 5,000 + 45,000 levied militia, IMO there are no manpower reasons it would be able to field another force of 50,000 within a year. There might be financial or logistic reasons it could not afford to do so, and GDP might decline if there were a labour shortage, but probably by no more than 5-10%. If this is a wealthy kingdom the smart thing to do would be to recruit a trained professional army larger than the last one, and let the farmers keep farming, they could field an army of ca 20,000 without a noticeable effect on GDP - in fact the increased economic activity of the soldiers spending their pay may fuel the economy. [/QUOTE]

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