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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Emirikol" data-source="post: 4246395" data-attributes="member: 10638">I figure this:   Population of 977Historical midieval earth analogue:"The typical farm has about 4 households per "hide" of 120 acres. Estimates of family size are ~4-5/household. Given 16-20 people per 120 acres "~  <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/london/agriculture/general/1/msg00070.html" target="_blank">http://www.ibiblio.org/london/agriculture/general/1/msg00070.html</a>So, let's do the math:Figure 100 people within the walls, 877 outside (18 people per 120 acres), One square mile = 640 acres, That's forty-nine 120 acre steads = 5880  acresThat's roughly 9 square miles surrounding the "town proper" of homesteads.  That math seems to work out about right for me..including increased density closer to town.If you grid out the map around the town, it's every square, including all the dungeon locales.XXXXWXXXXjay h</blockquote>