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<blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 3458620" data-attributes="member: 1231">Size and population in Eberron have been messed up since leaving Keith's hands. Originally, Khorvaire was a lot smaller than the current scale indicates. However, they never adjusted the populations. It has been said quite a few times to just multiply the populations of each nation by 10. Really, it doesn't matter except to versimilitude because the settlements of each nation only add up to 1/10th the current population, so there is no way for PCs to really see more than the current population first hand. Sharn, however, should get the huge population boost. For all the talk of war and medieval populations, Sharn has the advantage of magic, and comparable to medieval society even their non-magical healing is probably pretty advanced. If you operate on Eberron's assumption that magic IS technology, then it becomes clear that their populations would be looking for towards a period that was as technologically advanced, like, oh, the 19th Century. From Wikipedia:London: 1600 AD - 150, 000; 1700 AD - 550,000; 1800 AD - 960,000; 1900 AD - 6,506,954In the technological period which magic in Eberron approximates, there was a MASSIVE population boom. I don't think it would really be a stretch to say that the most advanced city on the face of Khorvaire has a population of at least a million, especially given its physical size. Not only has it been barely touched by the war, it has had an influx of refugees from other parts of Breland, and Cyre, swelling the population.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kaodi, post: 3458620, member: 1231"] Size and population in Eberron have been messed up since leaving Keith's hands. Originally, Khorvaire was a lot smaller than the current scale indicates. However, they never adjusted the populations. It has been said quite a few times to just multiply the populations of each nation by 10. Really, it doesn't matter except to versimilitude because the settlements of each nation only add up to 1/10th the current population, so there is no way for PCs to really see more than the current population first hand. Sharn, however, should get the huge population boost. For all the talk of war and medieval populations, Sharn has the advantage of magic, and comparable to medieval society even their non-magical healing is probably pretty advanced. If you operate on Eberron's assumption that magic IS technology, then it becomes clear that their populations would be looking for towards a period that was as technologically advanced, like, oh, the 19th Century. From Wikipedia: London: 1600 AD - 150, 000; 1700 AD - 550,000; 1800 AD - 960,000; 1900 AD - 6,506,954 In the technological period which magic in Eberron approximates, there was a MASSIVE population boom. I don't think it would really be a stretch to say that the most advanced city on the face of Khorvaire has a population of at least a million, especially given its physical size. Not only has it been barely touched by the war, it has had an influx of refugees from other parts of Breland, and Cyre, swelling the population. [/QUOTE]

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