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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 806406" data-attributes="member: 4937">I don't have any numbers in front of me, but the following should be 'close'.1) Generally speaking < 1%.   By standing army, I generally consider you to mean a professional force capable of sustained offensive action outside the confines of the country.2) Well, speaking in medieval/ancient terms, it wouldn't get any greater.  What would happen is that the rulers might decide to hire more foreign mercenaries, and they might decide to levy and muster some non-aristocratic caste.  Freemen might be required to assemble with thier weapons (which the law would require them to have), or the peasants might be levied with whatever they had available.   I'd say that the reserve force of the country tops out at about 15% of the population and is more reasonably about 8%.3) Depends alot on the size of the kingdom.  Take the distance of the farthest point in the kingdom from where you intend to muster.   Divide that distance by some small number (say 4-8 depending on how good the transportation is), to determin the number of days it takes for the word to get out and everyone to arrive.  Generally, if the resulting number is above 60 or so, it is not possible to muster non-professional troops from that far away.  It is also not possible to muster troops during the harvest season without risking starving the whole population.   Moving a standing force would be a little bit faster (and possibly a reserve force once it is mustered if the nation is _very_ well organized).  Divide by 8-15 for most units, and by 20 for elite units over short distances.I had pretty extensive 1st edition rules for creating levies, but I don't know how good they will seem for 3rd edition.</blockquote>

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