07-20-2006, 08:20 PM
Bears ArmedJul 20 2006, 11:14 AM MikitivityJul 20 2006, 04:21 PM The question is how much space or how big will Bears Armed be? [/quote]
Good question. I'm not sure how seriously people in this region take the NS-official population values, instead of scaling them down, but I suspect that in any case the value for Bears Armed is actually the number of [average-size] Humans that would have the same total mass as the number of Bears present. Our population stat's increase is partly through reproduction but [currently] more by the recruitment of outlying clans into the main 'nation' now that the latter's established contact with the outside world... Each Bear needs a bit more space than a Human would for their support, anyway, and then we're used to living at relatively low densities...
Maybe about a third to a half of that empty area? [/quote]
Mikitivity is somewhere closer to the 20 million mark in population -- think Canada. Not the 5 billion (China) that NationStates claims.
A number of other players ingore the game generated population marks. I also pretend that the tax rate in Mikitivity is similar to Norway -- 50%+ and that the standard of living is comparable to Switzerland, Norway, or the Netherlands. Food and Petrol are extremely expensive, but train fair is very reasonable ... airship travel is expensive (but you are pampered).
Anyways, the game should be fun to play -- so I say be creative!
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Good question. I'm not sure how seriously people in this region take the NS-official population values, instead of scaling them down, but I suspect that in any case the value for Bears Armed is actually the number of [average-size] Humans that would have the same total mass as the number of Bears present. Our population stat's increase is partly through reproduction but [currently] more by the recruitment of outlying clans into the main 'nation' now that the latter's established contact with the outside world... Each Bear needs a bit more space than a Human would for their support, anyway, and then we're used to living at relatively low densities...
Maybe about a third to a half of that empty area? [/quote]
Mikitivity is somewhere closer to the 20 million mark in population -- think Canada. Not the 5 billion (China) that NationStates claims.
A number of other players ingore the game generated population marks. I also pretend that the tax rate in Mikitivity is similar to Norway -- 50%+ and that the standard of living is comparable to Switzerland, Norway, or the Netherlands. Food and Petrol are extremely expensive, but train fair is very reasonable ... airship travel is expensive (but you are pampered).
Anyways, the game should be fun to play -- so I say be creative!
:jump: