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The Domesday Book

Penned by Brandon Blackmoor, based on Medieval Demographics Made Easy by S. John Ross

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Land Mass

The population density of , due to factors such as climate, geography, and political environment, is persons per km².

occupies km² ( hexes, each km across and roughly km² in area). Roughly of this is arable land, or km². The remaining km² is divided among wilderness, rivers, lakes, and the like.

Population

's population is approximately persons.

residents are isolated or itinerant.
residents live in villages.
residents live in towns.
residents live in cities.
residents live in big cities.

The average distance between villages is km.
The average distance between towns is km.
The average distance between cities (including big cities) is km.

supports Universities.

supports head of livestock:
fowl (e.g. chickens, geese, ducks).
dairy and meat animals (e.g. cows, goats, pigs, sheep).

Large population centers of any scale are the result of traffic. Coastlines, navigable rivers and overland trade-routes form a criss-crossing pattern of trade-arteries, and the towns and cities grow along those lines. The larger the artery, the larger the town. And where several large arteries converge, you have a city. Villages are scattered densely through the country between the larger settlements.

Castles and Fortifications

The inhabitants of have been building castles for the last years.

There are approximately standing fortifications in .

castles are in active use.
castles are ruined or abandoned.

castles are located in settled areas.
castles are located in remote areas, unsettled areas, or wilderness.

(All numbers are approximate, particularly where ruins and wilderness are concerned.)

Towns and Cities

A settlement (e.g. ) in with a population of will occupy roughly km² ( acres).

A settlement this size with law enforcement will probably have armed agents of the ruling authority (guardsmen, watchmen, etc.).

This settlement will probably have the following businesses and services available. (A percentage chance is indicated where no certainty exists.)

Apothecaries	Fishmongers	Priests
Bakers	Furriers	Pursemakers
Barbers	Glovemakers	Roofers
Bathers	Harness-Makers	Ropemakers
Beer-Sellers	Hatmakers	Rugmakers
Blacksmiths	Hay Merchants	Saddlers
Bleachers	Illuminators	Scabbardmakers
Bookbinders	Inns	Sculptors
Booksellers	Jewelers	Shoemakers
Buckle Makers	Lawyers/Advocates	Spice Merchants
Butchers	Locksmiths	Tailors
Carpenters	Maidservants	Tanners
Chandlers	Masons	Taverns/Restaurants
Chicken Butchers	Mercers	Watercarriers
Clergy	Noble Households	Weavers
Coopers	Old-Clothes	Wine-Sellers
Copyists	Painters	Woodcarvers
Cutlers	Pastrycooks	Woodsellers
Doctors	Plasterers

Revised 2002-06-09 by Brandon Blackmoor
Based on Medieval Demographics Made Easy by S. John Ross

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