I have a bunch of minor kingdoms, modeled loosely on Italian city-states or German principalities. Most of them have populations in the 20,000-30,000range: One town of 2000-3000 and the rest in farming villages with populations of afew hundred each. My question is: How much government would these kingdoms have? How many ministers, how many minions, how many royal servants, etc.?
Hello, The answer is of course flexible. Here are some ideas... weatth ratio in an Italian merchant city state http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/catasto/newsearch/map.html agrarian ratio http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/hist_periods/Population.htm Miltary caste http://department.monm.edu/history/urban/books/Excerpt_Livonian_Crusade.htmThe average castle-convent had about a dozen knights and four or five dozen sergeants (also called a serving brother or gray-mantle; alternatively, a man-at-arms).
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