Wilderlands Revision

After reading James Mishler's excellent comment on yesterday's post, I decided to go through the settlement listings and see how many towns one finds when one assumes the stated population is only able bodied men.  Here are the results:

Campaign Map 2

Towns (pop > 1,500): 13

Cities (pop > 10,000): 0

Largest Populated Settlement: Antil (4,688)

Campaign Map 3

Towns (pop > 1,500): 8

Cities (pop > 10,000): 1

Largest Populated Settlement: Tarsh (14,240)

Campaign Map 4

Towns (pop > 1,500): 9

Cities (pop > 10,000): 1

Largest Populated Settlement: Tarantis (24,000)

Campaign Map 5

Towns (pop > 1,500): 9

Cities (pop > 10,000): 0

Largest Populated Settlement: Valon (6,760)

Campaign Map 1

Towns (pop > 1,500): 18

Cities (pop > 10,000): 2

Largest Populated Settlement: The City State (80,000)

I may be off by one or two towns in each entry, but they're more or less accurate.  This paints a very different picture than the one I described yesterday.  I'll be meditating on these new figures' implications and the possibility of using the Wilderlands as a Hyborian Age analogue for a bit longer.  I also may just ignore these very reasonable things and start with the assumption that the Wilderlands are a post-apocalyptic nightmarescape.

Which ever.