Karameikos - Vaults of Pandius

The Demography of KarameikosAPPENDIX III: PORTRAYING YOUR GRAND DUCHYAs you have seen while reading this article,population figures nearer to their real-worldhistorical counterparts generate a number ofinhabitants for the Grand Duchy which ismore or less double that indicated in officialsupplements. As you may have realized, thisin no way alters the description and flavor ofthe Grand Duchy as found in GAZ1.Nevertheless, you may find those higherfigures uncomfortable, so this last paragraphaddresses this issue, suggesting some ways touse the material presented here with officialpopulation figures.First of all let’s make a comparison betweenthe population figures given in the PoorWizard’s Almanac series supplements andthe ones presented in this article (Table 4).As you see, the main purpose of this article’sapproach to Karameikan demography is topreserve the5 official population figures forKarameikos’ cities, lowering the percentageof urban population on the total. On theother hand, the elves’ and gnomes’ figuresof the Poor Wizard’s Almanacs are quiteinconsistent, regarding the former, with theTable 4: Comparison Population Figures in PWAs and this articleRace PWAs This articleHumans 250,000 537,800Elves 40,000* 18,800Gnomes 5,000 16,100Dwarves 3,000 4,000Halflings 2,000 3,000Humanoids Unknown 36,050Other Unknown 5,650* Divided among 30,000 Callarii and 10,000 Vyalia. According to GAZ1 instead theCallarii were only about 7,500 (even if this figure was considered only a roughestimate from the humans’ point of view).Totals PWAs This articleTotal population 300,000* 621,400Overall population density 7.6* 15.7Urban population** 29.10% 14.50%* Excluding humanoids and other races, whose number is unknown.** Only considering cities with at least 10,000 inhabitants.34THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #1