Okay...the reason I asked is that on the Dark Isle (the large island north of the mainland) on FEI, every region aside from one has been severely depopulated due to war, starvation and a long period of being rogue. The city in particular is a ghost town with just 126 out of a possible 8000 or so.
So basically, because this is an island, there are only two regions on the mainland from which people can emigrate to the Isle. So the two port regions on the Isle will slowly grow in population, then the next two regions north of those, then the next two (which includes the city) and finally the region at the north tip of the island. Currently one of the port Isle regions has enough to start emigration, as we've held it for three months, but this still seems like it's going to be an extraordinarily slow process, given people can only emigrate from two regions onto the Isle. Today 41 people emigrated into the depopulated port region (Ecsetuah), with an average of 62 moving in every day since we took it four days ago. At that rate, I'm looking at three months (91 days) before Ecsetuah has enough people for some to start emigrating. So, what, six months until the next two regions can start emigrating? That's six months before the city's population starts increasing at all. That...seems a little harsh.
