That's true I suppose. So really the big issue is that the cities are fine but that the rural populations are incredibly low and that the physical size of the continents is absolutely crazy in some cases.
Quite possibly.
I don't think the whole thing was ever calculated with realism in mind. How much suburbs did these cities have? The game assumes the whole region is fortified, when there are any.
Also, a human travels at about 3.1 mph. But my unit on good roads can do 212 miles in 11 hours, which is over 19 mph. Even if you give everyone horses, they walk at 4mph, but I'm leading ranged special forces, not cavalry.
BM has way too many people in its cities, that's for sure. But we only have averages, so I'm not sure what the data is per region type.
