Viable at 30,000 people
Lichtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, and Mount Athos.
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30,000 is a large city state of ancient time when you had to rely on food grown locally close enough for a horse and wagon to get it into the city - most city states were no larger than 30k
Rome at 400ad - a million plus. By 500 25,000
A new reality?
Posted by: Robert Paterson | May 05, 2008 at 02:58 PM
Sorry here is the more accurate number - 75,000 to 100,000 residents by 500 - still huge drop
Now think of New York
Posted by: Robert Paterson | May 05, 2008 at 03:02 PM
As Mt. Athos does not have to concern itself with normal population growth - unless the monks are splitting like amoeba - they are something of an outlier.
Posted by: zenpundit | May 05, 2008 at 09:03 PM