Your Fantasy Capital Is Mathematically Impossible

Almost every fantasy city is impossible because worldbuilders ignore food. [Website] → https://thegrainbound.com/freebies/ [Discord] →   / discord   TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Premise 0:20 — The most important number 0:44 — Yield Ratio 1:30 — The Base Unit 2:15 — What happens to the harvest 3:47 — What happens AFTER the harvest 4:55 — FREE WORKSHEET 5:10 — Running the worksheet ABOUT THIS VIDEO Your fantasy city is probably 10x too large. Here's the math that proves it. And how to calculate the real cap for yours In a pre-industrial world, the vast majority of the population has to farm just to keep everyone alive. That leaves a very small fraction who can do anything else: soldiers, merchants, craftsmen, rulers. In this video, I break down the caloric math behind pre-industrial population caps and show you exactly how to calculate the maximum realistic size for any city in your fantasy world. worldbuilding, fantasy worldbuilding, fantasy map making, how to worldbuild, worldbuilding tips, fantasy city, fantasy city population, medieval city population, pre industrial city, population cap fantasy, fantasy demographics, fantasy world, tabletop worldbuilding, dnd worldbuilding, dungeons and dragons, fantasy map, fantasy writing, fantasy author, world building tips, city building