On Wed, 22 May 2024 17:04:50 -0700, David Johnson wrote:

OK, this makes sense. Lots of sense. Which only goes to show that I
shouldn't think once I get home from work in the evenings; I'm obviously no
longer hitting on all cylinders. Thank you.

[Quoting me]

>> Are there any rules - for *any* Classic-compatible version of Traveller -
>> for detailing balkanized worlds?
>>
>> Or do I have to make them up myself?
>
>Book 3 says all you really need to know: "Balkanization is a special
>result... In such cases, the referee should generate the specific qualities
>of each territory on the planet separately." ?
>
>Which seems pretty straightforward -- once you know how many nation-states
>there are: throw 2D (or 3D or 4D or anything else that makes sense to you)
>for the major ones.
>
>Then, if you dare (heh, heh), DGP's World Builder's Handbook rules for
>determining city populations can be adjusted without too much pain to
>determine populations for nation-states. (You could even just "cheat" and
>treat each of the most populous cities as its own nation-state.)
>
>Once you know their population, you can use the Book 3 world generation
>rules (or DGP's Grand Census and/or World Builder's Handbook again) to
>determine government, law and technology for each nation-state.
>
>You don't have to make everything up. ?

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