Hello Dawn,

As you all know, we’ve recently had a poll on changing the world size. Here’s some information about that:

• Of the 18 votes cast, 15 were for downsizing the world

• 3.5x3.5km had the most votes with 7, followed by 4km with 4, 3km with 3 and both 5km and 4.5km with 1 vote. (This includes a vote cast in the thread, and a PM that gave me an amended vote after discussion)

• The weighted average of the votes is 3.94km.

• We will therefore move to a 4x4km scale.

• This makes the map 0.44x as large as it was, and straight line distances 2/3 as long.

• In turn, this brings the new admin burden to 225, allowing people to have up to 11 cores or equivalent.

• In addition, population will change in proportion. This population will become canon as of now for conflicts begun after this post. Everything beforehand will retain their old numbers.

• My generous 'overseas modifier' penalty on the popsheet will receive an update so that it actually influences far-flung civilizations.

New Expansion and Claim Guidelines

• With the map significantly smaller, and the recent territorial changes, I think now is as appropriate a time as any to discuss revised expansion guidelines

• First and foremost, new claims on Dawn will now be permitted to claim with two territories. Low-tech claims such as those on Noon will retain a 1 territory claim size.

• Expansions each week will now be permitted to be upwards of 30 administrative burden – higher numbers will be permitted where one wins a war and the defeated party agrees to the territorial/political loss.

• The former expansion guidelines will apply as before, only they’ll scale where the standards for what was once one’s fifth territory now applies for one’s 9th through 11th territories, the old 4th becoming the new 7th and 8th, etc.

• I expect to see more liberal use of satellite territories. Rarely did newly conquered territory become ‘core’ of a nation overnight. Instead ideally we will see expansions that begin as satellites which are slowly increased in level over weeks, before finally becoming cores possibly after centuries. Gauls didn’t consider themselves Roman overnight, after all.

• In cases of overt cultural influence over a significant period, jumping right to cores will absolutely be permitted.

If anyone has any other questions, put them below.