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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Look up Empires to see how wrong you are. Since when are populations the deciding factor. The outstanding Empire was Great Britain, that had nothing to do with population. The Roman Empire has to be the biggest Empire in relation to the population of Rome and the land it controlled.
Rochard just doesn't get it. He thinks its all about people. 
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Economics two hundred years ago has nothing to do with economics of today.
The economy of a "kingdom" one thousand years ago had nothing to do with how many chickens they sold their neighbors and everything to do with much gold they plundered.
Today an American company has cell phones made in China and sells them Italy.