Population growth is exponential not linear
It appears to me that the populations of nations are growing at a linear rate. What's up with that?
Also, how long is one day in the world when compared to one day in NationStates?
1. NationStates was never designed to be truly realistic, and Max never expected people to hang around for more than a week or two
2. There is no fixed rule
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=91986 for the time thing.
And exponential would be hard to graph, as a new nation would take forever to pass 100 mil, and a big one would be getting 100 mil a day.
But just think of the advantages... I'd get to play with differential equations when calculating population growth :D
Catholic Europe
13-11-2003, 20:13
1. NationStates was never designed to be truly realistic, and Max never expected people to hang around for more than a week or two
Boy, that was wrong! We're still here after a year (I'm here after 11 months!).
Nag Ehgoeg
13-11-2003, 23:06
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=91986 for the time thing.
And exponential would be hard to graph, as a new nation would take forever to pass 100 mil, and a big one would be getting 100 mil a day.
damn beat me too it
I imagin that would depend on the base and coeficient of the exponent. If properly tuned it would make things pretty interesting.