NationStates Jolt Archive


Number of Soldiers

Zarbia
11-06-2004, 05:06
Hey, I've never really been told what percentage of my men I would use for my army. I was going to guess 5%, but I don't know. Thanks.
Unfree People
11-06-2004, 05:19
I suggest asking in the Tech forum... or one of the RP forums... as I have no clue.
Squi
11-06-2004, 05:33
4 per thousand is a reasonable army size. The largest modern army with a functioning economy is around 14 per thousand. The Soviet Union managed to have a little over 7 million in thier army by the end of WWII out of a population in the 170million range and it is unlikely that anyone can match that sort of mobilization these days.