can somebody point me towards a military calculator? I'm having a little trouble balancing my force and making it fair...
Kostemetsia
17-08-2008, 12:57
Try using formulas - like, for example, the following:
Make the US population equal x and your population equal y.
Given that your population is larger, divide your population by the US' (y/x).
Now, take the numbers of the US armed forces (z) and multiply them by the result of the division operation (z * [y/x]); thus, your forces will be the same proportion larger than those of the US' than your population. That should work.
Sarrowquand
17-08-2008, 13:41
Is there a good place to find a break down of what those forces do, how many fighting men, how many support etc.
(p.s. liking the Lord Percy avatar Kostemetsia)
Ulanpataar
17-08-2008, 18:09
Try using formulas - like, for example, the following:
Make the US population equal x and your population equal y.
Given that your population is larger, divide your population by the US' (y/x).
Now, take the numbers of the US armed forces (z) and multiply them by the result of the division operation (z * [y/x]); thus, your forces will be the same proportion larger than those of the US' than your population. That should work.
2008 estimate of US population: 304,883,000
Active and Reserve military together: 2,885,213
Active military personnel 1,426,713
With the population of my nation that means 3,558,218 should be my military personnel O_o... I'm not a super power, so it is a million people less, it it somewhere in 2 million, which I think suffices, but a bit uneven for my population.
Hope that helps, too.
Daistallia 2104
17-08-2008, 18:25
Rough guidelines:
Realistic: .5% to 1% of your population in the military
Cinematic: 5% of the pop in the military.