Alten, the capital, is a bustling port city in the heart of the more settled part of the kingdom (the southern end). It has a population of 10,000. Olora has 7,000 people, and the cities of Carrack and Engildar each have 5,000. The established coastal towns of Weir, Longridge and Reston have between 2,000 and 2,500 each. The other towns in the settled areas (Mowbrey and Granville) have 1,500 each. The remaining "frontier" towns that are large enough to be on the map (Rask, Hamlin, Fairfax, Leven, Starke and Dyer) range from 1,000-1,200. The four border castles and keeps, along with their supporting villages, range from 500-1,000 people. This brings the total urban population to 46,200. Given that Alsberg is a frontier kingdom, and has a shorter history than most other lands, there are only 4 rural people for each urban person, totaling another 184,800 people, for a grand total population of 231,000.
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| Kingdom of Alsberg (in Hexographer - 6 mile hex scale) |
Historical medieval precedent establishes a range of people per square mile from 30 (not the most fertile land and/or sparsely populated) to 100 or so (fertile land, fully settled). With approximately 15,000 square miles of territory, and only approximately half of that able to be considered even somewhat settled, this gives 15 people per square mile overall and 31 people per square mile considering only the settled areas. This fits comfortably at the very low end of the range (or below it).
[edited 2/9/18]
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