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Town < Large town < City < Large city < Huge city
A settlement reaches this size at a manpower of 9,000. It is level 3 of 5, above Large town and below Large city.
What it takes to reach it, and what holds it there
| Manpower | Manpower | Manpower | Manpower | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manpower needed to reach it | 9,000 | Floor | 400 | Overcrowding starts | 22,000 | Squalour doubles | 17,000 |
| Base manpower | 9,000 |
These numbers are the same for every culture.
What it unlocks
Building levels first buildable here (76)
76 building levels need at least this size, so they are the buildings a settlement can first put up on reaching it. Counting everything from the bottom of the ladder up to here, 203 building levels are available at this size.
The 76 levels
Units first raisable here (3)
3 units cannot be raised in a smaller settlement: the smallest building level that lists them needs this size. Counting everything from the bottom of the ladder up to here, 748 units are raisable at this size.
| Unit | Raised at | Unit | Raised at | Unit | Raised at | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ballistas | Armourer (Industry) |  | Lithoboloi | Armourer (Industry) |  | Quinquiremes | Shipwright |
At the campaign start
At the start of the campaign 89 of the 1,305 settlements are this size, 6.8% of them. 31 of those are a faction's capital.