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Settlement sizes
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Every settlement in RIS is one of 5 sizes. Its size decides three things: what it can build, what it can raise, and how large it is allowed to grow before overcrowding starts.
Town < Large town < City < Large city < Huge city
The ladder
Manpower is what it takes to reach the size; ceiling is the manpower above which overcrowding starts. Both are the same for all 22 cultures.
| Size | Manpower | Ceiling | Buildings unlocked | Units unlocked | Settlements at start | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Town | 1,500 | 9,000 | 47 | 745 | 106 |
 | Large town | 4,000 | 16,000 | 80 | — | 37 |
 | City | 9,000 | 22,000 | 76 | 3 | 17 |
 | Large city | 17,000 | 30,000 | 47 | 1 | 0 |
 | Huge city | 27,000 | 60,000 | 23 | — | 0 |
How the map is distributed
At the start of the campaign there are 160 settlements. Large city and Huge city are sizes no settlement starts at.
Culture is the owning faction's.
| Culture | Town | Large town | City | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Hellenistic | 52 | — | 5 | 57 |
| Phoenician | 15 | — | 1 | 16 |
| Gallic | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| Western Hellenistic | 9 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Greek | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Roman | 8 | — | 1 | 9 |
| Indian | 6 | 1 | — | 7 |
| Iranian | 2 | 4 | — | 6 |
| Caucasian | 3 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Germanic | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| Libyan | 2 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Arab | 1 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Ethiopian | 2 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Celtiberian | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Scythian | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Thracian | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Brittonic | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dacian | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Free Peoples | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Iberian | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Illyrian | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| All | 106 | 37 | 17 | 160 |