Talk:Baharuth Empire/@comment-61.94.161.109-20190701124441/@comment-25548511-20190807061908

You have to keep in mind that those are 80K able workers who couldh've join the work force instead of swinging swords in the barracks all day while the entire 8M population includes elders, cripples or others who couldn't contribute to the society. Also since it's a voluntary force, you'll have to provide salary good enough to attract people. This, combined with all the magic equipments and supplies, are huge expenditures.

This is the New World we're talking about, where 1 talented warrior could replace hundreds of plebiens. On the other hand, if you send too many people on battlefield you'll run the risk of losing potentially talented craftsman/governer/merchant, etc, which will be a huge hit on future development.

Take Uncle Sam for example, he has about 320M population but only 1.36M military personnel. That's only 0.4% of the population!