[quote=Senor Herp]
Sheet fiddling continues. The history is rough, I feel, and too vague, and I am not certain the manpower is reasonable for too much or too little. Initially mistook the manpower for an abstract rather than one-to-one manpower to man. Feel less like standing armies proper and more the scale of house guard, not that that wasn't a significant portion of professional troops in the era besides men-at-arms, mind. What do you think, Syrian? And others, if they care to comment.
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Looks fine to me. Accepted with immediate effect. *bangs gavel*

EDIT: Feel the need to elaborate on army numbers. Players are more than welcome to mobilize a great deal of their population in times of war - I haven't got beef with the idea of a warrior race saying "WE NEED TO GO KILL :D:D:D" and then lots of them go "OKAY :D:D:D:D"

What I've got beef with is keeping this large army fed and funded. Sure, you can acquire food by pillaging your victims' countryside, and maybe your men will survive on loot instead of pay - but at some point, those sources will run dry and you will be forced to feed and pay for them yourself. Now the regions at the start of this RP aren't very wealthy, they're okay, but not financially equipped to pay 30,000 people a gold piece every month. 

If you're not importing a food resource, where the Hell is your food for them coming from? Your region will have a basic supply of food income, of course, because otherwise your people wouldn't be alive, but the idea is that by acquiring a food source, you have a significant means of keeping your men fed. 

If you're not importing metal, where's your swords, spearheads, arrowheads etc coming from? Again, your region will have basic access to a supply of these materials, and you will be able to field a small army of well equipped troops. To supply a full army, and we're talking in the tens of thousands, you're going to need to have access to metal. The more food and metal, the more soldiers you can equip and feed - it's simple logic bolstered by my faith in you all treating things realistically and reasonably. 

And funding? You're acquiring this through trade, resource ownership and taxation. The more trade and resources you have, the more likely there's money flowing throughout your nation, and therefore, the more money that's landing into the laps of your respective leaders. This money then goes to things like building forts, raising navies and of course, paying your troops. 

*breathes*

Does this make sense to anyone?