That is true until you take child mortality rates into account. I don't actually want to know the child mortality rate in fucking praag but I am assuming a stupidly high number.
That is a somewhat fair point but doesn't actually impact my own point for that specific argument (it does however go against the easiness of moving away.)
I personally doubt it, mostly because we probably won't would have gotten a blurb about too many kids or some such.
Darn it, thank you, that's what I meant to vote for.
A city like Praag without chaos taint would maintain it's population via a constant stream of people arriving from the countryside. If people stop moving to Praag it'll empty out over a couple of centuries even without anyone moving away.
It's a real fladerization of a character. Mathilda isn't diplomat, but she isn't stupid and isn't hero from action films. She can and played politics.
It's also very hard for the poor to emigrate from a city. They don't have land, and so can't farm. The only other jobs that exist outside of the city would need an apprenticeship. And apprenticeships usually cost money.
I never said she was unaware, or stupid, or that she's never taken political considerations into account. The distinction I was making is that I don't think she's ever made any major decisions based principally on political considerations. Even where she has made decisions that have been politically consequential, the decisions have always been objectively justifiable on their own merits. For example, the choice to base the Waystone project in Laurelorn was completely justifiable just on the promise of the Grey Lords' support. I think the one notable exception is getting Mira's support for the Waystone project by sabotaging Alric; and firstly I don't think that was a major decision; and secondly, once she investigated and found out what was going on the merits of the situation amply justified her intervention and the manner in which she did so hid her involvement.
*Muffled guitar soloes intensify*
"What would we call the Tzar but for the other ethnicity in Kislev?"
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You probably should be looking at the central Asian languages, the countries like Kazahstan, the seven or so other -stans, Mongolia, etc. That said, with a three letter word, you might find absolutely nothing anyway.
