Today’s post is a bit of a departure from previous content; it is much more about logistics than story. I feel that it might be useful to know the relative proportions and numbers of the various races both in Butter Bay and the individual nations, and so here it is.
Butter Bay
Beginning with the Bay as a whole, there are approximately 26 000 people living in the five nations. The inhabited territory of the Bay makes up 4489 km2 or 1754 sq mi, and therefore the population density of the Bay is roughly 5.79/km2 or 14.83/sq mi. Though this population density is rather low, the uncertainty of food supplies during the long winter makes it necessary.
While the population is evenly split along gender lines, the races are more varied in their numbers. Humans are the most numerous of the races, making up 33% of the total population, almost 8600 individuals. Uruks are next at 19% or 4900 individuals, followed by the hodekin at 18% or 4700. The alfar make up 14% of the Bay’s population, 3600 people, while the elben make up only 8%, 2100 people. Finally, the various half-bloods make up the remaining 8% of the population.
The half-bloods can be broken down further into the 10 combinations, the most common being aldekin (alfar-hodekin) at 1.2% of the population or about 310 individuals. Next in line are the elruks (elben-uruk), greuns (human-uruk), hodems (hodekin-human), mondels (elben-human), and sonners (alfar-human), all with 1.1% of the total population, about 280 people. Next come the rarer urdekin (hodekin-uruk) at 0.5%, 130 individuals, and the faruls (alfar-uruk) at 0.4%, 100 individuals. Lastly we arrive at the rarest varieties of half-bloods, the alps (alfar-elben) who make up only 0.25% of the total population, or 65 people, and the frightening-looking svugar (elben-hodekin) who make up 0.15%, only about 40 people in the entire Bay.
Race | Approximate % | Approximate Number |
Alfar | 14% | 3640 |
Elben | 8% | 2080 |
Hodekin | 18% | 4680 |
Human | 33% | 8580 |
Uruk | 19% | 4980 |
Half-Blood | 8% | 2080 |
- Alp | 0.25% | 65 |
- Aldekin | 1.2% | 312 |
- Elruk | 1.1% | 286 |
- Farul | 0.4% | 104 |
- Greun | 1.1% | 286 |
- Hodem | 1.1% | 286 |
- Mondel | 1.1% | 286 |
- Sonner | 1.1% | 286 |
- Svugar | 0.15% | 39 |
- Urdekin | 0.5% | 130 |
Alfar Nation
The Alfar nation comprises 15% of the population of the Bay, which comes to 3900 people. As it has a land area of 1161 km2 or 453 sq mi, the population density is 3.35/km2 or 8.57/sq mi.
As one would expect, alfar are the most numerous race in the Alfar nation; they make up approximately 60% of the population, over 2300 people. Humans and hodekin are the bulk of the rest of the population, counting for 27% of the population between them, split fairly evenly with just over 500 people apiece. 3.3% of the population are uruks, about 130 people, while various half-bloods make up just over 8%, more than 300 individuals. A few elben also live in the Alfar nation, but comprise only 1.7% of the national population, less than 75 people.
In terms of half-bloods, aldekin are quite numerous with 3.3%, followed b y sonners with 2.7%. Faruls are about 1% of the population, and hodems, are 0.7%. Lastly, 0.3% of the population, only about 15 people, are alps. Other half-bloods may exist, but in negligible numbers.
Race | Approximate % | Approximate Number |
Alfar | 60.2% | 2340 |
Elben | 1.67% | 65 |
Hodekin | 13.38% | 520 |
Human | 13.38% | 520 |
Uruk | 3.34% | 130 |
Half-Blood | 8.03% | 312 |
- Alp | 0.33 | 13 |
- Aldekin | 3.34% | 130 |
- Farul | 1% | 39 |
- Hodem | 0.67% | 26 |
- Sonner | 2.68% | 104 |
Elben Nation
Only 9.75% of the people of the Bay, 2500 individuals, live in the Elben Nation. The nation’s small land area, 522 km2 or 204 sq mi, means that its population density is actually higher than the Alfar nation’s; 4.85/km2 or 12.42/sq mi.
The elben make up 51% of their nation, the lowest of any race in their home nation, which comes to 1300 people. Humans make up just over 15%, about 400 people, as do the uruks. Half-bloods are the next largest segment of the population at 10.3%, 250 individuals. Bringing up the rear are the 5% of the nation that are hodekin and the 2.5% that are alfar, about 130 and 60 people respectively.
The breakdown of half-bloods in the Elben nation begins with elruks and mondels, each with approximately 100 people, just over 4%. Greuns make up 1% of the population, 25 people. And alps and svugar each make up 0.5%, or about 15 people.
Race | Approximate % | Approximate Number |
Alfar | 2.56% | 65 |
Elben | 51.28% | 1300 |
Hodekin | 5.13% | 130 |
Human | 15.38% | 390 |
Uruk | 15.38% | 390 |
Half-Blood | 10.26% | 260 |
- Alp | 0.51% | 13 |
- Elruk | 4.1% | 104 |
- Greun | 1.03% | 26 |
- Mondel | 4.1% | 104 |
- Svugar | 0.51% | 13 |
Hodekin Nation
In the Hodekin nation, 18.5% of the Bay’s total population live, roughly 4800 people. The nation’s land area is comparable to the Elben nation’s, 651 km2 or 254 sq mi, resulting in the highest national population density of 7.39/km2 or 18.91/sq mi.
Hodekin comprise nearly 65% of the nation’s people, 3100 individuals. Alfar and humans are the next largest segment with 10.8% each, a bit over 500 people. Almost 200 elben live in the nation, making up 4% of the population, while uruks are only 2.7%, about 130 people. Half-bloods make up 7.5% of the people.
Most of the Hodekin nation’s half-bloods are either aldekin, 2.7% or 130 people, or hodems, 2.1% or 100 people. Urdekin make up 1.1% of the population, roughly 50 people. 0.55%, about 25 people, are sonner, and a tiny 0.25%, about 15 people, are svugars.
Race | Approximate % | Approximate Number |
Alfar | 10.81% | 520 |
Elben | 4.05% | 195 |
Hodekin | 64.86% | 3120 |
Human | 10.81% | 520 |
Uruk | 2.7% | 130 |
Half-Blood | 6.76% | 325 |
- Aldekin | 2.7% | 130 |
- Hodem | 2.16% | 104 |
- Sonner | 0.54% | 26 |
- Svugar | 0.27% | 13 |
- Urdekin | 1.08% | 52 |
Human Nation
As the most populous of the five nations, the Human nation contains almost 37% of the Bay’s people, about 9500. It is also the single largest nation in area, covering 1358 km2 or 530 sq mi; this means the population density is 7.03/km2 or 17.99/sq mi, rivalling the Hodekin nation.
The Human nation also boasts the most diverse balance of races in the Bay. Humans are, predictably, almost 67% of the population, nearing 6400 people. The various half-bloods make up 8.7% of the human nation. Hodekin and uruks both have respectable showings at about 8.2% of the national population, nearing 800 people each. Next are the alfar, over 500 of which live in the nation, making up almost 5.5% of the population, and last are the elben with 2.7%, over 250 individuals.
Unlike the other nations, the Human nation boasts countable populations of all ten half-blood varieties. The half-humans all boast around 1.6%, around 150 people, while non-human hybrids are less common. 0.55% of the population are aldekin, and the same for elruks, together numbering around 100, while faruls and urdekin are each 0.25%, about 25 people. When it comes to alps there are actually more in the Human nation than in either the Alfar or Elben, 0.4% of the national population, or about 40. Svugar are about as numerous in the Human nation as in the Elben and Hodekin nations, making up 0.15%, just over 10 individuals.
Race | Approximate % | Approximate Number |
Alfar | 5.45% | 520 |
Elben | 2.72% | 260 |
Hodekin | 8.17% | 780 |
Human | 66.76% | 6370 |
Uruk | 8.17% | 780 |
Half-Blood | 8.72% | 832 |
- Alp | 0.41% | 39 |
- Aldekin | 0.54% | 52 |
- Elruk | 0.54% | 52 |
- Farul | 0.27% | 26 |
- Greun | 1.63% | 156 |
- Hodem | 1.63% | 156 |
- Mondel | 1.63% | 156 |
- Sonner | 1.63% | 156 |
- Svugar | 0.14% | 13 |
- Urdekin | 0.27% | 26 |
Uruk Nation
Finally, the Uruk nation is inhabited by about 20% of the Bay’s population, 5200 people. The land area of the nation is 797 km2 or 311 sq mi, making the population density 6.5/km2 or 16.65/sq mi.
With the highest home population of the Bay’s races, nearly 68% of the people are uruks, 3500 in total. Humans are 15% of the nation, just under 800 people, and 6% are half-blood, just over 300. Elben are the next most numerous race, making up 5% of the population or 260 people. 3.75% are alfar, less than 200 people, and lastly the hodekin comprise 2.5%, about 130 people.
The Uruk nation’s breakdown of half-bloods begins with elruks, who are 2.5% of the national population. Next down the line are greuns with 2%, about 100 people, and urdekin are half that at 1%. Faruls make up 0.75% of the population, about 40 individuals, and the smallest segment of the people are mondels, 0.5% of the people, roughly 25.
Race | Approximate % | Approximate Number |
Alfar | 3.76% | 195 |
Elben | 5.01% | 260 |
Hodekin | 2.51% | 130 |
Human | 15.04% | 780 |
Uruk | 67.67% | 3510 |
Half-Blood | 6.02% | 312 |
- Elruk | 2.51% | 130 |
- Farul | 0.75% | 39 |
- Greun | 2.01% | 104 |
- Mondel | 0.5% | 26 |
- Urdekin | 1% | 52 |
Monday: The Elben Nation
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