--- Martin Wohlert <martin_wohlert at hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >"Howard Brazee" <howard at brazee.net> wrote: > >To: "Dragaera (E-mail)" <dragaera at dragaera.info> > >Subject: RE: Time and longitude > >Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:01:46 -0700 > > > >Bryan Newell wrote: > > > > > The Intro to Dzurlord - > > > "The continent on which the Empire rests is roughly the shape of > > > Europe, but twice the size, and the Empire encompasses (at the > > > moment) more than half of it." > > > >Then The Empire is about the size of Europe, or roughly 4 million > square > >miles. China is about 3.7 million square miles and is in one time > zone. > > According to my map China is in about 3 time zones (tiny parts touching > two > more). > That they have a standardized time for the whole country is a very > different > matter. But it's the matter under discussion. China is proof that you can run a country the size of the Empire as one time zone. The Empire might work the same way. (Or, pace Bryan, it might be a lot longer north-south than east-west, or Dragaera might be a lot bigger than Earth, or the Empire might have more time zones than Russia.) Jerry Friedman __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com