At 21:01 02/15/2005, Howard Brazee wrote: >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. China is in one time zone because the Chinese have ignored geography. Solar noon occurs over a range of about 4 hours at various places in China. The United States could be put into one time zone with exactly the same logic (governmental fiat). -- Regards, Pete pgranzeau at cox.net