On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Jon Lincicum wrote: > An argument against this theory is it's only been 200 some years since > the Interregnum--and no Easterner could buy titles into the Jhereg > before that time. I'd guesstimate all Easterners in Adrilankha would now be citizens if 1% of the first generation bought titles and were able to pass on their citizenship, assuming no influx of non-citizens from the East and no competitive advantage of a link to the Orb. Let's throw in a factor of ten down for the influx and a factor of two up for the link (at low densities, a link might provide large competitive advantages, at high densities the psionic network alone would be very valuable - one might seek a citizen mate for that alone). Let's then guess that <1:10k Easterners in A. are citizens - I get, uhh, 1:200k citizens early. And really it should be much less since obviously people in subsequent generations joined the Jhereg. Pretty bad business model if so. Or one could say there are 1:1k E-citizens now, suggesting that in a mere 200 years (eight generations) there will be only E-citizens... Maybe there are Dragaerans who hunt down Easterners with links and suppress the infection rate. But of course we would likely have heard about that if it were common. I can see complicated arguments about wealth in such a competitive environment reflecting good genes or skills that could be taught to one's children, leading to a greater transmission rate - or the opposite. Perhaps someone with the proper expertise could do an evolutionary model and produce more sensible limits.