Re:Colony Size/Earth Bias (was NAC units)

> A lot of it depends on what your assumptions on colony growth are.
> Remember the US has (1997) 267.6 million inhabitants, and the UK
(1995)
> another 58.6. Plus an industrial base that's been 200 years in the
> making.  Another few decades (18 or so) might increase that.	A colony
> with even 10 or 15 million people and a 100-year old industrial base
is
> a fairly poor second in economic terms.
>
The GZG timeline states that Albion was established in 2099 and had a
population almost that of England by 2135. This is only 46 years
(although, admittedly this was due to "massive immigration and
engineered population growth").
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