The Alienage
All Things Relating to Trade, Shipping, and Commodities








The Shipwright

Market Size on Hârn and Lýthia

Market Size

In Pilot’s Almanac market size is described as representing:

    An assessment of trade volume and activity, given on a scale of one to nine, with [1] being a very minor market, [5] an average market, and [9] a very major market. Size does not depend only on the population of the settlement, although this is a major factor. Some ports have small populations but large hinterlands, and some like Cherafir, also are regional trade centers.

Looking at this description we can assume the majority of northwestern Lýthia.’s settlements are very minor markets [1-2] supporting the needs of their immediate inhabitants and those villages within a couple of days walk. In some regions like Hârn there is only handful of markets that could be considered an average market [4-6]. All of the larger markets [7+] appear to exist on mainland Lýthia.