Empire Geometry
How each empire's shape changed as it gained and lost cities.
Babylon
| Turn | Cities | Span | Spacing | Elongation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 50 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
| 92 | 3 | 8 | 7.0 | 1.09 |
| 144 | 4 | 13 | 6.5 | 1.59 |
| 152 | 5 | 19 | 6.4 | 1.9 |
| 192 | 6 | 24 | 7.0 | 1.98 |
| 202 | 7 | 30 | 6.9 | 2.18 |
| 203 | 8 | 30 | 6.3 | 2.03 |
The city count stopped adding up at turn 159 (game 4, timeline 5). A city most likely left the map without leaving an event behind, so the shape from then on is approximate.
Philippines
| Turn | Cities | Span | Spacing | Elongation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 23 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | 4.0 | 1.5 |
| 87 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
| 98 | 3 | 9 | 4.3 | 1.5 |
| 115 | 4 | 11 | 4.3 | 1.69 |
| 116 | 5 | 16 | 5.2 | 1.74 |
| 119 | 6 | 16 | 5.0 | 1.92 |
| 126 | 7 | 16 | 4.9 | 1.99 |
| 159 | 8 | 16 | 4.8 | 1.96 |
| 199 | 9 | 30 | 5.8 | 2.57 |
| 202 | 8 | 30 | 6.0 | 2.49 |
| 203 | 7 | 30 | 6.3 | 2.31 |
Arabia
| Turn | Cities | Span | Spacing | Elongation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 37 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| 65 | 3 | 12 | 6.0 | 1.5 |
| 87 | 4 | 15 | 6.0 | 1.67 |
| 144 | 3 | 9 | 6.0 | 1.29 |
| 152 | 2 | 6 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| 170 | 3 | 19 | 9.3 | 1.39 |
The city count stopped adding up at turn 93 (game 3, timeline 4). A city most likely left the map without leaving an event behind, so the shape from then on is approximate.
Austria
| Turn | Cities | Span | Spacing | Elongation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 33 | 2 | 5 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| 66 | 3 | 10 | 5.0 | 1.5 |
| 171 | 4 | 10 | 5.5 | 1.36 |
| 192 | 3 | 10 | 8.3 | 1.11 |
Distances in hexes. Measured on a map 56 tiles wide. Spacing is the mean distance to the nearest own city: 7 leaves no tiles shared at full growth, around 4 means cities permanently overlap. Elongation near 1.4 is a compact empire, 2 and above one strung out in a line.