Right now I'm just playing with this idea, I've wanted to make a map that represents the world in a way that isn't just up to personal opinion on which nation is stronger and such questions, so I started this.

https://www.warlight.net/SinglePlayer?PreviewMap=58176

Yes I realise the bonuses are very high but this map is a diplomacy only map and I thought this would allow for more accuracy

It works pretty simply like so:

If a region has a population of 7,565,954 for example, the bonus would be 75
For a region of population 604,756, the bonus would be 6
For regions at 100,000 or lower, they will be 1's

Great idea, but how to do the Indus river? Warlight only allows you to make max 999 income per province.

I.E: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh

5 provinces in total worldwide fall into this category:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_subdivisions_by_population

Edited 7/9/2016 13:04:49

Well of these 5:
Punjab, Bihar and Guangdong are near enough to 999 to be fine
Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh would probably be divided, the same goes for the rest as well if they are of suitable size.

Thank! Please divide then all, accuracy is wonderful. :D

This is going to be colossal! Are you sure Warlight can hande this?

Well overall the bonuses added up would equal around 77,000 or so probably. Now personally I don't think these high bonuses would affect the size or speed of the map in loading as you often see scenarios which can add up to near that total bonus count, usually in custom scenario diplos and the such. So yeah I think it should be fine

Iceland has to be worth 3. It has a population of 330.000

Missing connections

Great idea. To further pursue accuracy we need to round the bonus value to 0 for lands with population <50k. Most territories in Greenland are in this category.

Edited 7/10/2016 20:49:31

Good idea, but I think it should be easier to see at first glance which territories are most powerful. For example, you could use a color spectrum for the bonuses where grey is a low bonus , red is a medium bonus and yellow is a high bonus.

In the end India and China are going to be very important so you could start there and see if it works.

Btw, I also made a tiny population map but the idea is diferent, I just made regions of equal population size: https://www.warlight.net/Map/21445-Small-Earth-Humans

Ouch, literally everything in brazil looks terrible (names, divisions, ect). I can't right now, but later I'll tell you some must-have changes.

I can help with brazil too:
Change name:
Rondonia - Amazonas (the last is the most important state in the region, more then 2x the pop of rondonia)
Amapá - Pará (same as before, but Pará is more then 10 times bigger)
Espirito Santo - Minas Gerais (Minas Gerais is one of the most important states in Brazil, 5 times the population of Espirito Santo)
Santa Catarina - Paraná (Not a big issue, Paraná is just a bit bigger then Santa Catarina (11 M and 7 M)

Geographically its right, but the change in the names would make the

Put Rio de Janeiro in one territory, São Paulo in another. (two huge states in population)
The north of the territory of Bahia can be split into a new territory (Ceará), or merged with Pernambuco (can be called Nordeste (Northeast)) (that because this Ceará region has less connection with Bahia, much more with Pernambuco and the rest of the states of Northeast, but, ideally would be a region alone)
The south region of Amapá (where should be the state of Tocantins) could be merged with Brasília, maybe calling them Goiás.

Chatul, do you think that a Jew is worth 100 Muslins/Christians? Would make much more sense Budists and Hindus.

Idk how useful this map will be simply by populations, because this: http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_640x430/public/population-circle.png

Still I'm looking forward for it, for the design at least if not the default bonus values. Count me for testing.