#DnD @TheEdVerse I've gotten curious of something; Calimport has been stated to be the biggest city in Faerûn (if not Toril) [1/2]
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#DnD @TheEdVerse [2/2] and Waterdeep has been called its Northern counterpart before; So is Waterdeep the 2nd largest city in Faerûn?

Sep 19, 2016 · 9:26 AM UTC

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...lightly governed, so attracts entrepreneurs, misfits, everyone to live together in get-rich-quick harmony. ;}
...rolls as large. I think Waterdeep is the most socially IMPORTANT city in the Realms because it's so tolerant/relatively...
...they ALL get recorded. Other cities (in the South) may well have near-equal or larger populations, but don't have tax ...
Calimport gets a "diligently high" population figure because its taxes and registers all slaves, and household servants, so...
...Realms are notoriously unreliable, because they're really tax rolls, and lots of folk like to duck paying taxes. ...
...larger than it is, because of its importance (it's neutral trading ground/meeting place for MANY). Census details in the...
...every winter). Our focus on Waterdeep, and its dominance of the hinterland it serves (the Sword Coast) makes it seem...
Short answer: No. Waterdeep has a large TRANSIENT population (visiting traders, nobles who go south to more temporate climes..
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- Well... That was a far more politically loaded question than I expected it to be! Thanks for the highly detailed answer there!
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