Populating a Settlement, Town Center, Capitol, or Granary will increase the amountof
resources your citizens drop off. This has a net effect equal to that
of an increase in gathered resources over the same period of time.The
drop off building must be within 2 tiles (the equivelant of 2 houses)
of a gold, iron, or
stone mine to To gain these bonuses for any particular ore. The
following examples assume a 2 tile or less distance from ore to drop off
building.
Populating
a Settlement with 5 citizens will turn that settlement into a Town
Center. This will give you a bonus of 25%. (Tho in practice it is more
like 27%)
Populating
a Town Center with an additional 10 citizens will turn that Town Center
into a Capital. This will give you a bonus of 50% in relation to what
you would get from a settlement. (Tho in practice it is more like 47%)
Populating a Capital with an additional 35 will give you a bonus of 100% in relation to what you would get from a settlement.
Populating a Granary with 8 citizens will grant a 25% drop off bonus of food gathered.
Citizens added to buildings will no longer count as part of you population.
Citizens added to buildings can not be removed from those buildings.
02/Jun/2012