Except for the very last episode, I haven’t watched the show past s2e3. In this episode, Jon said that there are about 1 million people in the North. I know that your own population estimates follow the 1% men under arms rule. Do you have any idea of roughly what numbers George had in mind to ensure compatibility with his story line? Looking at the Mormont harvest failing because all the men are fighting down south – What % of men need to be absent for this to be realistic? – Thank You, RSAfan.

That’s not quite what Jon said:

“A million, give or take.”

“That’s more people than the entire North crammed into that.”

So that’s less than a million. Which would suggest that the North has 3.5% of its population under arms, which is 3.5 times the normal rule. 

More likely, the North has 3-4 million people and this was a weird mistake on the writers’ part

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