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+Info/references on auto manufacturers
+
+==== Switzerland ===
+
+** ZL/Zedel **
+https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrique_de_Moteurs_et_de_Machines_ZL
+
+Pretty sure this one is Axzeal. The "ZL" in the name and the start date match.
+
+The original end date is 1965; if you follow acquistions (ZL -> Dalahaye -> Hotchkiss), there's a merger in 1966. So that may be the derivation.
+
+** Albar **
+https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Barmettler
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albar_(car)
+
+This is "Albert".
+
+** Egg **
+
+https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(Automobilhersteller)
+
+Definitely "Chicken".
+
+** Enzmann **
+
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzmann
+
+"Ezmunn"
+
+----
+
+Bakas = Trabant? End year is right, city is roughly right.
+
+--
+
+BW looks obvious as BMW, see the name and logo.
+
+But Das Werks matches the start date, and the "works" part of the name.
+
+It looks like 1928 is when BMW first made autos, which matches BW (1927) closely. Perhaps Das Werks is meant to represent BMW's aircraft engine heritage? Or perhaps something I haven't found yet. No hints from the logo.
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+** Pop Figures **
+
+Generally population from Dutch Wikipedia. Source: https://ibsa.brussels
+
+GDP calculated via English Wikipedia.
+
+-- Brussels
+
+For early demographic stats, used Brittanica (https://www.britannica.com/place/Brussels/City-layout)
+
+-- Brugge/West Flanders
+
+Income sourced from English Wikipedia, which quotes regional GDP and population to allow division. Dutch Wikipedia had a far lower figure (also well below the national average) which perhaps was after-tax?
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A => EE3 Population Notes.txt +50 -0
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+EEIII Population and Urbanizatio Plans
+
+----
+
+In EE1 and EE2, urbanization is calculated via (city population)/(region population). Sometimes two very nearby cities are
+combined for the city population.
+
+(Technically it's a bit more complex as in Britain, we use (district or unitary authority population)/(region population)) when possible. But in many cases unitary authority and city wind up being the same)
+
+In reality, this underestimates the urban population, since it doesn't include suburbs. A big question has been, what should be included and what should not? Because while EE1/EE2 undercount, many other measures overcount.
+
+In particular, "metro area" and "functional urban area" overcount. The latter includes commuter zones, which goes well into rural areas. The former, in the U.S., is based on counties, and thus also includes a lot of rural areas and disconnected towns. Metro area/functional urban area may or may not be the same in Europe, but the general problem is the same between metro and functional urban areas.
+
+I think the solution, where data is available, is the Urban Unit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_unit), with a more detailed explanation in French (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit%C3%A9_urbaine). As I understand it, it attempts to measure the *connected* urbanized area. Not including things that don't connect. They've got a good detailed example in French.
+
+This corresponds to "urbanized area" in the U.S., which according to http://www.demographia.com/dm-uan.htm were first statisticalized in the 1950 census.
+
+French example pages (failing to load, maybe because it's the middle of the night in France):
+https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/unite-urbaine-2020/UU202000758-toulouse
+https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2011101?geo=UU2020-00758
+
+The French Wikipedia has decent history.
+
+Italian Wikipedia says (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglomerazioni_francesi) that the Eurostat stat "Greater city" is similar, if not identical. It also denotes the difference between an urban agglomeration (one urban center) and a conurbation (multiple). Conurbations tend to be more broad than what we want; e.g. the Boston one goes all the way through Providence and Worcester.
+
+Note that *usually* the urban area has a large pop that a city, but sometimes, when a city's boundaries extend beyond the urbanized area, the opposite can be the case. The urban area is still a more accurate measure.
+
+---
+
+Thoughts on how to implement:
+
+I think EEII should stick with what it has for the time being. We can adjust urbanization factors in the formulas if need be, and can potentially add country/region level urbanization data in version 2.1 or 2.2 to make that more accurate.
+
+Downside: Cities that have low city-of populations will be under-represented, cities with high city-of populations will be over-represented.
+
+For the North America map, if I can find the census data going back to 1950, that plus correlations with statistics on the progressive urbanization of the U.S. can be used to get a (relatively) contiguous line. E.g. let's say we are looking at Kentucky and they have two urban areas, Louisville and Lexington (probably more but let's keep it simple). We find urban area stats for 1950 - 2020. But we don't for 1940. Let's say the stats for pop are:
+
+1950:
+Lousiville 300,000
+Lexington 200,000
+
+And for city-of:
+
+1940:
+Louisville 150,000
+Lexington 150,000
+
+And we know that the state pop was 1 million in both cases, and the urbanization level chaneged from 40-50%. Then we know the total urban population was 400,000 in 1940, so there are 100,000 people missing. Using the 1950 proportions, we can allocate them.
+
+Still have a downside as perhaps the proportions should have been different, so perhaps we weight 1950 at 50% and 1940/earlier at 50%. Probably too much work to try to calculate it ourselves given that a lot of communities likely contribute.
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A => EEII Plans and Priorities.txt +60 -0
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+Priorities
+
+[Done] - Set initial economic state accurately based on country
+[Done] - Set initial economic state accurately based on region.
+[Done] - Set eco growth based on country data
+[Done] - Additional city files (1920, 1940, etc.) generated
+[Done] - Add EE1 cities to the database, regen them dynamically.
+[Done] - Fill out early EE2 city populations in earlier years
+ - [Done] Spain
+ - [Done] United Kingdom
+ - [Done] Switzerland
+ - [Done] France
+ - [Done] Belgium
+ - [Done] Portugal
+ - [Done] Italy
+[Done] - Set infrastructure/manufacturing/etc. based on urbanization
+[Done] - Infrastructure partly based on game year.
+[Done] - Interpolate all the pop figures
+ - Kinda important for the UK because without it all the cities show no manufacturing growth for the first decade
+[Obsolete] - Make sure European values used for all car popularities
+ - This isn't moddable. So I've set everything back to just being in Europe.
+[Done] - Putting all city data in the DB (see above, split up)
+[Done] - Finish building out England
+[Done-ish] - Finish building out Belgium
+[Done] - Add Troyes and one more French city for 45 total
+[Done] - Set war status correctly
+ - City ownership transitions (Alsace-Lorraine, Trent)
+ - Build out Scotland
+ - Make sure eco growth is weighted by sub-regions, if available.
+ - Pop growth should incorporate region-level growth/shrinkage
+ - Use highway info for infrastructure.
+ - Eco growth should use region level data if available
+ - Add the Netherlands and Luxembourg
+ - Add more city graphics
+[Obsolete] - Research/integrate regional car popularities
+ - Currency exchange interpolation (e.g. 1950 Spain)
+
+Not Yet Ordered
+
+ - More updates of existing cities/regions (e.g. more than 1900, 1950, 2020 for EE1 cities/regions)
+[Obsolete] - Potentially limiting cities to those which have been updated
+ - Added the "Disabled" option, but all have been at least minimally updated now (3+ data points)
+ - Adding/updating company data (HQ location, names, etc.)
+
+Side Quests
+
+ - North America map proof of concept (for graphics)
+
+Bugs
+
+ - Haute-Garonne splled Haut-Garonne
+ - Spanish original cities showing way too much eco growth in 1920 (Observer IV save)
+
+
+-------
+
+Credits
+
+2020 Currency Rates:
+ IRS: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/yearly-average-currency-exchange-rates
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+EEII Summary
+
+* Regional Focus *
+
+Cities represent regions. The entire population of the region is listed for the city (divided among several cities when appropriate), representing residents buying cars in the nearby big city. More densely populated areas have higher manufacturing and (to a lesser extent) infrastructure scores, so urbanization is still important, but living outside of London no longer means you can't buy a car.
+
+* Expanded City Count *
+
+It is now feasible to play as a national manufacturer in Europe, and the AI will often do so.
+
+City count based on present-day borders. Format: ## [nationality] cities (change from base game, change from EE1)
+
+
+ - 50 Italian cities (+43; +43)
+ - 45 French cities (+38; +12)
+ - 40 Spanish cities (+36; +11)
+ - 36 British cities (+30; +30)
+ - 31 English cities (+26)
+ - 3 Welsh cities (+3)
+ - 1 Scottish city (+0)
+ - 1 Northern Irish city (+0)
+ - 10 Portuguese cities (+9; +5)
+ - 9 Swiss cities (+8; +8)
+ - 7 Belgian cities (+6; +6)
+
+* Decade-Level Demographics *
+
+The starting stats and growth rate now update every decade, versus being based on two data points in the original.
+
+* Improved Economic and Infrastructure Data *
+
+In addition to evolving over time, research has been done on the wealth of countries and the relative wealth of regions. Some areas of countries will now be more or less wealthy than others.
+
+Infrastructure has also been revamped, to be based in part on urbanization, but also in part gradually increasing over time.
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+England Notes
+
+Summary (8/30/22): Using unitary authorities/districts/etc. for urban areas where available. Most cities have such unitary authorities/etc.
+
+There are hundreds of these so a lot of land/people fall into the rural ones outside unitary authority.
+
+Where not available, trying to find city pops. Though it's rare that a city of decent size doesn't have its own authority.
+
+In some cases (e.g. Bournemouth/Poole), separate but very close authorities should be combined, but have not been yet.
+
+-----------------
+
+Probably going to have to use overall English/Welsh/Scottish/Irish populations, and then use populations of cities,
+as administrative divisions have changed too much to have long-term stats at a lower level.
+
+List of cities:
+
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_United_Kingdom#Map_of_the_cities
+
+Note some towns are larger than cities!
+
+GDP data: https://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/ukgdpir/result.php
+
+Office for National Statistics might prove useful:
+
+https://www.ons.gov.uk/help/localstatistics
+
+And Nomis, part of the ONS:
+
+https://www.nomisweb.co.uk
+
+Summary: https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2011census/2011censusdata/censusdata18011991
+
+Yeah, Nomis has a lot of data. Including stuff like industry of employment that could be great for some genres... also includes Car or Van availability that could be great for the "Infrastructure" variable, e.g. 68.9% of Nottinghammers have a car or van, and overall there are 314K cars/vans for 308K households.
+
+Looks like they have data from the 2011, 2001, 1991, 1981, and 1961 censuses. So not all the way back but enough to be of some value. They plan to go back to 1921 eventually. And they used an IBM 705 for the 1961 data!
+
+Online Historical Population Reports returns a "too busy" message a lot. Including always when trying to search and sometimes when paging through browsing. Unfortunate, as it could be useful, but it's almost unusable. This is also problematic as it may be the best source for cities that don't have their own unitary authority, e.g. Scunthorpe, which is part of a large district but still has 87K people.
+
+Potential lead for North Lincolnshire, including Scunthorpe: https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-learning/north-lincolnshire-local-studies-library/#1589805380577-72199b88-062a
+
+--- Cities ---
+
+London: Using Greater London
+
+Birmingham: Using Birmingham City. Probably should expand it to be more comparable to the other data. Should Wolverhampton be included?
+
+Liverpool: Now using Liverpool District. Should consider if other nearby districts should be included.
+
+Previously (only had data back to 1980): Using Liverpool City Region data, which includes:
+ - Liverpool
+ - Wirral
+ - Sefton
+ - Knowsley
+ - St. Helens
+ - Halton
+ - Various other smaller municipalities adding up to about 1/3 of the population
+ - Bootle
+ - Huyton-with-Roby
+ - Crosby
+ - Prescot
+ - Ashton-in-Makerfield (not part of urban area until 2010/2011
+ - Litherland
+ - Haydock
+ - Rainford (not part of urban area until 2010/2011)
+ - Probably more...
+Have Liverpool City Data for 2000, 2020.
+For 1990, 1980, using Liverpool Urban Area info, which is more limited; I believe that of the first group it only includes St. Helens.
+
+Leeds: Using City of Leeds (metropolitan borough).
+2020 GDP is actually 2012, 2010 pop numbers are missing.
+
+Manchester: Now using Manchester District. Probably should expand it a bit.
+Prevoiusly using Greater Manchester. Much larger than other areas I was using.
+
+Newcastle: Using Newcastle City. Consider adding:
+ - Gateshead
+ - North Tyneside
+ - South Tyneside
+Most of the population lives outside the city itself.
+
+Nottingham: Using Nomis data for 1960, Nottingham Urban Area for 1980 - 2020.
+ - Nomis: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/1961/SH13/view/507510825?rows=c_age&cols=c_sex
+ - Note that Nottingham Urban Area includes parts of Derbyshire! Thus it is not fully apples-to-apples!
+
+Bristol: Using the city of Bristol. Greater Bristol is at least two-thirds Bristol itself; Filton is about 10%, the rest are all quite small. Though if you expand it out, Bath could be included too.
+
+Norwich: using city of Norwich
+ - Urban area includes Costessey, Taverham, Hellesdon, Bowthorpe, Old Catton, Sprowston, Thorpe St. Andrew. Roughly doubles population.
+
+Milton Keynes: Using borough of Milton Keynes.
+
+-- Cities Needing Demographic Info:
+
+Southampton, Plymouth, Sheffield, Maidstone, Ipswich, Swindon, Exeter, Oxford, Leicester, Hereford
+
+
+----------
+
+Okay, found Vision of Britain while working on Wales. This is great! Can get regional data, city data, lots of data.
+
+Plan: Use the regions. Choose cities within.
+
+Tree of regions/cities:
+
+North East, 2.7M
+ - Newcastle (added, 300K)
+ - Middlesbrough (added, 140K)
+ - Urban area includes Stockton-on-Tees (83K), Billingham (35K), Thornaby-on-Tees (25K), and Ingleby Barwick (20K). These not yet included.
+ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough_of_Middlesbrough
+ - Secondary:
+ - Darlington
+ - Durham
+ - Sunderland (too close to Newcastle?)
+North West, 7.1M
+ - Manchester (added, 2.7M)
+ - Liverpool (added, 1.6M)
+ - Blackpool (added, 140K)
+ - Warrington
+ - Carlisle (added, 100K)
+Yorkshire and the Humber, 5.3M
+ - Leeds (added, 800K)
+ - Sheffield (added, 557K)
+ - Bradford (too close to Leeds, 366K)
+ - Hull (added, 260K)
+ - York (added, 210K)
+ = Total added: 4 cities, 1.827M
+East Midlands, 4.9M
+ - Nottingham (added, 322K)
+ - Derby (added, 249K, home of Rolls Royce)
+ - Leicster (added, 330K)
+ - Lincoln (added, 98K)
+ - Northampton (added, 225K)
+ - Mansfield (109K, unitary authority)
+ - Scunthorpe (82K, no city-specific stats online)
+West Midlands, 6.0M
+ - Birmingham (added, 1.15M)
+ - Coventry (added, 345K)
+ - Hereford (61K, no city-specific stats)
+ - Lichfield
+ - Stoke-on-Trent (added, 256K)
+ - Wolverhampton (added, 254K. big auto city)
+ - Worcester (no city-specific data, https://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/info/20044/research_and_feedback/795/population_statistics)
+ - Shrewsbury
+East of England, 6.3M
+ - Norwich (added, 143K)
+ - Ipswich (added, 133K)
+ - Luton (added, 213K)
+ - Cambridge (added, 125K)
+ - Southend-on-Sea (added, 183K)
+ - Peterborough (added, 179K)
+ - Chelmsford (added, 178K)
+ - Bury St Edmunds (added, 111K)
+ - Colchester [may be added]
+ - Bedford [may be added]
+ - Basildon [too close to Southend-on-Sea]
+ = Total added: 8 cities, 1265K
+London, 8.9M
+ - Synonmous with Greater London (added)
+South East, 9.3M
+ - Southampton (added, 270K)
+ - Milton Keynes (added, 270K)
+ - Portsmouth (added, 205K)
+ - Slough
+ - Reading (added, 162K)
+ - Oxford (added, 151K)
+ - Brighton (added, 290K)
+ - Dover (added, 118K)
+ = Total added: 7 cities, 1.466M
+South West, 5.3M
+ - Bath [next to add, 193K]
+ - Bristol (added, 459K)
+ - Bournemouth (added, 195K)
+ - Can be conglomerated with Poole and Christchurch
+ - Cheltenham [maybe, 116K]
+ - Exeter (added, 131K)
+ - Gloucester [maybe, 129K]
+ - Plymouth (added, 262K)
+ - Swindon (added, 233K)
+ = Total added: 5 cities, 1280K
+
+Okay, 46 cities (including Ireland). Definitely dense enough geographically. Going to focus exclusively on Scotland and Ireland going forward, at least until/unless there's a UK-specific map.
+
+Some of these also subdivide into regions, e.g North West England has 5 regions/counties that map quite nicely. In fact we might be able to use the 48 ceremonial counties now. Although it will still be necessary to be really careful distinguishing "Poor Law/Registration County", "Administrative County", and "Ancient County".
+ - Registration/Poor Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registration_district
+ - Administrative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_counties_of_England
+ - Ancient: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England
+ - Metropolitan/Non-Metropolitan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England
+ - Ceremonial/lieutenancy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England
+
+Registration/poor law seems to change over time, probably not a good choice.
+
+Metropolitan/non-metropolitan has also changed over time. Count = 83 currently.
+
+Administrative were stable from 1890 to 1965. Could be a good choice. But changed from 1889 to 1890, and from 1965 to 1974.
+
+Ceremonial has not been stagnant, a number were rearranged in 1996.
+
+Historic has been stable since 1889. Downside is the boundaries are sometimes a bit convoulted, and it doesn't have Greater London accounted for, or Greater Manchester which is split across a couple of them.
+
+Vision of Britain offers:
+ - Registration. But pop figures only go from 1801 till 1911 (e.g. for Berkshire).
+ - Administrative. Goes from 1911 to 1961.
+ - Ancient. Goes from 1801 to 1851.
+Oh. So there might not be an apples to apples comparison.
+
+But it does seem to have info for metropolitan counties from 1801 to 2011.
+
+Problem: even then, the districts don't divvy up into the regions. E.g. parts of the "North Yorkshire" district are in Yorkshire and the Humber, but part of North Yorkshire is in North East England!
+
+It's still really confusing though. E.g. look at the North East (https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10102741#tab02). It lists three modern counties, two of which have ended, the third, Tyne and Wear, obviously not being the whole thing. Digging into it a bit more, it appears the actual sub-divisions of the regions include potential whole counties, plus a bunch of unitary (or non-unitary) authorities for the sectiosn whose whole counties aren't included.
+
+Compared to the U.S., or Spain or France or Portugal or even Italy, it's a lot more complex with overlapping and non-hierarchical layers!
+
+I think I'll stick with cities + the 9 top-level regions + the 4 nations. Anything more nuanced than that adds more confusion than what's worth sorting through, even if 48-ish counties would be more aligned to what France has on a per-million-pop basis. Italy worked out okay with 16 top-level regions, the UK will have to work out with something like 7 (including Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales).
+
+Note on Scotland: They had districts from 1975 - 1996 that would have worked well, but have since switched to 32 council-based subdivisions that are probably too fine-grained.
+
+Note on Nothern Ireland: Similar, there were 6 counties but now 11 districts. Like in Scotland, the current divisions are about 150K people apiece, too small for us.
+
+Although Wikipedia has good data on some of them. Potential resources:
+
+Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency: https://www.nisra.gov.uk
+
+Central Statistics Office: https://www.cso.ie/en/index.html
+Technically Republic of Ireland but cited for County Londonderry. Maybe for historic info, but maybe current? Likely to be useful for the Free State regardless.
+
+Online Historical Population Reports website: http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/
+
+Have Northern Ireland County info for:
+ - Armagh
+ - Fermanagh
+ - Tyrone
+ - Down
+ - Londonderry
+
+So it is only missing for Antrim. That can be derived via subtraction, via the totals at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demography_of_Northern_Ireland .
+
+But a major problem would be that Belfast is on the border of Antrim and Down counties...
+
+--
+
+Have added top-level data for:
+ - East of England
+ - East Midlands
+ - London (de facto)
+ - North East
+ - North West
+ - Scotland
+ - South East
+ - South West
+ - West Midlands
+ - Wales
+ - Yorkshire and the Humber
+
+This is all of them, except Northern Ireland.
+
+---
+
+Found the NUTS breakdown on Italian Wikipedia:
+
+https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenclatura_delle_unit%C3%A0_territoriali_per_le_statistiche_del_Regno_Unito
+
+This could be useful, there are 37 NUTS 2 regions which could be a good guide.
+
+--------------------
+
+Manufacturers
+
+ - Bentley is headquartered in Crewe today, but was founded in London and didn't move to Crewe for a few decades.
+ - Not sure where Caparo is based, leaving it at the London default
+ - Could Crammer be Crossley?
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+France Notes
+
+Cassini is the way to go for population data for cities. At least within city limits.
+
+=> Ajaccio
+Population: http://cassini.ehess.fr/cassini/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=339
+
+=> Amiens
+Population: http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=659
+
+=> Chalon-su-Saone
+Population: http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=7729
+
+=> Dijon
+Population: http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=11845
+
+=> Limoges
+Population: http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=19609
+
+=> Montluçon
+Population: http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=23649
+
+=> Reims
+Population: http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=28831
+
+=> Saint-Brieuc
+Population: http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=30795
+
+=> Saint-Quentin
+Population: http://cassini.ehess.fr/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=34360
+
+-- Manufacturers --
+
+I suspect that Burly is Panhard, the dates match on the end and nearly on the beginning. But not entirely sure.
+
+But there's no obvious link to Lyon.
+
+Or maybe Burly is Gautier–Wehrlé? The start year is the same and it rhymes. But why's the end date 1967 then?
+
+--
+
+Charbu may be Chenard-Walcker. End date matches, start date kinda similar.
+
+Unicorn could be Unic? Dates don't quite match up though.
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+Ireland Notes
+
+Population 7 million.
+
+Historical data:
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland
+
+Cites CSO. I believe this is just for the Free State (including prior to 1916), as the figures are well below the overall Irish figures in the chart below, which is presumably the whole island.
+
+GDP: Cited via IMF (International Monetary Fund), 2018. At $78K, seems high, but the 2021 stats I see are even higher! ($102K). Both are listed as GDP (Nominal), so wow, that is pretty high!
+
+Also has a nice regional breakdown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland#Overview_and_GDP). Huge disparities by region.
+
+8 NUTS-III regions. Could add 'em all.
+
+Or, there are 5 functional urban areas, Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford. Could base things on that.
+
+Border = ?
+West = Galway
+Mid-West = Limerick
+South-East = Waterford
+South-West = Cork
+Dublin = Dublin
+Mid-East = ?
+Midland = ?
+
+There are also the traditional counties, if we want to break things down more...
+
+The Dublin FUA extends beyond County Dublin into the Mid-East.
+
+Alternately, there are 4 provinces, Connact, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster.
+These would lead to large cities. Also, Ulster includes Northern Ireland.
+
+** West Region **
+
+"2020" figures are actually 2006 (pop), 2012 (GDP), from Wikipedia:
+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Region,_Ireland
+
+** South-West Region **
+
+Pop = 2016 figures (census), GDP = 2014 (CSO).
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South-West_Region,_Ireland
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+City Pop Bibliography
+
+ - Generally via Wikipedia/Italian Wikipedia, which cite ISTAT, the official source. I can't quite navigate Italian well enough to query it myself, unlike the French sources.
+ - Trento: 1900 via http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/K/meyers-1905-019-0708; lower-right side of page 708. Was still Austro-Hungarian at the time.
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+Luxembourg Notes
+
+* Districts *
+
+Using the three old districts that were abolished in 2015.
+
+Stats from French Wikipedia:
+https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Luxembourg
+https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Diekirch
+https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Grevenmacher
+
+Only Luxembourg and maaaaybe Diekirch are large enough to ever draw any AI players.
+
+* Economy *
+
+The jump in GDP per capita between 1970 and 1980 looks suspicious, but in pounds sterling it really did jump by a factor of 4.5 or so.
+
+1900 GDP per capita: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-History/Assets/Documents/WorkingPapers/Economic-History/2018/WP278.pdf, page 26.
+
+Problem is it's in 1990 U.S. dollars. But it has a fair amount of analysis on regions, could be useful for historic GDP data per region. Notably Hainaut is a standout for starting rich and ending poor.
+
+Notable Bibliographic Citations:
+
+Broadberry, S. and Klein, A. (2012) ‘Aggregate and per capita GDP in Europe, 1870–2000: continental,
+regional and national data with changing boundaries’, Scandinavian Economic History Review, Vol. 60 (1): 79-107.
+
+Williamson, J.G. (1965) ‘Regional inequality and the process of national development: a description of the
+patterns’, Economic development and cultural change, Vol. 13 (4, Part 2): 1-84.
+
+Especially:
+
+Joan R. Rosés and Nikolaus Wolf (eds.),
+The Economic Development of Europe's Regions: A Quantitative History Since 1900 (forthcoming, Routledge
+Explorations in Economic History).
+https://www.routledge.com/The-Economic-Development-of-Europes-Regions-A-Quantitative-History-since/Roses-Wolf/p/book/9780367664480
+https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9780367664480?source=65769¤cy=USD&destination=US&a_aid=65769
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+This document is on thoughts for how to represent attributes beyond GNP and population.
+
+*** Labor Skill ***
+
+One factor could be the percentage of graduates. Vision Britain has this:
+
+https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10057127/cube/EDUC_LEVEL_GRAD_GEN
+
+The also have state on high school graduation rates.
+
+https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10057127/cube/EDUC_LEVEL_UNQU_GEN
+
+Comparing this across countries could be difficult, however.
+
+** Infrastructure **
+
+In EE1, I used urban density as the only proxy for anything.
+
+We can probably do better. I am thinking maybe urbanization should be the proxy for manufacturing, rather than infrastructure?
+
+For Infrastructure, see:
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_motorway_construction_in_European_nations
+
+This shows motorway construction by year, by nation in Europe. Combine it with already-existing population stats (and maybe some geographic area stats), and it's a great match for the "better roads and transportation systems" mentioned in the in-game description.
+
+If there's good info, potentially also vehicles-per-capita; Wikipedia has a current listing at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita
+
+The British Department of Transit has stats on this, too.
+
+** Manufacturing **
+
+Urbanization levels can be a factor here.
+
+** Resources **
+
+Could be a combination of infrastructure and manufacturing.
+
+Would like to have it reflect, in part, the prominence of relevant supporting industries, such as steelmaking, or perhaps large ports.
+
+** Fuel Prices **
+
+Could try to find some info on gas taxes. But my guess is this is primarily going to be based on historical eras, e.g. the 70s and the oil crisis.
+
+The European Commission Oil Bulletin has published stats on this, e.g. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42182497
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+All existing cities updated.
+
+Per Wikipedia, C&L was 20.6% urban in 1960, and 43% in 1998.
+
+UPDATE: Going to go based on provinces, rather than autonomous communities. That's more on par with what I have in France, and doesn't result in humungous cities.
+
+Thought: How should we handle infrastructure? My current proxy idea is urbanization.
+
+Population source: https://www.ine.es/jaxi/Datos.htm?path=/t20/e245/p06/l0/&file=1900.px
+And https://www.ine.es/jaxi/Datos.htm?path=/t20/e245/p06/l0/&file=1950.px
+And the Wikipedia page per province for the most recent.
+
+Might consider Jerez in lieu of Cadiz, or in addition to it. Its population was about the same in 1900, and is a lot higher now. Should at least consider it for infrastructure/etc.
+Should consider Gijon, Asturias, too, for infrastructure if none else.
+Reus in Tarragona also hits 100K.
+Torrelavega in Cantabria; important industrial hub only 20 miles from the provincial capital.
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Spain
+
+With 9 cities, we have 5.27 million people. Spain = 18.62 million; 28.3%.
+Reference: France, we have 23.17 million people across 33 cities. France = 38.96 million. 59.5%.
+
+With 15 cities, we have 8.06 million people. 43.3%.
+With 29 cities, we have 13.39 million people. 71.9%, more than France.
+
+For city pop (corresponding to infrastructure), going with minimum 100K in 2020. 50K in 1950, 25K in 1900.
+
+
+------
+
+2022 Update: Have been adding provinces while favoring those in geographically underrepresented areas, and those whose population was higher earlier and
+then declined or was stready.
+
+Teruel, Zamora, Caceres, Albacete, Salamanca added
+
+Considering:
+
+ - Ourense
+ - Cuenca
+ - Lerida/Lleida
+
+Might consider Gijon for population, though it's close to Oviedo. But less inclined to add it and Jerez than the top three above.
+
+Might also consider Logrono (La Rioja), and Soria. Soria is better positioned geographically, but Logrono/La Rioja is more populous.
+
+With those 3-5 additions, Spain should be geographically set.
+
+Added Ourense/Cuenca/Logrono/Soria.
+
+Also somehow we missed Leon... gonna need Leon. Added!
+
+-- Economic History --
+
+Grabbed recent data from MacroTrends, historical data from https://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/spaingdp/result.php
+
+------------
+
+Pop Sources:
+
+For INE, using Población de Derecho (population by law, i.e. who is registered there)
+
+Albacete: https://www.ine.es/intercensal/intercensal.do?search=1&cmbTipoBusq=0&textoMunicipio=albacete
+
+Cáceres: https://www.ine.es/intercensal/intercensal.do?search=1&cmbTipoBusq=0&textoMunicipio=c%C3%A1ceres
+
+Cuenca: https://www.ine.es/intercensal/intercensal.do?search=1&cmbTipoBusq=0&textoMunicipio=cuenca
+
+León: https://www.ine.es/intercensal/intercensal.do?search=1&cmbTipoBusq=0&textoMunicipio=Le%C3%B3n
+See also: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81rea_metropolitana_de_Le%C3%B3n_(Espa%C3%B1a)#Demograf%C3%ADa
+Which is the metro area. Only goes back to 1970.
+Raises the classic question of, "which areas should be included?" It notably lists the density, which could be a useful consideration if thresholds could be established.
+For consistentcy, I've just gone with the city.
+
+Logroño: https://www.ine.es/intercensal/intercensal.do?search=1&cmbTipoBusq=0&textoMunicipio=Logro%C3%B1o
+
+Ourense: https://www.ine.es/intercensal/intercensal.do?search=1&cmbTipoBusq=0&textoMunicipio=Ourense
+
+Salamanca: https://www.ine.es/intercensal/intercensal.do?search=1&cmbTipoBusq=0&textoMunicipio=Salamanca
+
+Soria: https://www.ine.es/intercensal/intercensal.do?search=1&cmbTipoBusq=0&textoMunicipio=Soria
+
+Teruel: https://www.ine.es/intercensal/intercensal.do?search=1&cmbTipoBusq=0&textoMunicipio=Teruel
+
+Zamora: https://www.ine.es/intercensal/intercensal.do?search=1&cmbTipoBusq=0&textoMunicipio=Zamora
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+Population
+
+Not sure where I was getting pop figure early on, but Basel City has a higher population than both Basel cantons combined. Actually all of the figures appear to be humungous...
+
+In theory the stats come from https://www.bfs.admin.ch, but I haven't found the right queries yet.
+
+So far grabbing stats from Wiki which is working, also found another source:
+
+https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/000209/2016-11-10/ (for Bern but presumably has others. Not as many years as the BFS though).
+
+Lucerne's city website provided detailed info, more so than other locas have available.
+
+Zurich figures from: https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/000171/2015-01-25/
+
+All others from Wiki, usually based on historical atlas, otherwise on BFS.
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