Timeline for How would a medieval fantasy world adapt to a near-unstoppable horde-like civilization that's located in the middle of the known world
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| Feb 4, 2020 at 9:37 | comment | added | Ton Day | Because of the perverse incentive to flee. I save my people instead of watching them die. And I have my revenge upon the people around me - they tried to dump a problem in my lap, and instead I've dumped it in theirs. | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 12:07 | comment | added | Zxyrra | @TonDay Why shouldn't a country neighboring the pit spend ruinous amounts of resources fending off the invasion? Regardless of whether neighbors are considered, doom is doom. They may be angry that their neighbors aren't helping, but that doesn't change the fact that if they don't fight, they're screwed. Imo, they'll fight to save themselves - even if it's futile (2/2). | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 12:06 | comment | added | Zxyrra | @TonDay Without knowing the scale of the OP's world, I can't place the length of the wall - but I assume given a medieval Europe-analogous setting, countries will be a lot smaller than China. Plus, given the urgency of a demon apocalypse and the power of the Church, I imagine the maximum amount of resources will be allocated. Also given such urgency, the initial wall can be made a lot cheaper and a lot weaker than China's and fortified over time. (1/2) | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 9:36 | comment | added | Ton Day | Ten years? Pshaw. Ten years is more than two orders of magnitude less time than it took to build the Great Wall of China, and you're proposing something similar in scope. No country neighboring the neighbors to the Pit will be able to erect defenses in time unless there's an army on the other side of said defenses buying said time. Which is a problem: Why should I, a country neighboring the Pit, spend ruinous amounts of resources fending off the end of my neighbors (i.e. competition) if it means guaranteeing my own doom? | |
| Jan 30, 2020 at 6:01 | history | answered | Zxyrra | CC BY-SA 4.0 |