Super Citadel?

[Agent Miles]

The manual says that the citadel series of structures tops out when the population reaches 9k. However I've built up to that point and if I cursor over the population figure I get the message that the next level is 18k. Is this a misprint in the manual?

[FactionHeir]

No, its the same for cities. This is the arbitrary cap on population and is a hidden variable used to track how much squalor there will be at certain population levels and the growth rate in general.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

So, this means that cities will not go past 48000 and citadels past 18000??
I've never heard of this thing before!

[Agent Miles]

Well I got the citadel in Algiers up to a population of 18,800+, so it is not a "cap". Nothing extra was gained in the citadel and no new super citadel was waiting to be constructed. The manual is correct and its apparently just a curiosity.

[FactionHeir]

I didn't claim your pop can't grow beyond that number, just that all the variables are geared towards that cap (i.e. no more squalor past that point (80%) for instance.