Spoiled by civilized factions

[Zim]

No, not by their their better armored line troops, nor their better income (both inherent in their starting settlements and their better construction trees). Rather, I forgot how much better their base populations were.

Just started a Sweboz game after having played multiple civilized factions in a row...wpw Germania is lowly populated. Many of the cities I've conquered couldn't even recruit the turn after conquest. I may be screwing myself later, but I decided to also keep VH taxes in all settlements. My computer works best with large rather than huge units, so it seems a good way to keep up the pressure.

Anyone else get a bit of a shock after switching from a civilized to a barbarian faction?