I've taken on the "rise to prosperity" (normal difficulty) challenge to test version 0.8.111. I'm leaving here some screenshots and numbers that might help guide you.

Strawford from above.

I've chosen the following development perks:

• Origins: Nuremberg prospectors
• Rural foundations: Fish husbandry

Families and animals

The single-region village hosts 175 families (530 population) in a completly renewable and self-sustaining way. The families are relatively happy (~85% approval). In total, I've constructed 112 burgages.

The families are hierarchicaly organized in ~70 level 1 families, ~45 level 2 families, ~20 level 3 familiea and ~40 level 4 families.

The village also includes the following animals:

• 24 oxen (4 unassigned but with dedicated oxen guides in the stables)
• 4 horses
• ~100 cows (limited by the butcher)
• 40 goats
• 40 pigs
• 60 chickens

At the time of this post, I was creating a small flock of sheep (~20 sheep). The animal feed available supports such a small flock. The animals yield ~200 units of fertilizer per year.

The pasture space is 2x the desired number of fully grown animals (cows and sheep).

The animals are supported by 5 livestock farms (1 per 50 animals), fully staffed during the winter and manned by a single family during the rest of the year.

The region is low fertility, with a rich node of eels and a rich node of salt.

Food sources

The current cow herd yields ~125 units of beef per year.

The village is supported by ~27 morgen of fields, across 45 fields of ~0.6 morgen each. The fields are grouped in 7 farmhouses (between 6 and 9 fields each). The following crops are currently planted (in 3 years rotations, all fields have a fallow year set):

• 4 flax fields (~150 flax yield)
• 14 oats fields (~600 oats yield)
• 7 wheat fields (~150 wheat grain yield)
• 5 barley fields (~100 barley yield)
• The remaining 15 fields are fallow and will rotate to the crops above.

All fields accept fertilizer (3 dunghills, 1 family each).

Food is mainly based on sausages, smoked fish, vegetables, wheat bread and cheese.

The region includes 7 orchards (~500% cost): 5 apple orchards (~320 apples yield per harvest) and 2 pear orchards (~80 pears yield per harvest).

Food is sustained by 2 fishmongers (~700 smoked fish yield per year), 2 butcher's shops (~400 sausages yield per year), 2 cheesemongers (~600 cheese units yield per year) and 2 bakeries (~600 wheat bread yield per year). Additionally, a taylor, shoe maker and 2 breweries (~20 mead, ~80 cider and ~100 mead yield per year) support the people's needs.

Industry

Industry is supported by 2 wood processing regions, each with:

• 1 Logging camp (1 family + 1 oxen, limited to 100 timber)
• 1 Woodcutter's lodge (1 family, limited to 100 firewood)
• 1 Charcoal kiln (2 families)
• 1 foresters hut (3 families, except during winter)

Economy is mostly based on the export of shoes, salt, gambesons and large shields, supported by 1 fully staffed trading post (with 4 horses). The region contains 4 fully staffed deep salt mines.

For other productions, the region has:

• 2 weaver's workshop (1 family each).
• 1 malthouse (2 families)
• 1 tannery (1 family)
• 1 windmill (2 families)
• 1 stonemasons (1 family)
• 1 clay furnace (1 family)
• 1 lime kiln (1 family)

Overall, the village yields ~1-2k regional wealth per year. The lord's treasury pays the king's tax with a 6% land tax.

A rich and propserous village, capable of importing necessary materials and food in case of droughts.

Logistics

The region is sorted into 3 village centers, each with a market, storehouse, granary, church, tavern and stone well. This minimizes peasant travel time to work places.

The main city center, featuring the large stone church and manor.

A total of 23 families are assigned to granary logistics, and 20 families are assigned to storehouse logistics. All families are allowed to set up market stalls (43, in total, across 3 main markets).

Demand is kept at a reasonably supplied state.

The region also contains 2 fully staffed construction yards (with 2 assigned oxen), except in winter, where only 2 families are assigned.

Life in the rural Strawford is hard.

But the lord is fair and cares for the people.

Bugs and feedback

The main bug I've identified with 0.8.111 is that the rotation of the crops randomly gets mixed-up. I'm not sure if it is on game restarts, or during normal crop rotations. But the initialy set rotation eventually gets lost and re-doing it implies burning the field. Keeping the wrong rotation makes it so the same crop sometimes is used sequentially, completly consuming the fertility of the field and often removing the fallow year (and, therefore, preventing the proper application of fertilizer). This was a major bug on my game. Other than that, really enjoying the changes so far.

I hope this post gives you some idea of the numbers to achieve self-suficiency in a relatively large village (without having to deal with competing lords or raiders). Of course, food sources and industry are completly dependent on the region's rich nodes, so these numbers may greatly change depending on the region's conditions and available fertility. Good luck out there, lords and ladies!

Random pests and animal diseases should attack, forcing us to diversify food sources. Certain actions could lower the risk/frequency of these, such as planting hedgerows for birds to nest.