User blog comment:Shadow at Morning/Determination of the Size of Vale via Cartographic Analysis/@comment-9464517-20150129221333/@comment-24891101-20150129225728

Indeed. That's a large part of why I did this. As soon as I realised just how big Vale was, it quickly became one of my favorite aspects of the world. You're very right, we rarely see cities of this scale in fiction. It's such a good worldbuilding opportunity, which I love.

My big concern, of course, is that the production team isn't actually aware of how big they made the city. Certainly the presence of Ruby's line seems to suggest this. On the other hand, how could they not? They made the Vale map take up a significant portion of Vytal's coast.

And as soon as I mentioned that Vale was obviously a megalopolis, and was disbelieved, I knew I'd have to do an analysis like this. I want to raise awareness of the scale of Vale, so that the fandom at large takes this into consideration when coming up with anything at all.