The numbers of ninja that we've seen graduating from the Academy and the various exams suggests that there are really surprisingly few - I'd say one or two thousand at the very greatest - and I really doubt that Konoha's ninja need thirty support personelle each. OTOH, it's quite possible for a relatively low-tech city that's central to a nation the size of Hinokuni to top one hundred thousand - IIRC, Rome had well over a million during the Empire's heyday, and the lower estimates for Tenochtitlan, which had nowhere near the same kind of resources, are around sixty thousand.
So, yeah - you'd be surprised how primitive a society can support large cities. For it to be that big, with anything like the technology I think most of the series implies, Konoha'd almost have to be the largest city in Hinokuni - 'Hidden Village' is a lie both ways. Which is another way of saying that I definitely agree about it being the capital.
Anyway, we probably shouldn't worry about it so much, as Naruto's world is most definitely Tech Level Mobius. ^_^
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
So, yeah - you'd be surprised how primitive a society can support large cities. For it to be that big, with anything like the technology I think most of the series implies, Konoha'd almost have to be the largest city in Hinokuni - 'Hidden Village' is a lie both ways. Which is another way of saying that I definitely agree about it being the capital.
Anyway, we probably shouldn't worry about it so much, as Naruto's world is most definitely Tech Level Mobius. ^_^
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."