I've recently been in a bit of a debate with another fellow upon the subject of a Japanese war against Russia with a few changes to it.
First of all, what is the absolute largest size in terms of manpower the Russian army could ever grow to? I had an estimate given to me of around 24 million but having 20% of the population of Russia in the army sounds a little heavy.
What was the highest percentage that taxes could reach in that period? The same fellow who I mentioned above also seems to believe 50% is a reasonable tax rate for Russia, Japan meanwhile has 10% taxe
Provided both of these are correct I'm looking at roughly 12 million Russians vs. 800,000 Japanese with much much deeper Russian pockets. How could the Japanese ever win such a war?
First of all, what is the absolute largest size in terms of manpower the Russian army could ever grow to? I had an estimate given to me of around 24 million but having 20% of the population of Russia in the army sounds a little heavy.
What was the highest percentage that taxes could reach in that period? The same fellow who I mentioned above also seems to believe 50% is a reasonable tax rate for Russia, Japan meanwhile has 10% taxe
Provided both of these are correct I'm looking at roughly 12 million Russians vs. 800,000 Japanese with much much deeper Russian pockets. How could the Japanese ever win such a war?