[HoE] Populations

[Seyton <n9543488@cc.wwu.edu>]

I've been seeing all of the examples brought up on the
Templar/Jedi/Playability thread and this has brought up a question,
exactly how big are the settlements in the Wasted West?  People are
talking about villages of 500 and this would be astronomical in my game.
Am I doing something wrong by having the largest settlements be only one
hundred to one-fifty?  And having the average be around fifty people?
What population statistics do you all use in your games?  Road Warriors
mention that the population of settlements are only a handful of people,
what is a handful?