User blog comment:Emperors Arise/Character Sheet: Zenon Takis/@comment-4867780-20150723084407/@comment-4867780-20150724051454

250 amounts to 400 km, and I'm positively certainly even the most epically athletic and trained human couldn't ever swim for 10% of it even with the best of luck Stamina aside, doing it in an hour would also imply a cruising speed of over 100 meters per secconde.

So... we're in full-blown Chuck Norris facts here ^ ^;

Three billions is almost half the population of the entire world, I can't imagine how you could possibly fit this many people on just 8 islands, unless they are the size of small continents or entirely covered with 100-floors skyscrapers.

I didn't critize the idea that he had so much defenses, just pointed out that an immersive coeherence between them would help make it more credible to the readers.

And you're welcome :) I only said all that for the constructive benefit it may add.