
Slaves: Slaves are essentially less effective farmers and the ideal amount is none. Under planned economy they cannot invest, and the ideal amount is none. Capitalists: Capitalists can invest in factories, and it is thus hard to say how many is ideal. Aristocrats: The ideal amount of Aristocrats is 2% in each state to increase RGO output, but it is by far the least important pop type, and the ideal amount is below 2%. Soldiers: There is no ideal amount other than the more the better. Any pop more than 0.2% is completely wasted. Officers: 0.2% of the total population is ideal to maximise leadership points. Bureaucrats: 1% of the population in each state is ideal. Clergymen: Clergymen affect literacy increase up to 4% of each state, and research points up to 2% of the total population.
20% of the amount of work space is ideal.
Clerks: Like craftsmen, the amount of factories defines, how many you need. It is ideal that craftsmen make up 80% of the available jobs in factories and not a single one more. Craftsmen: The amount of factories defines how many craftsmen can work. Due to the need of other POP types, less than maximum employed people is usually ideal. Labourers / Farmers: There are a maximum amount of POPs that can work in each RGO.
There is not a completely objective ideal composition, but many of the population types have ideal amounts. Understanding the mechanics The ideal composition of POPs