Starvation

Starvation occurs when you run out of food. If you starve, you lose military units and peasants.

You can avoid starvation by having a surplus of food. Most players try to balance their food supply so that they have a small buffer for growth. Maintaining too high of a stockpile can be an inefficient use of your production capabilities but having too many farms.

Formula

[Total Casualties] = min([Missing food] * 2, [Total Population] * 0.02)

[Military casualties] = [Total Casualties] / 2

[Peasant casualties] = [Total Casualties] / 2