Vast swathes of the county were devastated by this catastrophe, many areas becoming permanently depopulated. Vast swathes of the forest were burned and cleared for sugarcane plantations. Merchants had a tendency to invest their profits in vast swathes of land. Both sides adopted scorched-earth tactics, with large swathes of pasturage and cropland being destroyed. They may festoon large sections of trunk and branches in dense swathes of silk. Gotham is rife with crime and unemployment, leaving swathes of the population disenfranchised and impoverished. Eventually it came to have districts encompassing large swathes of the nation. Around 1800, large swathes of the Harz were deforested. Large swathes of these areas saw 10-day rainfall accumulations in excess of . Most of these empires extended over large swathes of Indian territory. The Croatian government rapidly lost control of large swathes of the republic. Large swathes of Hindu and Sikh localities were attacked or destroyed. Silence is a huge trope in the move, with large swathes of silence in dialogue. Due to this large swathes of their former breeding range are now unsuitable. Each Fireforce took charge of huge swathes of the country (many thousands of square miles).