Site-search capital & Patrol Noob Questions

[cool_hc]

Hi

I just recently got dominions 3 and I was interested in some of the mechanics of the game:

1. Is it necessary to site-search your starting capital? Or are all the magic sites automatically revealed in the capital ?

2. Does anyone know how the patrol mechanic work, in regards to reducing unrest ? In the manual it just states more troops means more unrest removed, but that is really ambiguous. How many troops do I actually need to remove each point of unrest ?

3. How much does my population grow by each turn ? I know the growth scales increase pop by 0.2% per scale, but if I leave growth/death at 0, does that mean my population never increases? Or is there an automatic hidden growth rate ?

Thanks in advance