Rules that need to be known to play on the server (rules+hiring rules+faction rules/rights) were reduced from 2644 to 1558 words.
That includes removing rules that became obsolete through mod changes, re-ordering the remaining ones in a more logical way, and re-wording them to make them easier to read.
If one includes the forum rules and official faction creation rules, they were reduced from 3444 words to 2088.