1 INTRODUCTION
2 MOCK CATALOGUE CONSTRUCTION
2.1 The Millennium XXL Simulation
2.2 Populating the MXXL dark matter haloes
2.3 Catalogue specifications
3 MOCK CATALOGUE CALIBRATION
3.1 Observational datasets
3.2 Number counts calibration
3.3 Luminosity function calibration
3.4 Discussion of calibration results
3.5 Galaxy number densities
4 LINEAR BIAS FORECASTS
4.1 Catalogue preparation
4.2 Clustering analysis
4.3 Linear bias measurements and fitting
4.4 Linear bias evolution with redshift
5 DISCUSSION
6 CONCLUSIONS & SUMMARY