Building A Better World

  • Initial Catastrophe

    Disease spreads to Lynchburg wiping out all but 300 residents.
  • Community

    The 300 survivors create a community and begin to familiarize themselves with each other
  • Migration

    Migration
    Survivors choose downtown Lynchburg to begin establishing a new town
  • Farming

    With no food being imported the community turns to Lynchburgs hills for farming to create food.
  • Community Improvement

    As time passes the community begins to run a little smoother, the elders are in charge and people begin to find there place and what job they must do to keep the community running
  • Trade

    Trade
    Trade within the community begins to increase and a market is established. Men hunt and farm while the women do household chores
  • Reproduction

    As the Community settles and is surviving people begin to relax and reproduce; population begins a gradual increase.
  • Education

    Traditional education is not used and if a child is educated he focuses on a specific task to benefit the community and dictate the rest of his/her life.
  • Technology Increase

    Tools are refined to become more efficient and require less man power, increases economic success.
  • Population

    Year: 10 Population Size: 310 Sex Ratio: 15:16 Life Expectancy: 60 IMR: 69.9 CMR: 5.6 Top four professions
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
    Construction
  • Animals

    Animals
    Domestic animals have been stranded by previous owners because of the flood and many have starved or run wild, causing panic in the town
  • Population

    Year: 20 Population Size: 370 Sex Ratio: 17:20 Life Expectancy: 58 IMR: 67.5 CMR: 5.3
    Top four professions
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
    Construction
  • Population

    Year: 30 Population Size: 410 Sex Ratio: 15:14 Life Expectancy: 59 IMR: 61.7 CMR: 5.7
    Top four professions
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
    Construction
  • Population

    Year: 40 Population Size: 440 Sex Ratio: 20:24 Life Expectancy: 64 IMR: 62.5 CMR: 5.9
    Top four professions
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
    Construction
  • Infrastructure Repair

    The cities roads have taken a beating as little emphasis was put into keeping them functional, action is now taken to repair the roads throughout Lynchburg
  • Population

    Year: 50 Population Size: 480 Sex Ratio: 1:23 Life Expectancy: 64 IMR: 59.8 CMR: 5.3
    Top four professions
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
    Construction
  • Earthquake

    Earthquake
    Earthquake...People are in panic...and buildings are damaged severely.
  • Earthquake Recovery begins

    The aftershocks have seized and construction repair begins throughout the city
  • Population

    Year: 60 Population Size: 370 Sex Ratio: 17:20 Life Expectancy: 60 IMR: 67 CMR: 4.9
    Top four professions
    Construction
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
  • Population

    Year: 70 Population Size: 400 Sex Ratio: 18:22 Life Expectancy: 63 IMR: 60.8 CMR: 4.8
    Top four professions
    Construction
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
  • Population

    Year: 80 Population Size: 450 Sex Ratio: 21:24 Life Expectancy: 65 IMR: 57.2 CMR: 5.2
    Top four professions
    Construction
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
  • Population begin to grow faster

    Food is abundant and everything is running smoothly, thus more babies are born
  • Population

    Year: 90 Population Size: 490 Sex Ratio: 23:26 Life Expectancy: 67 IMR: 55.6 CMR: 4.9
    Top four professions
    Construction
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
  • Population

    Year: 100 Population Size: 550 Sex Ratio: 17:13 Life Expectancy: 70 IMR: 56.1 CMR: 4.6
    Top four professions
    Construction
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
  • Population

    Year: 110 Population Size: 650 Sex Ratio: 15:14 Life Expectancy: 73 IMR: 50 CMR: 4.9
    Top four professions
    Construction
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
  • Population

    Year: 120 Population Size: 760 Sex Ratio: 14:12 Life Expectancy: 74 IMR: 50.7 CMR: 4.6
    Top four professions
    Construction
    Farmer
    Medical
    Merchant
  • Diaherra Outbreak

    Diaherra Outbreak
    Medical advances have not happened in over 50 years so a stomach bug spreads through the city and everyone gets explosive bloody diaherra and many cases are fatal.
  • Population

    Year: 130 Population Size: 660 Sex Ratio: 10:10 Life Expectancy: 66 IMR: 55.5 CMR: 4.8
    Top four professions
    Medical
    Construction
    Farmer
    Merchant
  • Medical Advances

    After people realize how easily disease can spread throughout the city, emphasize is put on discovering more about disease
  • Population

    Year: 140 Population Size: 720 Sex Ratio: 14:12 Life Expectancy: 67 IMR: 51.2 CMR: 5.3
    Top four professions
    Medical
    Construction
    Farmer
    Merchant
  • Population

    Year: 150 Population Size: 810 Sex Ratio: 10:11 Life Expectancy: 74 IMR: 45.9 CMR: 5.2
    Top four professions
    Medical
    Construction
    Farmer
    Merchant
  • Population

    Year: 160 Population Size: 960 Sex Ratio: 14:12 Life Expectancy: 73 IMR: 42.5 CMR: 5
    Top four professions
    Medical
    Construction
    Farmer
    Merchant
  • Technological Farm Advancement

    New technology allows farmers to grow crops without the us of water
  • Population

    Year: 170 Population Size: 1110 Sex Ratio: 10:12 Life Expectancy: 76 IMR: 41.2 CMR: 4.7
    Top four professions
    Farmer
    Medical
    Construction
    Merchant
  • Population

    Year: 180 Population Size: 1330 Sex Ratio: 14:12 Life Expectancy: 78 IMR: 42.3 CMR: 4.3
    Top four professions
    Farmer
    Medical
    Construction
    Merchant
  • Flash Floods

    Huge Rainstorms pour over lynchburg leaving roads and crops are flooded. Government does not treat as a major threat.
  • Anarchy

    The people have felt like they are being oppressed therefore they riot and over throw the government
  • Convert to Tribalism

    Convert to Tribalism
    The man who led the revolution earns respect and becomes the head of the Lynchburg tribe.
  • Population

    Year: 190 Population Size: 1230 Sex Ratio: 10:13 Life Expectancy: 73 IMR: 40.7 CMR: 4.5
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant
  • Back to the Basics

    Back to the Basics
    The new "Chief" throws away the old government and starts new, taking away currency and promoting trade.
  • Population

    Year: 200 Population Size: 1300 Sex Ratio: 17:13 Life Expectancy: 75 IMR: 38.1 CMR: 4.3
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant
  • Isolation

    The chief believes in being one with the earth, the tribe learns to be completely self reliant. Finding everything they need to survive in the city and its immediate hunting lands
  • Population

    Year: 210 Population Size: 1390 Sex Ratio: 15:14 Life Expectancy: 76 IMR: 36.5 CMR: 4.5
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant
  • Population

    Year: 220 Population Size: 1460 Sex Ratio: 14:12 Life Expectancy: 74 IMR: 31.9 CMR: 4.6
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant
  • Population

    Year: 230 Population Size: 1570 Sex Ratio: 18:13 Life Expectancy: 76 IMR: 28.4 CMR: 4.8
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant
  • Family Planning

    The chief needs more men in the workforce so he declares every family must breed until they have at least one boy.
  • Population

    Year: 240 Population Size: 1730 Sex Ratio: 17:13 Life Expectancy: 78 IMR: 27.5 CMR: 4.7
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant
  • Bear Down

    Bear Down
    A surge in the Bear population in the lynchburg area allows for a great hunting season and a increase in population growth
  • Population

    Year: 250 Population Size: 1930 Sex Ratio: 18:11 Life Expectancy: 79 IMR: 27.9 CMR: 5.1
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant
  • Drought

    Drought
    Crops fail and the Chief has trouble calming everyone down and the drought lasts for six weeks
  • Population

    Year: 260 Population Size: 1840 Sex Ratio: 17:09 Life Expectancy: 75 IMR: 34.8 CMR: 5.2
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant
  • Population

    Year: 270 Population Size: 1910 Sex Ratio: 17:13 Life Expectancy: 76 IMR: 28.5 CMR: 4.5
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant
  • Construction Redesign

    Old buildings are renovated or torn down and built new, So the tribe has more current homes and marketplaces
  • Population

    Year: 280 Population Size: 1980 Sex Ratio: 18:11 Life Expectancy: 79 IMR: 22.1 CMR: 4.3
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant
  • Defense

    Intruders find Lynchburg after many years off the map. They explore the city and the tribe comes together and protects their city fighting off the intruders.
  • Population

    Year: 290 Population Size: 2050 Sex Ratio: 17:12 Life Expectancy: 80 IMR: 20.6 CMR: 3.8
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant
  • 300th Anniversary of the Catastrophe

    The tribe has a huge bonfire honoring their ancestors and all that have come before them
  • Population

    Year: 300 Population Size: 2090 Sex Ratio: 17:13 Life Expectancy: 78 IMR: 19.2 CMR: 4.1
    Top four professions
    Warrior
    Farmer
    Caregiver
    Merchant