Population Game

Ancient Silt Valley Demographics & Malthusian Equilibrium Sandbox

Nile Inundation: Normal
Capacity: 68%
Year / Epoch ⏳
2400 BCE
Year 0 of Dynasty
Total Population πŸ‘₯
1,250
+1.8% / year
Granary Reserves 🏺
6,400 bu
3.2 yrs autonomy
Arable Valley 🌾
480 ha
4.2 bu / ha yield
Royal Treasury πŸͺ™
320 Talents
+24 T / yr taxes
Nutrition Index πŸ₯£
104%
Healthy Nutrition
Carrying Cap: 1,840 souls
Infant Mortality: 18.4%
Life Expectancy: 36.2 yrs
Weather: Bountiful Sun & Silt

Hydraulic & Civil Monuments

2/4 Mastered

Terracotta Silo Sealing (+50% Storage, -60% Spoilage)

Double-baked clay jars sealed with pitch prevent beetle infesting and grain rot.

Nile Sluice Floodgates (+80 Arable Land, Drought Buffer)

Limestone gravity canals divert flood silt deep into desert terraces.

Cuneiform Census Tablets (+15% Tax & Labor Efficiency)

Strict clay-tablet accounting of bushels, ox plows, and corvΓ©e laborers.

Great Silt Catchment Basin (+120 Arable Land, Famine Immunity)

Massive stepped reservoir ensuring 3-year drought resistance.