THE ORIGINAL SITUATION: Dad S N H St _____________________________________________ | S | S | | Mom N | N | H | H | | St | N H St |_______________________________________________ THE PROBLEM: not enough Stinkards are surviving in Generation 2. THE SOLUTION: change the rule to a completely matrilineal system, therefore, all offspring will take the identity of the mother. Dad S N H St _____________________________________________ | S | S | | Mom N | N | H | H | | St | St St St |_______________________________________________ Suns (S) Nobles (N) Honor (H) Stinkards (St) Generation 1 50 M+50 F=3D100 100M +100F=3D200 100M+100F=3D200 200M+200F=3D400 Generation 2 100 Suns 200 N 100 H 400 St Generation 3 100 Suns 200 N 100 H 400 St Generation 4 100 Suns 200 N 100 H 400 St In creating Generation 2- 50 female Suns marry 50 male Stinkards=3D100 Suns 100 female Nobles marry 100 M stinkards=3D200 Nobles 50 female Honors marry 50 male stinkards=3D=3D100 Honors (note not all female honors can marry because we do not have enough male stinkards) 200 females stinkards marry any 200 males=3D400 Stinkards By Generation 3-the population is stabilized because there are enough Males Stinkards for the 3 classes of females and there are enough female Stinkards for the 3 classes of males.