14 October, 22:38 to 16 October 2026, 06:17, on GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
A year in a village with no government
365 days of EverTown on GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI); 1 resident lost their home; 40 jobs began, 81 pieces of work were agreed.
Alice$3,681
Bob$9,934
Maggie$7,339
Priya$3,654
Walter$15,827
Leo$4,640
Ruth$1,014
Emil$5,146
Tess$325
Gus$8,760
Each face is the feeling they spoke with most in the last 20 days; the figure is their cash at the end.
Days
365
Cash in town at the end
$60,320
Came in from outside
$290,834
Went out of town
$262,014
Between residents
$143,182
Homes lost
1
Analysis
A whole year, at the standard speed, without a stop.
365 days took 31.6 hours: 311 seconds a day, 55 calls to the model a day at 5.6 seconds each. The audit passed.
59 answers were not valid and were asked again; none had to be made up. Nobody died.
With nobody to keep order, the village kept its own night watch.
On Day 4 someone broke into Maggie's home and took $400. On Day 5 the village met, called by Walter, on a night watch kept in turns, unpaid. All ten voted for it.
Bob, Maggie, Leo, Ruth, Emil and Gus offered to take nights. Asked how old is too old for nights, nine said 65 and Maggie 70: nobody aged 65 or older takes them.
They kept 359 nights. Strangers came five times in the year. Twice the watch caught them at it: Ruth on Day 24, Bob on Day 42. Three times they got away with $679: $400 from Maggie, $82 from Ruth (Day 30), $197 from Tess (Day 147).
After Tess's break-in, two meetings (Days 149 and 150) agreed a paid watch, but nobody offered to take it. Walter, Maggie, Leo and Bob put $1,300 into the village fund; Bob and Maggie each promised $25 a month and paid it every month. The fund held $1,650 at the end and paid for nothing.
Ruth lost her workshop, and her neighbours took her in.
City orders were few; the joinery made $4,160 in 265 days, and Ruth closed it on Day 266. She was down to $0 on Day 38 and again from Day 280.
She missed three mortgage payments, and on Day 308 Hillcrest Bank took the workshop and the rooms behind it. She slept two nights in the park.
Then Maggie (Day 310), Priya (Day 322), Walter (Day 323) and Maggie again (Day 351) gave her a bed; she spent 56 nights as a guest. Bob, Alice, Maggie, Emil and Walter gave her food; Bob gave her $210 on Day 340 and work 4 hours a week. She was hungry 3 days.
On Day 356 she started as a mill hand at the Hillcrest sawmill, 40 hours a week at $27. She ended the year with $1,014, still without a home of her own.
Two young men's jobs in Hillcrest made the town richer.
Cash in town went from $31,614 to $60,320 (+91%; in the year of 2026-10-07, with a government, +225%).
Leo earned $39,540 in wages, $36,354 of them at the Hillcrest Lodge; Bob $35,114, $34,592 at the Hillcrest garage. Bob went from $131 to $9,934 and Leo from $356 to $4,640; both spent much of it.
Gus ended with $8,760, Emil $5,146, Alice $3,681, Priya $3,654. Walter went from $14,952 to $15,827, after $8,050 of medical bills and $7,800 of property costs. Maggie ended with $7,339, Tess with $325: she closed the boat for the winter on Day 266 and was down to $0 on Day 347.
Landlords gave a little for a while, and took it back.
38 changes of rent were asked for or offered and 21 agreed, all lower rents and all but one for a few months (the median 14% off). Walter turned down the deepest asks; on Day 52 he gave Alice notice of a rise for the flat, from $350 to $600.
Alice paid $13,550 in rent for the year, against $14,400 at the full rents. Gus cut Tess's rent six times, last to $250 for three months from Day 387, the deepest cut of the year (38%).
Small jobs came and went, and each ending cost the employer.
40 jobs began, a median 3 hours a week; 29 ended, 25 of them within two weeks. 28 were ended by the employer, who paid a week's wages as notice ($18 to $180); one worker quit.
Walter, at 74, took seated work for Priya, Alice, Gus, Bob and Leo: records, stock checks, lists.
The talk.
Repeated openings were 20% over the year (27% in the year before), but rose from 4% in the first ten days to 37% in the last five.
Worry was 54% of lines in the first 20 days, 11% in Days 121-140, and 55% in Days 341-360, the winter.
95 actions were refused, against 229 in the year before.
The town's money
Over 365 days $290,834 came into the town (takings from visitors, pensions, orders, the catch), $262,014 left it (suppliers, the bank, the utilities, food from outside), and $143,182 changed hands between residents. Cash in the town went from $31,614 to $60,320.
Each week
Came in from outside$290,834Went out of town$262,014Between residents$143,182
Week from
From outside
To outside
Between residents
Day 1
$2,102
$2,668
$1,032
Day 8
$1,474
$2,847
$1,679
Day 15
$6,295
$2,165
$1,793
Day 22
$1,715
$4,444
$2,568
Day 29
$1,826
$4,054
$1,298
Day 36
$4,285
$3,183
$2,064
Day 43
$2,778
$1,728
$1,454
Day 50
$6,106
$5,025
$4,264
Day 57
$4,177
$4,631
$1,650
Day 64
$5,116
$3,671
$1,665
Day 71
$3,328
$2,980
$1,533
Day 78
$7,344
$2,680
$4,050
Day 85
$3,819
$6,835
$2,405
Day 92
$6,376
$3,910
$2,379
Day 99
$4,796
$3,791
$1,735
Day 106
$9,634
$2,654
$1,772
Day 113
$5,260
$6,224
$5,313
Day 120
$5,073
$5,237
$1,939
Day 127
$6,589
$4,174
$1,986
Day 134
$6,157
$3,153
$2,301
Day 141
$8,640
$6,359
$5,306
Day 148
$4,198
$6,368
$2,390
Day 155
$7,504
$4,972
$2,725
Day 162
$5,648
$4,004
$2,771
Day 169
$8,551
$3,893
$5,057
Day 176
$4,474
$8,911
$2,895
Day 183
$6,840
$5,709
$3,157
Day 190
$7,206
$5,251
$3,749
Day 197
$8,459
$4,130
$2,486
Day 204
$8,321
$7,741
$6,295
Day 211
$5,975
$5,931
$2,733
Day 218
$5,442
$5,263
$2,800
Day 225
$7,847
$4,298
$2,985
Day 232
$9,097
$12,746
$5,629
Day 239
$3,169
$5,144
$2,097
Day 246
$5,295
$4,709
$1,972
Day 253
$3,933
$5,115
$2,260
Day 260
$9,090
$4,471
$6,144
Day 267
$3,892
$7,563
$1,739
Day 274
$5,211
$5,029
$1,621
Day 281
$4,287
$5,306
$2,044
Day 288
$6,130
$4,387
$1,673
Day 295
$7,649
$7,322
$4,512
Day 302
$3,551
$5,045
$1,539
Day 309
$5,002
$4,861
$2,214
Day 316
$3,669
$4,421
$1,652
Day 323
$9,594
$4,300
$4,880
Day 330
$3,924
$7,551
$2,766
Day 337
$5,345
$5,476
$2,275
Day 344
$3,499
$6,703
$2,000
Day 351
$9,558
$4,291
$4,134
Day 358
$5,417
$7,541
$1,447
Day 365
$167
$1,149
$355
Cash in town, day by day
Day
1
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
180
190
200
210
220
230
240
250
260
270
280
290
300
310
320
330
340
350
360
365
Cash
$31,614
$29,461
$30,148
$30,031
$29,715
$31,242
$31,100
$32,958
$33,356
$35,002
$37,056
$41,728
$43,808
$45,206
$49,696
$50,019
$52,443
$53,693
$55,666
$55,304
$59,974
$62,199
$62,849
$66,394
$61,055
$61,946
$59,555
$59,528
$60,881
$58,764
$62,769
$59,473
$60,954
$62,031
$59,314
$58,159
$58,776
$60,320
Businesses
Business
Owners
Run by
Days open
Profit, whole run
Last 30 days
Visitors a day
cafe
Alice 100%
Alice
365
$32,065
$2,473
20
bakery
Priya 100%
Priya
365
$20,969
$1,790
–
farm
Gus 100%
nobody (closed by its owner)
235
$10,240
$600
–
joinery
Ruth 100%
nobody (closed by its owner)
265
$4,160
$0
–
fishing
Tess 100%
nobody (closed by its owner)
265
$19,384
$0
–
Profit each week
cafebakeryfarmjoineryfishing
Decisions
Day 266 · Ruth · joinery: Ruth closed Okafor Joinery
Day 266 · Tess · fishing: Tess closed Tess's boat
Day 267 · Emil: Emil took on Tess: 4 hours a week at $18 an hour (felling, thinning and splitting firewood)
Day 278 · Walter · cafe: Alice's rent for the cafe's premises: $700 -> $600 from Day 297 until Day 387
Day 279 · Gus: Tess's rent for the boathouse cottage on Gus's lakeside field: $450 -> $400 from Day 297
Day 286 · Priya · bakery: Leo's job with Priya ended (bakery prep and supplier errands, 20 days worked)
Day 287 · Priya · bakery: Alice's job with Priya ended (bakery work, 4 days worked)
Day 288 · Priya · bakery: spent $100 finding customers (samples and calls on the shops in Hillcrest)
Day 290 · Bob: Bob took on Ruth: 4 hours a week at $18 an hour (handyman help for Bob)
Day 292 · Alice · cafe: Alice took on Ruth: 4 hours a week at $18 an hour (Keep the cafe ledger and records in order)
Day 294 · Priya · bakery: a loaf or pastry to the shops and the cafe $2.75 -> $2.90
Day 296 · Walter: Walter took on Ruth: 1 hours a week at $18 an hour (Light checks and small upkeep at Hale Apartments)
Day 297 · Walter: Ruth's job with Walter ended (Light checks and small upkeep at Hale Apartments, 0 days worked)
Day 297 · Walter: Tess's job with Walter ended (light upkeep around Walter's properties, 5 days worked)
Day 300 · Priya · bakery: Priya took on Walter: 1 hours a week at $20 an hour (Check bakery stock and delivery slips; one and a half hours weekly)
Day 300 · Gus: Tess's rent for the boathouse cottage on Gus's lakeside field: $400 -> $350 from Day 328 until Day 417
Day 302 · Alice · cafe: spent $100 finding customers (a sign on the highway and a listing online)
Day 312 · Alice · cafe: Alice took on Maggie: 2 hours a week at $18 an hour (Help at the breakfast counter)
Day 316 · Bob: Bob took on Walter: 2 hours a week at $20 an hour (Check lists and measurements for the garage)
Day 321 · Emil: Tess's job with Emil ended (felling, thinning and splitting firewood, 7 days worked)
Day 322 · Alice · cafe: Maggie's job with Alice ended (Help at the breakfast counter, 1 days worked)
Day 324 · Bob: Bob took on Maggie: 2 hours a week at $18 an hour (Keep repair-call notes or parts lists)
Day 326 · Maggie: Maggie took on Tess: 2 hours a week at $18 an hour (Sort household papers and keep Maggie's records in order)
Day 326 · Priya · bakery: Priya took on Tess: 2 hours a week at $18 an hour (wash trays and prepare packaging)
Day 328 · Alice · cafe: a coffee $4.25 -> $4.50, something to eat $5.50 -> $5.75
Day 328 · Priya · bakery: a loaf or pastry to the shops and the cafe $2.90 -> $2.60
Day 335 · Maggie: Tess's job with Maggie ended (Sort household papers and keep Maggie's records in order, 1 days worked)
Day 342 · Walter: Leo's rent for the studio at Hale Apartments: $600 -> $550 from Day 356 until Day 448
Day 345 · Walter: Alice's rent for the flat above the cafe: $600 -> $500 from Day 356 until Day 448
Day 346 · Bob: Ruth's job with Bob ended (handyman help for Bob, 12 days worked)
Day 348 · Leo: Leo took on Walter: 2 hours a week at $20 an hour (seated lists or records)
Day 349 · Bob: Walter's job with Bob ended (Check lists and measurements for the garage, 4 days worked)
Day 349 · Bob: Maggie's job with Bob ended (Keep repair-call notes or parts lists, 3 days worked)
Day 349 · Leo: Walter's job with Leo ended (seated lists or records, 0 days worked)
Day 352 · Gus: Tess's rent for the boathouse cottage on Gus's lakeside field: $400 -> $300 from Day 356 until Day 448
Day 356 · Walter: Bob's rent for a small one-bedroom in an old block: $650 -> $600 from Day 387 until Day 478
Day 356 · Walter: Leo's rent for the studio at Hale Apartments: $600 -> $550 from Day 387 until Day 478
Day 356 · Alice · cafe: a coffee $4.50 -> $4.25, something to eat $5.75 -> $5.50
Day 359 · Walter · cafe: Alice's rent for the cafe's premises: $700 -> $600 from Day 387 until Day 478
Day 360 · Gus: Tess's rent for the boathouse cottage on Gus's lakeside field: $400 -> $250 from Day 387 until Day 478
The month's reviews
60 reviews held. What each owner meant to do after the last one:
Alice (Day 356, cafe): This month I’ll bring coffee to $4.25 and food to $5.50 to match Hillcrest and draw customers back. I’ll keep daytime hours and skip extra promotion or spending while I protect rent, supplies, wages, and the payments I’ve agreed to.
Priya (Day 356, bakery): For this month I’ll keep the shops-and-cafe price at $2.60 and leave the promotion running. The higher price barely changes what we make and risks sending regulars to Hillcrest, so I’d rather keep building steadily.
Gus (Day 356, farm): I’ll keep Hartley Farm closed through March and hold the money back for its return in May. There’s no stand income yet, and I won’t take on costs before the season starts.
Ruth (Day 356, joinery): I’ll keep Okafor Joinery closed this month; there are no orders booked, and I can’t afford the costs. I’ll pursue paid carpentry work and contact Hillcrest about the overdue mortgage before I consider reopening.
Tess (Day 356, fishing): I’ll keep the boat closed this month and won’t spend on the motor or smokehouse while rent, food, and bills are uncovered. I’ll keep looking for definite paid repair work and reconsider fishing when I can afford to reopen.
Prices and promotion
bakery changed its prices on Day 328.
cafe changed its prices on Day 356.
farm changed its prices on Day 64.
Deals
What the residents asked each other for, and what came of it.
Asked or offered
Agreed
Declined
Paid work and mending
113
81
37
Jobs
129
50
42
Payment plans
57
50
14
Changes of rent
38
21
26
Meetings
26
26
0
Loans
21
12
11
A place to stay
7
6
1
Leases
3
1
3
Businesses (sales, co-ops, shares)
3
0
3
Loans
Day 2: Walter lent Bob $100, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 367.
Day 16: Walter lent Tess $585, at 5% interest a year (about $2 a month), to be repaid by Day 46.
Day 24: Walter lent Alice $500, at 5% interest a year (about $2 a month), to be repaid by Day 54.
Day 91: Emil lent Maggie $300, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 150.
Day 92: Bob lent Ruth $200, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 457.
Day 145: Walter lent Ruth $350, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 510.
Day 179: Alice lent Gus $370, at 5% interest a year (about $2 a month), to be repaid by Day 544.
Day 261: Walter lent Tess $1,050, at 5% interest a year (about $4 a month), to be repaid by Day 626.
Day 315: Maggie lent Alice $600, at 5% interest a year (about $2 a month), to be repaid by Day 680.
Day 328: Leo lent Alice $300, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 693.
Day 332: Walter lent Alice $800, at 5% interest a year (about $3 a month), to be repaid by Day 697.
Day 357: Leo lent Ruth $160, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 450.
Payment plans
Who owes
To
For
Owed
Paid
A week
Alice
Priya
a week of bread deliveries
$1,781
$50
$50
Tess
Gus
January rent and March rent
$400
$0
$10
Rent
Day 9: From Day 22, Alice pays Walter $350 a month for the flat above the cafe instead of $500 for 3 months, then $500 again (agreed on Day 9).
Day 9: From Day 22, Tess pays Gus $400 a month for the boathouse cottage on Gus's lakeside field instead of $450 for 3 months, then $450 again (agreed on Day 9).
Day 10: From Day 22, Alice pays Walter $600 a month for the cafe's premises instead of $700 for 3 months, then $700 again (agreed on Day 10).
Day 14: From Day 22, Bob pays Walter $550 a month for a small one-bedroom in an old block instead of $650 for 1 month, then $650 again (agreed on Day 14).
Day 114: From Day 144, Alice pays Walter $500 a month for the flat above the cafe instead of $600 for 3 months, then $600 again (agreed on Day 114).
Day 206: From Day 236, Leo pays Walter $500 a month for the studio at Hale Apartments instead of $600 for 3 months, then $600 again (agreed on Day 206).
Day 213: From Day 236, Alice pays Walter $600 a month for the cafe's premises instead of $700 for 3 months, then $700 again (agreed on Day 213).
Day 229: From Day 236, Alice pays Walter $550 a month for the cafe's premises instead of $700 for 3 months, then $700 again (agreed on Day 229).
Day 256: From Day 266, Alice pays Walter $500 a month for the flat above the cafe instead of $600 for 3 months, then $600 again (agreed on Day 256).
Day 258: From Day 266, Tess pays Gus $400 a month for the boathouse cottage on Gus's lakeside field instead of $450 for 3 months, then $450 again (agreed on Day 258).
Day 263: From Day 266, Alice pays Walter $600 a month for the cafe's premises instead of $700 for 3 months, then $700 again (agreed on Day 263).
Day 278: From Day 297, Alice pays Walter $600 a month for the cafe's premises instead of $700 for 3 months, then $700 again (agreed on Day 278).
Day 279: From Day 297, Tess pays Gus $400 a month for the boathouse cottage on Gus's lakeside field instead of $450 (agreed on Day 279).
Day 300: From Day 328, Tess pays Gus $350 a month for the boathouse cottage on Gus's lakeside field instead of $400 for 3 months, then $400 again (agreed on Day 300).
Day 342: From Day 356, Leo pays Walter $550 a month for the studio at Hale Apartments instead of $600 for 3 months, then $600 again (agreed on Day 342).
Day 345: From Day 356, Alice pays Walter $500 a month for the flat above the cafe instead of $600 for 3 months, then $600 again (agreed on Day 345).
Day 352: From Day 356, Tess pays Gus $300 a month for the boathouse cottage on Gus's lakeside field instead of $400 for 3 months, then $400 again (agreed on Day 352).
Day 356: From Day 387, Bob pays Walter $600 a month for a small one-bedroom in an old block instead of $650 for 3 months, then $650 again (agreed on Day 356).
Day 356: From Day 387, Leo pays Walter $550 a month for the studio at Hale Apartments instead of $600 for 3 months, then $600 again (agreed on Day 356).
Day 359: From Day 387, Alice pays Walter $600 a month for the cafe's premises instead of $700 for 3 months, then $700 again (agreed on Day 359).
Day 360: From Day 387, Tess pays Gus $250 a month for the boathouse cottage on Gus's lakeside field instead of $400 for 3 months, then $400 again (agreed on Day 360).
Hunger
Days spent hungry or worse: Ruth 3, Tess 1.
Food given:
Who gave
To
Times
Days of food
About
Bob
Ruth
2
6
$48
Alice
Ruth
2
2
$16
Maggie
Ruth
1
3
$24
Emil
Ruth
1
1
$8
Walter
Ruth
1
3
$24
Emil
Tess
1
2
$12
Walter
Tess
1
2
$12
Gus
Tess
1
3
$18
Each resident
Each chart has its own scale; the lowest day is marked when it was well below the end.
Alice
Owner of Morning Oak Cafehome at the end: Alice's flat above Morning Oak Cafe
Came in $78,348, went out $75,567; lowest $818 on Day 10.
Came in
Went out
day to day
$58,369
spending
$20,295
spending
$14,582
rent
$13,550
airbnb
$2,640
bread
$10,618
loans
$2,200
running costs
$8,250
wages
$288
coffee and supplies
$8,092
other
$269
other
$14,762
Bob
Freelance handyman: water, power, heating and engineshome at the end: Hale Apartments
Came in $70,488, went out $60,704; lowest $131 on Day 1.
Came in
Went out
wages
$35,114
spending
$29,002
work
$25,775
day to day
$10,230
day to day
$9,100
rent
$7,700
repayments
$200
living
$4,455
airbnb
$109
leisure
$2,925
other
$190
other
$6,392
Maggie
Retired district nurse; whatever happens in EverTown, she hears of ithome at the end: Maggie's house
Came in $31,431, went out $32,092; lowest $6,115 on Day 326.
Came in
Went out
pension
$24,000
day to day
$13,351
airbnb
$5,535
spending
$7,170
wages
$1,548
living
$6,720
loans
$300
leisure
$1,550
paid work
$38
theft
$1,230
other
$10
other
$2,071
Priya
Night baker at Nightingale Bakery, which supplies Morning Oak Cafehome at the end: Priya's flat above Nightingale Bakery
Came in $34,707, went out $31,653; lowest $113 on Day 10.
Came in
Went out
day to day
$15,928
spending
$8,484
bread
$10,486
flour
$7,111
spending
$7,334
energy
$4,200
wages
$432
day to day
$4,015
purchase
$292
living
$2,915
other
$235
other
$4,928
Walter
Retired railway engineer; landlord of the Morning Oak Cafe building and Hale Apartmentshome at the end: Walter's cottage
Came in $56,653, went out $55,826; lowest $10,425 on Day 50.
Came in
Went out
rent
$26,840
day to day
$26,401
pension
$21,240
medical
$8,050
airbnb
$4,739
property
$7,800
wages
$2,400
spending
$4,066
repayments
$1,230
loans
$3,385
other
$204
other
$6,124
Leo
Newcomer looking for workhome at the end: Hale Apartments85 nights as a guest, with no home of their own
Came in $40,938, went out $36,548; lowest $194 on Day 38.
Came in
Went out
wages
$39,540
spending
$21,800
work
$1,065
rent
$5,590
airbnb
$238
day to day
$3,707
paid work
$94
living
$2,335
interest
$1
commute
$1,105
other
$2,011
Ruth
Carpenter at Okafor Joinery on Orchard Roadhome at the end: the park (no home)2 nights in the park56 nights as a guest, with no home of their own (at the end: Maggie's house)3 days hungry
Came in $21,848, went out $23,234; lowest $0 on Day 38.
Came in
Went out
day to day
$14,600
day to day
$12,868
work
$2,865
mortgage
$3,150
wages
$2,826
living
$2,820
loans
$710
running costs
$2,250
paid work
$597
spending
$1,020
other
$250
other
$1,126
Emil
Woodsman who looks after Kestrel Woods, which belong to no onehome at the end: the forester's lodge
Came in $31,669, went out $27,623; lowest $849 on Day 96.
Came in
Went out
day to day
$29,965
spending
$9,549
purchase
$1,200
day to day
$9,240
repayments
$300
living
$3,825
paid work
$192
running costs
$2,400
gifts
$10
leisure
$1,265
interest
$2
other
$1,344
Tess
Fisher on Linden Lakehome at the end: the boathouse cottage1 days hungry
Came in $28,110, went out $28,085; lowest $0 on Day 347.
Came in
Went out
day to day
$19,705
day to day
$9,441
spending
$3,252
spending
$8,039
wages
$2,954
rent
$4,500
loans
$1,635
living
$1,760
paid work
$539
repayments
$1,525
gifts
$25
other
$2,820
Gus
Farmer at Hartley Farmhome at the end: Hartley Farm
Came in $39,824, went out $33,864; lowest $712 on Day 61.
Came in
Went out
day to day
$19,995
day to day
$7,805
wages
$10,224
running costs
$6,300
rent
$4,500
spending
$6,193
spending
$3,835
mortgage
$5,400
repayments
$900
living
$4,075
loans
$370
other
$4,091
What happened
Day 1planPriya agreed that Alice pays the $180 owed (unpaid bread deliveries) in parts of $30 a week, the first by Day 8.
Day 1homeLeo will sleep in Walter's basement for now.
Day 2moneyLeo worked 2 hours for Emil at the forester's lodge (stack firewood); Emil paid $36 to Leo.
Day 2moneyLeo worked 3 hours for Alice at Morning Oak Cafe (paint the Morning Oak Cafe's front sign; Alice supplies paint); Alice paid $8 to Leo.
Day 2planGus agreed that Tess pays the $900 owed (two months' rent for the boathouse cottage) in parts of $25 a week, the first by Day 9.
Day 2moneyWalter lent Bob $100, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 367.
Day 3workBob started working for Emil: 10 hours a week at $18 an hour (felling, thinning and splitting firewood), on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, wages paid on Saturdays.
Day 4propertyIn the night someone broke into Maggie's home and took money and things from the house (Maggie's): $400 gone.
Day 7moneyLeo worked 2 hours for Walter at Walter's cottage (mend the latch on the studio door); Walter paid $10 to Leo.
Day 9workEmil ended Bob's job with Emil after 3 days of work, paying Bob a week's wages as notice ($180).
Day 9workTess started working for Alice: 1 hours a week at $18 an hour (Help promote the cafe and its catch for one hour a week), on Mondays, wages paid on Saturdays.
Day 9moneyRuth worked 2 hours for Walter at Hale Apartments (replace two rotten window frames at Hale Apartments; agree on a fair price), as a favour.
Day 9workLeo started working for Alice: 8 hours a week at $18 an hour (helping in the cafe), on Mondays and Thursdays, wages paid on Saturdays.
Day 9planTess paid Gus $25 toward two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($875 still owed).
Day 10workAlice ended Leo's job with Alice (helping in the cafe) after 0 days of work, paying Leo a week's wages as notice ($144). Leo was not there, and is told.
Day 10moneyAlice ended Leo's job with Alice (helping in the cafe) after 0 days of work, paying Leo a week's wages as notice ($144), and said so to Maggie.
Day 10moneyPriya worked 2 hours for Leo at Nightingale Bakery (a small errand for the Nightingale Bakery); Leo paid $10 to Priya.
Day 11workAlice ended Tess's job with Alice (Help promote the cafe and its catch for one hour a week) after 0 days of work, paying Tess a week's wages as notice ($18). Tess was not there, and is told.
Day 11moneyAlice ended Tess's job with Alice (Help promote the cafe and its catch for one hour a week) after 0 days of work, paying Tess a week's wages as notice ($18), and said so to Walter.
Day 11workGus and Bob agreed on a job, but it could not start: Bob cannot run Hartley Farm (it needs farming).
Day 11workBob started working for Gus: 3 hours a week at $18 an hour (fence mending and hand repairs at Hartley Farm), on Mondays, wages paid on Saturdays.
Day 11moneyWalter worked 2 hours for Leo at Walter's cottage (mend the loose cupboard hinge at Walter's cottage); Leo paid $10 to Walter.
Day 11planGus agreed that Tess pays the $875 owed (two months' rent for the boathouse cottage) in parts of $25 a week, the first by Day 18.
Day 13planWalter agreed that Alice pays the $950 April rent for the cafe's premises and the flat above the cafe, due on Day 22, in parts of $50 a week, the first by Day 29. While Alice keeps to it, the rent's rule waits (no one has to move out over it).
Day 13moneyWalter worked 2 hours for Tess at Morning Oak Cafe (small paid repair or maintenance work at the cafe or apartments), as a favour.
Day 13workTess started working for Walter: 3 hours a week at $18 an hour (small repairs and maintenance at Morning Oak Cafe or the apartments), on Mondays, wages paid on Saturdays.
Day 13workGus and Bob agreed to change Bob's job, but it could not be changed: Bob's job with Gus was agreed on Day 11; its terms can be changed from Day 39.
Day 14moneyTess worked 2 hours for Leo at the town square and park (patch a small section of Tess's boat hull); Leo paid $26 to Tess.
Day 14moneyTess worked 2 hours for Gus at Hartley Farm (small repair job on Gus's farm, price to agree), as a favour.
Day 15workWalter and Tess agreed to change Tess's job, but it could not be changed: Tess's job with Walter was agreed on Day 13; its terms can be changed from Day 41.
Day 15moneyWalter worked 2 hours for Tess at Morning Oak Cafe (a small repair or maintenance job at the cafe or apartments), as a favour.
Day 16planWalter agreed that Alice pays the $950 April rent for the cafe's premises and the flat above the cafe, due on Day 22, in parts of $50 a week, the first by Day 29. While Alice keeps to it, the rent's rule waits (no one has to move out over it).
Day 16moneyWalter lent Tess $585, at 5% interest a year (about $2 a month), to be repaid by Day 46.
Day 16moneyRuth worked 2 hours for Tess at Okafor Joinery (a one-off boat repair or other suitable joinery work); Tess paid $26 to Ruth.
Day 16workTess started working for Gus: 2 hours a week at $18 an hour (farm work), on Mondays, wages paid on Saturdays.
Day 18planTess paid Gus $25 toward two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($850 still owed).
Day 20planWalter agreed that Alice pays the $950 April rent for the cafe's premises and the flat above the cafe, due on Day 22, in parts of $150 a week, the first by Day 29. While Alice keeps to it, the rent's rule waits (no one has to move out over it).
Day 21planPriya agreed that Alice pays the $615 owed (a week of bread deliveries and unpaid bread deliveries) in parts of $77 a week, the first by Day 28.
Day 21planWalter agreed that Alice pays the $950 April rent for the cafe's premises and the flat above the cafe, due on Day 22, in parts of $50 a week, the first by Day 29. While Alice keeps to it, the rent's rule waits (no one has to move out over it).
Day 22workWalter and Tess agreed to change Tess's job, but it could not be changed: Tess's job with Walter was agreed on Day 13; its terms can be changed from Day 41.
Day 22workAlice and Tess agreed on a job, but it could not start: Tess's last job with Alice ended on Day 11; a new one between them can start from Day 41.
Day 22moneyGus let Bob go (fence mending and hand repairs at Hartley Farm), after 2 days of work, paying Bob a week's wages as notice ($54).
Day 23planPriya agreed that Alice pays the $615 owed (a week of bread deliveries and unpaid bread deliveries) in parts of $77 a week, the first by Day 30.
Day 23workWalter and Tess agreed to change Tess's job, but it could not be changed: Tess's job with Walter was agreed on Day 13; its terms can be changed from Day 41.
Day 24moneyIn the night a stranger tried to break into Walter's home, but Ruth, on the night watch, caught them at it and chased them off; nothing was taken.
Day 24moneyWalter lent Alice $500, at 5% interest a year (about $2 a month), to be repaid by Day 54.
Day 25planTess paid Gus $25 toward two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($825 still owed).
Day 30propertyIn the night someone broke into Ruth's home and took money and things from the house (Ruth's): $82 gone. The night watch did not see them.
Day 30planWalter agreed that Bob pays the $100 owed (the loan of Day 2) in parts of $10 a week, the first by Day 37.
Day 31moneyThe developer's offer of $150,000 for Morning Oak Cafe with the flat above has lapsed: it stood until Day 30, and Walter did not take it.
Day 32planTess paid Gus $25 toward two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($800 still owed).
Day 32workLeo started working for Tess: 2 hours a week at $18 an hour (help with boat upkeep and handling the catch), on Mondays, wages paid on Saturdays.
Day 32workAlice and Leo agreed on a job, but it could not start: Leo's last job with Alice ended on Day 10; a new one between them can start from Day 40.
Day 34workAlice and Leo agreed on a job, but it could not start: Leo's last job with Alice ended on Day 10; a new one between them can start from Day 40.
Day 36planAlice paid Walter $50 toward April rent, as the payment plan says ($850 still owed).
Day 37planBob paid Walter $10 toward the loan of Day 2, as the payment plan says ($90 still owed).
Day 39planTess paid Gus $25 toward two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($775 still owed).
Day 41workLeo started working for Alice: 2 hours a week at $18 an hour (kitchen help at Morning Oak Cafe; day to be arranged), on Mondays, wages paid on Saturdays.
Day 42moneyIn the night a stranger tried to break into Tess's home, but Bob, on the night watch, caught them at it and chased them off; nothing was taken.
Day 42workAlice and Leo agreed to change Leo's job, but it could not be changed: Leo's job with Alice was agreed on Day 41; its terms can be changed from Day 69.
Day 43planAlice paid Walter $50 toward April rent, as the payment plan says ($800 still owed).
Day 46planTess paid Gus $25 toward two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($750 still owed).
Day 49workAlice and Leo agreed to change Leo's job, but it could not be changed: Leo's job with Alice was agreed on Day 41; its terms can be changed from Day 69.
Day 53planTess paid Gus $25 toward two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($725 still owed).
Day 53workTess and Leo agreed to change Leo's job, but it could not be changed: Leo's job with Tess was agreed on Day 32; its terms can be changed from Day 60.
Day 56workLeo started working for Hillcrest Lodge in Hillcrest: 32 hours a week at $26 an hour (a care aide at the seniors' home), from tomorrow, going by the bus.
Day 56moneyLeo got a job in Hillcrest: a care aide at the seniors' home at Hillcrest Lodge, 32 hours a week at $26 an hour, from tomorrow; Leo goes by the bus.
Day 58planWalter agreed that Alice pays the $748 owed (April rent and the loan of Day 24) in parts of $25 a week, the first by Day 65. While Alice keeps to it, Alice does not have to move out over it.
Day 58planBob paid Walter $10 toward the loan of Day 2, as the payment plan says ($60 still owed).
Day 59moneyEmil worked 2 hours for Tess at the boathouse cottage (inspect the boat's throttle linkage), as a favour.
How they get on
As of the last day: a row is how one resident feels about each of the others (friendship as the shade, resentment as the red dot).
friendship 0100resentment (bigger is stronger)
Closest: Alice and Bob (100), Alice and Priya (100), Alice and Walter (100), Alice and Tess (100). Most sore: Ruth about Emil (39), Emil about Ruth (24).
Feelings
How the residents said they felt as they spoke, sorted into the faces of the dialogue box (the strongest feeling named first), as shares of the lines said.
Days
sad
angry
embarrassed
worried
wary
tired
relieved
grateful
proud
wry
hopeful
happy
thinking
warm
neutral
portrait
Days 1-20
3%
1%
1%
54%
3%
2%
3%
3%
1%
1%
4%
3%
5%
5%
5%
6%
Days 21-40
2%
1%
1%
39%
4%
12%
3%
3%
2%
<1%
4%
3%
5%
6%
6%
9%
Days 41-60
2%
1%
1%
33%
3%
14%
5%
3%
2%
3%
6%
3%
4%
5%
8%
8%
Days 61-80
2%
1%
·
36%
4%
13%
4%
3%
1%
2%
6%
3%
4%
6%
8%
7%
Days 81-100
2%
<1%
1%
34%
4%
14%
2%
2%
1%
2%
6%
5%
3%
7%
10%
7%
Days 101-120
1%
1%
<1%
22%
5%
11%
1%
2%
1%
2%
2%
12%
7%
9%
10%
13%
Days 121-140
1%
<1%
1%
11%
7%
15%
1%
2%
1%
2%
3%
10%
8%
10%
13%
15%
Days 141-160
1%
1%
1%
23%
6%
12%
2%
4%
2%
2%
2%
5%
7%
10%
13%
10%
Days 161-180
1%
<1%
<1%
21%
5%
15%
2%
3%
·
3%
2%
9%
6%
12%
13%
7%
Days 181-200
2%
<1%
2%
29%
2%
15%
1%
2%
1%
2%
2%
5%
3%
13%
11%
10%
Days 201-220
2%
1%
4%
20%
4%
12%
1%
3%
2%
4%
4%
2%
5%
11%
10%
13%
Days 221-240
2%
2%
6%
33%
4%
3%
2%
3%
2%
3%
3%
6%
4%
10%
12%
6%
Days 241-260
1%
1%
5%
30%
4%
2%
2%
4%
2%
2%
2%
10%
5%
9%
8%
11%
Days 261-280
2%
2%
3%
33%
5%
1%
4%
3%
6%
2%
2%
5%
6%
9%
11%
7%
Days 281-300
2%
3%
2%
31%
3%
<1%
3%
3%
8%
1%
1%
4%
5%
10%
17%
7%
Days 301-320
1%
2%
3%
31%
5%
1%
6%
5%
6%
<1%
3%
6%
5%
9%
10%
6%
Days 321-340
2%
<1%
1%
39%
2%
<1%
5%
5%
9%
<1%
4%
5%
2%
11%
10%
5%
Days 341-360
2%
<1%
<1%
55%
2%
1%
5%
3%
4%
·
1%
2%
2%
8%
11%
5%
Days 361-365
3%
·
·
39%
3%
·
4%
10%
4%
1%
1%
3%
3%
4%
20%
4%
Environment
Run
2026-10-16-realistic365
Started
2026-10-14 22:38
Finished
2026-10-16 06:17
Model
GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
Server
OpenAI's Responses API at api.openai.com/v1, with the owner's ChatGPT sign-in as the key, the way pi-ai's "Sign in with ChatGPT" does it; the standard tier (no priority)
GPU
none: the model ran on OpenAI's servers
Reasoning
medium; thinking for decisions
Seed
42
Chunks
10 days a process
Code
realistic 456e677
Restarts
37 chunks, 0 stops (the model not answering)
What changed since the previous run
Maggie, the retired nurse, hears everything that happens and anyone may ask her; Walter, not Maggie, is the landlord of the cafe building and Hale Apartments.
No government, in the village or outside: no taxes, state pensions, public health care, minimum wage or rent law; the woods and the lodge belong to nobody, and Emil sells logs. Walter has a railway pension and pays for his own health insurance and hospital bills.
Every household has its month's fixed costs (phone, internet, insurance and the like) and spends from what it earns and has saved; anyone may borrow from Hillcrest Bank on their income, and bills due can be covered by an overdraft; there is work to apply for in Hillcrest.
Strangers off the road break into homes and businesses at night, more often after one works. The village has its own fund and its own meetings: anyone may call one with a proposal, those who come vote, and the most of them decide. A night watch can be kept in turns by volunteers, unpaid; old people do not take nights, and how old is too old the meeting says.
Everyone looks after their own first: the handbook says so, and that landlords live on the rents. A lower rent is the landlord's to refuse or agree, with what it costs them and how often the rent was lowered and asked for in front of them (before: at most 25% off, once in 180 days).
A job is what the two agree, from an hour a week (before: at least 8); either may end it at any time, and an employer who lets someone go pays a week's wages as notice (before: kept at least four weeks).
The coming rent can be paid in parts, agreed with the landlord before it is due; a bill in a payment plan is paid in its parts, not by an overdraft.
The fixes from the 100-day and 30-day tests since: votes at the village meeting kept, the fund's money shown, one may give and serve at a meeting, money put in again soon thought over, no buying what the engine supplies, a seller does not pay for their own goods, and more.
Notes
The comparison is with the year on the same route, model and seed of 2026-10-07; the town is much changed since (above), so it is a comparison of two different villages from the same start.
No stops, at the standard speed.
Compared with A year on GPT-6 Luna, signed in with ChatGPT (2026-10-07, chatgpt-signin 0cd1569)
Figure
Before
This run
Days run
365
365
Seconds a day (wall clock)
321
311
better
LLM minutes a day
5.3
5.1
better
LLM calls a day
47
55
Invalid outputs
31
59
worse
Fallbacks
0
0
Repeated openings
27%
20%
better
Reflections kept per 10 days
54.0
58.9
better
Beliefs held at the end
365
422
Conversations a day
17.5
16.6
Lines a conversation
2.4
3.1
better
Wishes the world could not do
16
18
worse
Actions refused
229
95
better
Move-outs
0
1
worse
Hard feelings (sad to tired)
43%
49%
Sad or angry
2.5%
2.8%
Cash in town at the end
$102,744
$60,320
Health and cost
Audit: passed. Over the run, 59 invalid outputs and 0 fallbacks; the model stopped answering 0 times. It ran 365 days in 31.6 hours, 311 seconds a day on the wall clock, 55 calls to the model a day at 5.6 seconds each.
Days
Calls a day
Latency (s)
LLM min a day
s a day
Invalid
Fallbacks
Repeated
Undigested
Beliefs
Cash
Alive
1-10
67
5.8
6.5
391
1
0
4%
428
73
$29,461
10
11-20
62
6.2
6.4
384
1
0
10%
581
150
$30,148
10
21-30
53
5.9
5.2
317
0
0
8%
592
221
$30,031
10
31-40
50
5.6
4.7
283
0
0
13%
727
279
$29,715
10
41-50
51
5.4
4.6
279
1
0
11%
685
344
$31,242
10
51-60
55
5.1
4.6
281
1
0
13%
658
404
$31,100
10
61-70
54
5.2
4.7
284
1
0
14%
620
467
$32,958
10
71-80
52
5.1
4.4
266
0
0
15%
778
525
$33,356
10
81-90
56
5.6
5.2
313
0
0
18%
813
602
$35,002
10
91-100
52
5.4
4.7
285
0
0
19%
762
662
$37,056
10
101-110
53
5.4
4.7
288
0
0
18%
899
714
$41,728
10
111-120
53
5.4
4.8
292
1
0
21%
677
779
$43,808
10
121-130
54
5.1
4.6
281
0
0
18%
848
848
$45,206
10
131-140
53
5.7
5.0
306
1
0
19%
645
909
$49,696
10
141-150
60
5.1
5.2
314
1
0
18%
853
986
$50,019
10
151-160
54
5.1
4.6
279
0
0
19%
996
1037
$52,443
10
161-170
53
4.8
4.3
260
1
0
18%
775
1101
$53,693
10
171-180
56
5.3
5.0
302
1
0
25%
922
1169
$55,666
10
181-190
55
5.5
5.0
306
4
0
22%
888
1229
$55,304
10
191-200
54
5.1
4.6
280
2
0
24%
917
1285
$59,974
10
201-210
53
5.4
4.7
290
4
0
22%
847
1343
$62,199
10
211-220
56
5.3
5.0
305
6
0
22%
986
1413
$62,849
10
221-230
57
5.7
5.3
326
2
0
22%
923
1472
$66,394
10
231-240
54
5.6
5.1
310
2
0
22%
891
1535
$61,055
10
241-250
50
6.2
5.1
312
4
0
22%
1,048
1594
$61,946
10
251-260
54
6.0
5.3
324
5
0
20%
870
1661
$59,555
10
261-270
58
5.9
5.8
354
4
0
22%
1,075
1731
$59,528
10
271-280
52
5.6
4.9
297
3
0
25%
887
1788
$60,881
10
281-290
48
5.5
4.4
271
1
0
29%
1,004
1838
$58,764
10
291-300
55
6.5
5.9
362
3
0
23%
1,153
1893
$62,769
10
301-310
54
6.3
5.6
346
1
0
26%
975
1965
$59,473
10
311-320
55
6.5
5.9
363
1
0
27%
1,127
2029
$60,954
10
321-330
59
6.4
6.2
381
2
0
30%
1,155
2096
$62,031
10
331-340
54
5.8
5.2
323
4
0
30%
1,142
2167
$59,314
10
341-350
55
5.2
4.7
293
0
0
31%
1,137
2230
$58,159
10
351-360
59
5.5
5.4
335
1
0
29%
1,341
2306
$58,776
10
361-365
61
5.6
5.7
359
0
0
37%
1,127
2339
$60,320
10
What next
To watch
Bob's cash fell two months running: $10,390 on Day 305, $10,314 on Day 335, $9,934 on Day 365.
Walter's cash fell two months running: $18,037 on Day 305, $17,764 on Day 335, $15,827 on Day 365.
Leo's cash fell two months running: $5,659 on Day 305, $5,370 on Day 335, $4,640 on Day 365.
Ruth slept in the park from Day 308 (2 days); found a bed again.
Ruth was down to $0 on Day 38.
Tess was down to $0 on Day 347.
Ruth resents Emil (39 of 100).
Emil resents Ruth (24 of 100).
To improve
Repeated openings rose from 4% in the first ten days to 32% in the last ten.
32 friendships are at 100: they cannot grow any more.
59 invalid outputs and 0 fallbacks.
Could be added
Residents wished to "fit" 3 times: the world cannot do it yet.
Residents wished to "sets" 3 times: the world cannot do it yet.
Residents wished to "check" 2 times: the world cannot do it yet.
Residents wished to "picks" 1 time: the world cannot do it yet.
Residents wished to "list" 1 time: the world cannot do it yet.
Residents wished to "gets" 1 time: the world cannot do it yet.
job (agreed) refused 24 times: someone and someone agreed to change someone's job, but it could not be changed: someone's job with someone was agreed on Day #; its terms can be changed from Day #.
job (agreed) refused 12 times: someone and someone agreed on a job, but it could not start: someone's last job with someone ended on Day #; a new one between them can start from Day #.
job (agreed) refused 10 times: someone and someone agreed to change someone's job, but it could not be changed: someone's job with someone was changed on Day #; its terms can be changed from Day #.
buy refused 7 times: someone meant to pay someone # for yesterday's loaf, but yesterday's loaf is someone's to sell: buy is for the one who pays.
promote refused 4 times: someone wanted to spend # finding customers for Morning Oak Cafe, but: the last one for Morning Oak Cafe runs until Day #.
set_price refused 3 times: someone wanted new prices at Morning Oak Cafe (a coffee # something to eat #), but: Morning Oak Cafe's prices changed on Day #: at most once a week.
Made 2026-10-16 06:21 by python -m evertown.run_summary from the town's own records: the ledger, the events, the soak's daily figures.