Yeah, I've left VV1 alone for at least a month without a noticeable decline. I've often wondered if the GC might not be exercising his parenting mastery, as gross as that is, because I often don't find anyone with any parenting skill, despite there being lots of babies and children. I wish I still had the game where the GC got zapped by an event, so that a comparison could be made.

In VV1 mothers can continue to have babies in their 60s, 70s, and beyond. In VV2 and VV3 they stop when they reach 50, however. That means that a VV1 tribe is less likely to diminish in numbers because several potential mothers have reached their 50s.