Ah thank you. I forgot the limit number.

When I reached 40 people, had not yet found the last piece of the Gong. So while trying to figure that out, I decided to see if I could get more with 3 masterships. Didn't succeed, but had an amusing time seeing how my little people handled my strategy.

I took a number of individuals and made them all trainee parents. Since they couldn't have any kids, would they still advance? Yes, ended up with a few master parents. And when I'd check in there would be a LONG line of people showing up to get "trained" at both little cottages. A couple of them dashed off running away from the group. the game didn't complain about this-- but if I accidentally brought two people too close together, it would say, the population was maxed and no no!!

So, it's done. As far as the iPod version goes. Back to virtual families.