Education and growing up
School and graduation routes branch with the era rather than follow one fixed template.
COUNTRY LIFE / FRA
Life in France: choices about school, work and home
Birth year changes the setting for education, a first job, housing and family in France. Compare generations, then see how your choices take a life in different directions.
01 / QUESTION
Does a first job feel different across eras?
The employment mix changes between 1970 and 2024. These charts describe society, not the character’s assigned occupation.
France / 1950–2025
PACS, housing and family
Study, moving home, partnership and care are distinct choices within the French setting.
02 / START
Set your birth
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
03 / GENERATIONS
A country across generations
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
1990Sources and scope
Employment covers metropolitan France. It is not directly interchangeable with all-France births or population including overseas departments.
04 / EVERYDAY LIFE
Choices along the way
Work and careers
The mix of farming, industry and services changes the setting for a first job or career move.
Family and everyday life
Marriage, PACS, housing and commuting create different household paths.
Life across generations
The same decision in 1970 and 2020 takes place in different social conditions.
05 / SOURCES
Sources and scope
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
Emploi par activité économique
Original source ↗Bilan démographique 2025
Original source ↗Conditions de logement début 2024
Original source ↗06 / LIFE ARCHIVE
Lives that began here
Only completed simulation records voluntarily made public by players appear here.
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