So basically the families you would start out with are:
1 Royalty2 Noble
2 Merchant
2 Peasant
You play each family for a certain amount of time before moving on to the next family. You can start out with more families in each class (other than royalty) but I plan to play each family for 3-4 days so I want to make sure I can get to all of them a few times before they're all elders.
Here is the way in which each class is restricted:
Royal:
-May used motherlode twice
-Heirs can only marry royal or nobles
-Must have wedding parties (cannot elope)
-Women cannot work*
-Available careers: Astronaut, business, athletic or tech guru
Noble:
-May used motherlode once
-Heirs can marry royal, noble or merchant class
-Must have wedding parties (cannot elope)
-Women cannot work*
-Available careers: Astronaut, business, athletic, writer, secret agent or tech guru
Merchant
-Heirs can marry peasant, merchant or noble classes
-Weddings can be parties or elopements
-Must pay 20% taxes (I think there is a cheat to reduce money but I'm not sure what it is - if anyone could let me know I will add it to make this possible)
-Available careers: Business, culinary, writer, painter, entertainer or secret agent
Peasant
-Heirs can marry peasants or merchant classes
-Weddings must be elopements
-Must pay 30% taxes
-Available careers: Writer, painter, entertainer, gardener, angler or collector