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Dying out
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Yuki-onna in Rosario + Vampire have a very limited window to get married and have children before they become infertile, and their race is close to dying out.
Source: Baby Factory - The large loss of the population (and skilled workers) decimates the economy and due to the purebloods' close relations, inbreeding is rampant and their population is slowly dying out, and Voldemort just becomes more and more unhinged as time goes on.
Source: Reality Ensues / Fan Fic -
Other Random Events depend on your government, such as your hereditary dynasty dying out or an election being too close to call and being settled by the courts, giving you an incentive to try out as many Civic combinations as possible.
Source: Video Game / Civilization
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