No no no. Please pardon us. This is among the more interesting entries so far.
Preventing unwanted feedback loops in a game that, aside from the player, is populated entirely with commingling automata is crucial, to wit, "Lords A, B, C, X, Y & Z were indicted for treason" again.
This stuff compounds over time and is otherwise invisible (well, until day 300 when all of Calradia is upside down), so enter the heat map: a timewarp with a footprint.