The NPCC accounts startFrom the start of 1627 (now!) the new NPCC accounts start (NPCC1...NPCC7). Sir Mooo of Stonehaven is giving them to the applicants.
Since this first period for them is 3 years only, they will be seeded with suits (with the year end balances counting 1x and closing balance counting 10x to account for the remaining value of "suit stock") and the money will be same for all the accounts (50 mil each January, 25 mil each month, always near the beginning of "day" (first half of month)).
The utility function is still somewhat in progress. I can tell what the baseline is, however, since the absolute values dont matter, just the relative utility (since the managers get CKG prizes based on how they perform relative to each other).
* Food is the most important. Each food consumption less than the maximum 8, means a progressive penalty, so you should seek to consume 7-8 batches of food. One meat is paramount, because the richer NPC (some of them earn up to 7 mil/year) eat meat. Superveg has a bonus, but it does not mean it is more than meat. If there is excess money, substituting veg for meat is a bonus, same if you accidentally or purposefully skip a month's veg (because you can anyway eat max 7 veg batches per month, and less if you skip them).
* Beer/Mead quota does not need to be fulfilled, it has declining marginal utility and needs to be balanced with wines and spirits who also do. (This is the part still needing some brainwork from me but try to be "realistic" as I also do
). Also remember that mead is hardly any better than nothing, so overpaying is not smart. Since you get some DIS, even
selling mead is allowed and advisable if the price nears that of beer.
* Each wine listed gives 1 point per a 100 units consume batch, but only once per wine per year. Each spirit is 1 point per 25 units, same rule. These are prudent to do all at one time (since they don't spoil, you can nibble during the year and optimize the consumes in the end).
* Monthly luxuries have such high maximums that there's no need to concentrate on them yet, I'll finish the formula before it becomes needed.
* Suits give you a score that is the sum of each line, and rounded in the end. Each line except the "all clothed?" has declining marginal utility. The suits formula is final, so you can start optimising the allocation between them and other things, even if the other things formulas are not final yet.
Good luck for the quest!