I think that one thing I have to dislike about Dwarf fortress is there is only one type of economy - Shared (Everyone shares everything) but soon there will be more of those so no problem. One of the things I dislike about shared is that everyone uses the same public rooms.
First would be Patriarchal/Matriarchal/even society types.
Second, The issue is that the only type of society is individual based, where the kids move out, no one stays together, like in America. I think a good idea would be for families to stick together in a different Family based society. Basically, rather than having each dwarf live on their own, in a family based society it would be added into a "Mansion" for the family. For instance, if a family had kids, rather than them moving away from the home as soon as they aged they would stay close. (As in many other places) so all that would happen is that they would request another bedroom in the mansion. (You would have no more than 7 families in a normal fort, so it won't be out of hand)
How to designate a mansion? Simple, you build out a hallway. You would be able to engrave family tablets which would designate the room as a hallway, and everything that is behind the family tablet would be considered to be the family mansion. (room 1)
How would this work together with the economy? I believe that there has been a few economies proposed over time.
-Capitalism (like in the old DF)
The family would try to make the most money, and everything would be put into an awards room for the family (AKA treasury) so that they could admire their achievements. (Room 2) Every dwarf would do what you wanted them to still, like in .40d.
-Guilds (Being added according to dev log)
The families would be the guilds. That simple. Some of you may have read my guild economy idea a while back, so you get what I am saying. Others probably know what guild based is, so no issue there.
-Family based
Basically every family would have a farmer, a craftsman, a mason, a ect... all would pay partial dues to you (a % of labor) that you can work with. So if your labor percent is %20, that means that 1/5 months the mason worked they would help you build let's say barricades. They would also have a family treasury.
-If I missed any economies, tell me.
So what you guys think about that?