Median simulation · cycle-001.e3-kor-greedy-marginal-30y

Simulation 19

South Korea, greedy, 30 years, seed 19: median simulation of the experiment's 100. Capability index 16.00 at the 2026 position, 18.08 in 2056; 70 actions over 30 rounds and 1 shock.

Model 0.1.0 · graph 0.2.0 · parameters 0.1.0 · seed 19

The experiment · The other representative simulations: 55 (a poor simulation (10th percentile)), 37 (a good simulation (90th percentile))

Outcome

From the 2026 position to 2056.

Capability index
18.08 (+2.08)
From 16.00
Rank by index
1
From 6
Domains at Tier 1
7
From 2
Events
1 shock
3 upside events

Trajectory by domain

The mean score of each domain by round, with a dashed marker at each round a shock (red) or an upside event (green) began. Rest on a domain to bring it forward.

  • ShockUpside event

Capability index by round

Pathway, round by round

Every decision of the greedy method: its actions (a mode, a group and the credits spent), and the events that began that round. Each round has its own page: the state it came in with, the decision, the shocks, what moved through the graph and the state it left.

RoundDecisionEventsIndex
2027
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 44
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 44
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 44
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 44
  • Build Advanced Education 44
16.05 +0.052
2028
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 44
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 44
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 44
  • Build Advanced Education 44
  • Build Foundational Education 44
16.11 +0.059
2029
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 44
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 44
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 44
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 44
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 44
16.25 +0.136
2030
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 44
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 44
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 44
  • Build Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 44
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 44
16.44 +0.194
2031
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 45
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 45
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 45
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 45
  • Build Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 45
16.58 +0.141
2032
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 47
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 47
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 47
  • Build Early Childhood Development 47
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 47
16.74 +0.159
2033
  • Build Population Health 49
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 49
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 49
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 49
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 49
Market access opening16.97 +0.226
2034
  • Build Population Health 50
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 50
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 50
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 50
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 50
17.13 +0.157
2035
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 53
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 53
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 53
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 53
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 53
17.35 +0.223
2036
  • Build Resource Infrastructure 53
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 53
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 53
  • Build Labour & Employment 53
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 53
17.54 +0.187
2037
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 52
  • Build Resource Infrastructure 52
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 52
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 52
  • Build Health System Capability 52
17.71 +0.176
2038
  • Build Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 52
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 52
  • Build Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 52
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 52
  • Build Resource Infrastructure 52
17.90 +0.191
2039
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 52
Automated discovery step18.17 +0.262
2040No actions18.37 +0.204
2041No actions18.48 +0.113
2042No actions18.41 −0.077
2043No actions18.35 −0.059
2044No actions18.30 −0.049
2045No actions18.26 −0.042
2046No actions18.22 −0.035
2047No actionsTrade bloc ruptureMarket access opening18.16 −0.060
2048No actions18.06 −0.102
2049No actions17.98 −0.085
2050
  • Build Monetary & Currency Capability 19
  • Build Diaspora & Global Communities 9
17.98 +0.008
2051
  • Partner Space Technologies 20
18.00 +0.012
2052
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 20
  • Partner Space Technologies 10
18.02 +0.026
2053
  • Build Diaspora & Global Communities 20
18.03 +0.009
2054
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 20
18.05 +0.018
2055
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 20
18.07 +0.018
2056
  • Buy Energy Technologies 20
18.08 +0.012

Credits

What each round's credits went on: maintenance, the three modes, and what was carried over.

Tiers by round

Each domain's tier against the frozen field, round by round: Tier 1 green, Tier 2 blue, Tier 3 amber, below that grey.

Domain2026203120362041204620512056
Critical Technology2222222222222222222222222222222
Strategic Infrastructure2222222111111111111111111111111
National Security3333333333333333333333333333333
Human Capital1111111111111111111111111111111
Information & Influence3332111111111111111111111111111
Governance & Integrity4444443211111111111111111111111
Financial Strength5554111111111111111111111111111
Production & Innovation1111111111111111111111111111111
Trade & Investment2222111111111111111111111111111

Probes

What the experiment's counterfactual probes found, paired seed by seed on its first 20 seeds, this one among them: the same simulation with one thing changed, the difference at the horizon.

ProbeIndexScore sumTier 1
Hold instead of the method−2.950−202.9−5.65
No shocks+0.157+11.3−0.05
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision−0.012−0.80.00
Without the 2nd largest decision−0.010−0.70.00
Without the 3rd largest decision−0.003−0.20.00
Without the 4th largest decision−0.013−0.90.00
Without the 5th largest decision−0.015−1.00.00
Without the 1st largest shock−0.035−1.4−0.10
Without the 2nd largest shock+0.035+2.2−0.12
Without the 3rd largest shock−0.006−0.7−0.14

Every group over the simulation

Where each group started and ended, and what moved it: levels invested, decay, events and changes arriving through the graph. The parts do not quite sum to the change where a score met 0 or 20.

73 of 73 groups

Capability group
Domain
2026
2056
Change
Invested
Decay
Events
Graph
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure11.7519.28+7.53+6.80−0.52+0.89+0.35
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity15.0020.00+5.00+3.83−0.21+0.88+0.95
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity15.3320.00+4.67+5.67−0.21+0.89+0.33
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity15.0019.65+4.65+3.71−0.21+0.88+0.27
Development Cooperation & Global AssistanceInformation & Influence14.5019.08+4.58+4.74−0.80+0.18+0.46
Technical & Vocational SkillsHuman Capital15.5020.00+4.50+9.57−0.33+1.49+0.27
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence14.5018.66+4.16+4.80−0.78−0.19+0.32
Population HealthHuman Capital16.0020.00+4.00+4.14−0.24+0.93+0.42
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity16.0020.00+4.00+3.70−0.21+0.88+0.55
Lifelong Learning & ReskillingHuman Capital16.0019.98+3.98+8.59−0.34+0.94+0.12
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital16.0019.91+3.91+4.12−0.39+1.40+0.77
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength15.7519.61+3.86+4.09−0.46+0.22+0.32
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity16.3320.00+3.67+3.53−0.21+1.77+0.08
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment16.3319.53+3.20+2.44−0.75+1.18+0.33
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment16.2519.45+3.20+2.55−0.75+1.18+0.21
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence16.0019.13+3.13+3.40−0.78+0.17+0.67
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation15.0018.11+3.11+2.53−0.66+0.73+0.52
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength16.5019.60+3.10+2.44−0.51+0.17+0.99
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.5019.58+3.08+3.41−0.71+0.74+0.41
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5019.50+3.00+2.28−0.54+0.88+0.37
Advanced EducationHuman Capital17.0020.00+3.00+3.57−0.35+0.93+0.47
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital17.0020.00+3.00+4.85−0.34+0.94+0.47
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital17.0019.98+2.98+1.93−0.35+0.93+0.48
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity17.2020.00+2.80+1.45−0.21+1.42+0.55
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment15.3318.13+2.80+2.70−0.72+0.23+0.60
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology16.0018.79+2.79+2.88−1.30+0.88+0.53
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation15.7518.54+2.79+2.31−0.68+0.73+0.43
Foundational EducationHuman Capital17.2520.00+2.75+1.75−0.35+0.93+0.53
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.6719.34+2.67+1.61−0.34+0.93+0.47
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence15.6718.18+2.51+2.68−0.73+0.17+0.40
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength14.2016.68+2.48+2.46−0.48+0.15+0.36
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.3318.65+2.32+1.54−0.54+0.87+0.45
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation16.6718.80+2.13+1.93−0.70+0.72+0.18
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.0019.11+2.11+2.84−0.75+0.79+0.87
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation16.5018.58+2.08+2.03−0.69+0.43+0.31
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6018.61+2.01+2.58−1.27+0.41+0.29
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment17.0019.00+2.00+2.19−0.75+0.24+0.39
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence16.8018.78+1.98+2.05−0.72+0.21+0.45
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology15.8017.44+1.64+1.90−1.00+0.43+0.31
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment17.3318.90+1.57+1.84−0.74+0.25+0.26
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation18.0019.55+1.550.00−0.73+1.19+1.17
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5017.98+1.480.00−0.50+1.42+0.55
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0018.32+1.320.00−0.51+0.87+0.95
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.1317.35+1.220.00−0.48+1.42+0.27
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity15.6716.84+1.170.00−0.18+0.86+0.49
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure18.4019.50+1.100.00−0.54+0.88+0.77
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity16.2017.30+1.100.00−0.19+0.86+0.43
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment17.5018.57+1.070.00−0.69+1.20+0.57
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence15.5016.51+1.01+1.35−0.60+0.18+0.08
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology14.6715.67+1.00+1.16−0.94+0.42+0.36
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology16.2017.15+0.95+0.93−1.06+0.59+0.50
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6017.48+0.88+0.91−1.07+0.43+0.60
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.8017.60+0.800.00−0.49+0.87+0.42
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.0018.72+0.720.00−0.82+1.35+0.19
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.7516.35+0.600.00−0.46+0.87+0.19
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation18.0018.57+0.570.00−0.70+0.71+0.56
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength16.3316.82+0.49+0.79−0.40−0.15+0.26
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology14.2514.64+0.390.00−0.95+0.42+0.91
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology16.5016.87+0.370.00−1.09+0.91+0.56
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security1.671.91+0.240.00−0.02+0.260.00
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology16.7116.94+0.230.00−1.11+0.59+0.75
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength16.6716.82+0.150.00−0.41+0.18+0.38
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.0017.08+0.080.00−0.42+0.18+0.31
Space OperationsNational Security13.6713.65−0.020.00−0.71+0.30+0.39
Air PowerNational Security16.7516.64−0.110.00−0.86+0.31+0.45
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security16.3316.14−0.190.00−0.84+0.31+0.35
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security16.0015.80−0.200.00−0.83+0.30+0.32
Maritime PowerNational Security16.0015.73−0.270.00−0.82+0.30+0.25
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology17.5017.20−0.300.00−1.13+0.60+0.23
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security16.0015.69−0.310.00−0.82+0.30+0.20
Land PowerNational Security16.5016.18−0.320.00−0.84+0.31+0.21
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security15.8315.50−0.330.00−0.81+0.30+0.18
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security15.3314.98−0.350.00−0.78+0.30+0.14

Seed 19 of experiment cycle-001.e3-kor-greedy-marginal-30y. The simulation can be reproduced exactly from the experiment's configuration, its versions and this seed.