A poor simulation (10th percentile) · cycle-003.e4-sgp

Simulation 27

Singapore, scripted, 30 years from 1996, seed 27: a poor simulation (10th percentile) of the experiment's 30. Capability index 15.25 at the 1996 position, 15.23 in 2026; 112 actions over 30 rounds and 5 shocks.

Model 0.2.0 · graph 0.2.0 · parameters 0.1.1 · seed 27

The experiment · The other representative simulations: 29 (median simulation), 16 (a good simulation (90th percentile))

Outcome

From the 1996 position to 2026.

Capability index
15.23 (−0.02)
From 15.25
Rank by index
10
From 10
Domains at Tier 1
6
From 6
Events
5 shocks
0 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 scripted 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
1997
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 58
  • Build Financial Stability & Crisis Management 58
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 58
  • Build Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 58
  • Build Advanced Manufacturing 58
Global funding seizure15.15 −0.094
1998
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 58
  • Build Financial Stability & Crisis Management 58
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 58
  • Build Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 58
  • Build Advanced Manufacturing 58
15.20 +0.051
1999
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 58
  • Build Financial Stability & Crisis Management 58
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 58
  • Build Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 58
  • Build Advanced Manufacturing 58
15.26 +0.059
2000
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 59
  • Build Financial Stability & Crisis Management 59
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 59
  • Build Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 59
  • Build Advanced Manufacturing 59
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 59
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 59
  • Buy Advanced Education 59
  • Buy Innovation & Commercialisation 59
  • Buy Advanced Manufacturing 59
15.41 +0.144
2001
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 60
  • Build Financial Stability & Crisis Management 60
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 60
  • Build Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 60
  • Build Advanced Manufacturing 60
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 60
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 60
  • Buy Advanced Education 60
  • Buy Innovation & Commercialisation 60
  • Buy Advanced Manufacturing 52
15.50 +0.092
2002
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 60
  • Build Financial Stability & Crisis Management 60
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 60
  • Build Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 46
15.50 +0.003
2003
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 60
  • Build Financial Stability & Crisis Management 60
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 60
  • Build Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 46
Severe pandemic15.33 −0.174
2004
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 60
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 60
  • Buy Advanced Education 60
  • Buy Innovation & Commercialisation 60
  • Buy Advanced Manufacturing 39
15.38 +0.047
2005
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 60
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 60
  • Buy Advanced Education 60
  • Buy Innovation & Commercialisation 29
15.40 +0.024
2006
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 60
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 60
  • Buy Advanced Education 52
15.40 +0.004
2007
  • Build Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 60
  • Build Innovation & Commercialisation 60
  • Build Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 50
15.41 +0.011
2008
  • Build Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 60
  • Build Innovation & Commercialisation 60
  • Build Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 50
Global funding seizure15.30 −0.117
2009
  • Build Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 60
  • Build Innovation & Commercialisation 60
  • Build Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 60
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 21
15.32 +0.025
2010
  • Build Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 59
  • Build Innovation & Commercialisation 59
  • Build Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 31
15.32 +0.003
2011
  • Build Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 59
  • Build Innovation & Commercialisation 59
  • Build Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 32
15.33 +0.003
2012
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 59
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 59
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 32
15.36 +0.029
2013
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 59
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 59
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 30
15.41 +0.053
2014
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 59
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 59
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 22
15.45 +0.042
2015
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 59
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 59
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 6
15.45 +0.001
2016
  • Build Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 59
  • Build Artificial Intelligence 59
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 6
15.46 +0.011
2017
  • Build Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 59
  • Build Artificial Intelligence 59
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 5
15.48 +0.021
2018
  • Build Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 59
  • Build Artificial Intelligence 59
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 0
Trade bloc rupture15.46 −0.020
2019No actions15.43 −0.033
2020No actionsSevere pandemic15.08 −0.351
2021
  • Build Artificial Intelligence 52
  • Build Robotics & Autonomous Systems 52
  • Build Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 52
  • Build Quantum Technologies 52
  • Build Biotechnology & Health Technologies 18
15.10 +0.021
2022
  • Build Artificial Intelligence 58
  • Build Robotics & Autonomous Systems 58
  • Build Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 58
  • Build Quantum Technologies 37
15.14 +0.035
2023
  • Build Artificial Intelligence 58
  • Build Robotics & Autonomous Systems 58
  • Build Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 58
  • Build Quantum Technologies 14
15.18 +0.046
2024
  • Build Artificial Intelligence 58
  • Build Robotics & Autonomous Systems 58
  • Build Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 44
15.21 +0.028
2025
  • Build Artificial Intelligence 58
  • Build Robotics & Autonomous Systems 56
15.21 +0.005
2026
  • Buy Air Power 58
  • Buy Maritime Power 24
15.23 +0.016

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.

Domain1996200120062011201620212026
Critical Technology3332211111111111111111222221111
Strategic Infrastructure1111111111111111111111111111111
National Security5555555555555555555555555555555
Human Capital1111111111111111111111111111111
Information & Influence5555555555555555555555555555555
Governance & Integrity1111111111111111111111111111111
Financial Strength1111111111111111111111111111111
Production & Innovation1111111111111111111111111111111
Trade & Investment1111111111111111111111112222222

Probes

What the experiment's counterfactual probes found, paired seed by seed on its first 10 seeds: the same simulation with one thing changed, the difference at the horizon.

ProbeIndexScore sumTier 1
Hold instead of the method−1.112−88.3−4.00
No shocks+0.694+42.7+1.00
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision0.000+0.00.00
Without the 2nd largest decision0.000+0.00.00
Without the 3rd largest decision0.0000.00.00
Without the 4th largest decision+0.003+0.20.00
Without the 5th largest decision0.001−0.00.00
Without the 1st largest shock+0.241+15.10.00
Without the 2nd largest shock+0.190+13.5+1.00
Without the 3rd largest shock+0.145+9.2+1.00

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
1996
2026
Change
Invested
Decay
Events
Graph
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology12.0620.00+7.94+9.50−0.03−0.92+0.92
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology12.4320.00+7.57+9.83−0.04−0.82+0.84
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital13.6119.64+6.03+9.59−0.02−0.57+0.29
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology7.0312.35+5.32+5.36−0.01−0.72+0.70
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology14.2319.01+4.78+7.40−0.05−1.81+1.03
Lifelong Learning & ReskillingHuman Capital15.1519.79+4.64+13.70−0.01−0.47−0.04
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation15.8319.69+3.86+6.68−0.03−1.09+1.32
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.1119.89+3.78+8.47−0.04−0.74+0.25
Technical & Vocational SkillsHuman Capital16.3219.79+3.47+11.46−0.01−0.47−0.06
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.1819.53+3.35+8.64−0.02−1.20+0.11
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology16.7920.00+3.21+5.46−0.04−0.86+0.35
Advanced EducationHuman Capital16.4119.53+3.12+3.93−0.01−0.56−0.10
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital17.3718.63+1.26+1.67−0.01−0.50+0.10
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure18.7219.81+1.09+3.63−0.02−0.46+0.10
Air PowerNational Security13.7314.37+0.64+1.14−0.02−0.38−0.10
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength19.1119.19+0.08+4.12−0.01−1.22−0.06
Maritime PowerNational Security12.8212.90+0.08+0.54−0.02−0.39−0.06
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security0.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security12.5712.48−0.090.00−0.02−0.39+0.32
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security12.8612.75−0.110.00−0.02−0.39+0.30
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology3.533.18−0.350.00−0.01−0.36+0.02
Space OperationsNational Security5.785.42−0.360.00−0.01−0.25−0.10
Land PowerNational Security11.4711.04−0.430.00−0.02−0.40−0.01
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength19.6719.22−0.45+3.94−0.01−1.220.00
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security12.0011.54−0.460.00−0.02−0.39−0.05
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security13.6413.15−0.490.00−0.02−0.38−0.08
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure10.039.53−0.500.00−0.01−0.53+0.04
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security9.879.33−0.540.00−0.02−0.40−0.13
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology15.7415.16−0.580.00−0.03−1.03+0.49
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity15.5014.92−0.580.00−0.01−0.55−0.03
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.4117.83−0.580.00−0.03−0.48−0.06
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure11.3310.74−0.590.00−0.01−0.53−0.05
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity14.3613.76−0.600.00−0.01−0.56−0.03
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.5014.89−0.610.00−0.01−0.50−0.09
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity18.0517.44−0.610.00−0.01−0.51−0.09
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity18.2417.62−0.620.00−0.01−0.59−0.02
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity17.8417.22−0.620.00−0.01−0.52−0.10
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology9.528.89−0.630.00−0.02−0.91+0.29
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity14.3713.74−0.630.00−0.01−0.56−0.06
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure14.7914.14−0.650.00−0.01−0.51−0.13
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure14.1113.43−0.680.00−0.01−0.51−0.15
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital17.5016.80−0.700.00−0.01−0.51−0.17
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.9218.21−0.710.00−0.02−0.48−0.21
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.5317.71−0.820.00−0.02−0.64−0.16
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology10.9810.14−0.840.00−0.02−0.94+0.12
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence10.9010.05−0.850.00−0.01−0.96+0.13
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity19.0718.22−0.850.00−0.01−0.92+0.08
Development Cooperation & Global AssistanceInformation & Influence11.6010.73−0.870.00−0.01−0.95+0.10
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation18.8517.98−0.870.00−0.02−1.01+0.16
Population HealthHuman Capital16.5315.64−0.890.00−0.01−0.87−0.01
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence15.4614.54−0.920.00−0.02−1.08+0.19
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence10.369.43−0.930.00−0.01−0.96+0.04
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity16.6915.76−0.930.00−0.01−0.80−0.13
Foundational EducationHuman Capital18.1317.11−1.020.00−0.01−0.85−0.16
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.8015.78−1.020.00−0.01−0.98−0.03
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence15.4614.44−1.020.00−0.02−0.91−0.10
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.8315.78−1.050.00−0.01−0.74−0.29
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation18.8217.66−1.160.00−0.02−1.01−0.13
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation15.9614.79−1.170.00−0.02−1.22+0.06
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation17.3916.22−1.170.00−0.02−1.03−0.12
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength17.1015.87−1.230.00−0.01−1.05−0.17
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment17.1015.77−1.330.00−0.02−1.24−0.07
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence12.9111.53−1.380.00−0.02−1.51+0.14
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.2515.81−1.440.00−0.01−1.40−0.03
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength18.7617.25−1.510.00−0.01−1.88+0.38
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment17.6416.08−1.560.00−0.02−1.43−0.10
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment19.9718.40−1.570.00−0.02−1.38−0.16
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment12.1510.57−1.580.00−0.01−1.53−0.03
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.7316.13−1.600.00−0.02−1.43−0.15
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength18.4916.87−1.620.00−0.01−1.53−0.07
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment19.2917.65−1.640.00−0.02−1.60−0.01
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation17.0815.38−1.700.00−0.02−1.90+0.22
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment19.8117.88−1.930.00−0.02−1.80−0.10

Seed 27 of experiment cycle-003.e4-sgp. The simulation can be reproduced exactly from the experiment's configuration, its versions and this seed.