A poor simulation (10th percentile) · mcts-m2.m2-gbr-greedy-marginal

Simulation 44

United Kingdom, greedy, 20 years, seed 44: a poor simulation (10th percentile) of the experiment's 50. Capability index 16.45 at the 2026 position, 17.89 in 2046; 88 actions over 20 rounds and 5 shocks.

Model 0.1.0 · graph 0.2.0 · parameters 0.1.0 · seed 44

The experiment · The other representative simulations: 43 (median simulation), 27 (a good simulation (90th percentile))

Outcome

From the 2026 position to 2046.

Capability index
17.89 (+1.44)
From 16.45
Rank by index
2
From 3
Domains at Tier 1
7
From 2
Events
5 shocks
2 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 48
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 48
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 48
  • Build Foundational Education 48
  • Build Advanced Education 48
16.49 +0.038
2028
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 48
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 48
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 48
  • Build Foundational Education 48
  • Build Advanced Education 48
16.57 +0.073
2029
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 48
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 48
  • Build Foundational Education 48
  • Buy Technology Adoption & Diffusion 48
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 48
16.73 +0.163
2030
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 48
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 48
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 48
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 48
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 48
Chronic disease advance16.93 +0.207
2031
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 48
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 48
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 48
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 48
  • Build Early Childhood Development 48
17.15 +0.215
2032
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 52
  • Build Early Childhood Development 52
  • Buy Communications & Digital Infrastructure 52
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 52
  • Build Population Health 52
AI labour shock17.23 +0.083
2033
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 55
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 55
  • Build Early Childhood Development 55
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 55
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 55
Trade bloc rupture17.22 −0.016
2034
  • Build Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 50
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 50
  • Build Labour & Employment 50
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 50
  • Build Diaspora & Global Communities 50
17.25 +0.034
2035
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 44
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 44
  • Build Labour & Employment 44
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 44
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 44
17.31 +0.062
2036
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 47
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 47
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 47
  • Buy Advanced Manufacturing 47
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 47
17.48 +0.166
2037
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 53
  • Partner Space Technologies 53
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 53
  • Build Health System Capability 53
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 53
17.63 +0.155
2038
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 53
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 53
  • Build Health System Capability 53
  • Buy Force Generation & Mobilisation 53
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 53
17.80 +0.168
2039
  • Buy Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 53
  • Buy Energy Technologies 53
  • Build Water, Sanitation & Waste Infrastructure 53
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 11
17.94 +0.137
2040
  • Build Diaspora & Global Communities 53
  • Build Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 53
  • Build Water, Sanitation & Waste Infrastructure 11
18.02 +0.077
2041
  • Buy Robotics & Autonomous Systems 53
  • Buy Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 21
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 11
Global funding seizure17.89 −0.121
2042
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 53
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 53
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 11
Hybrid coercion17.79 −0.107
2043
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 51
  • Buy Energy Infrastructure 51
  • Buy Advanced Manufacturing 51
17.84 +0.051
2044
  • Partner Space Technologies 52
  • Build Financial System Depth & Access 52
  • Buy Resource Infrastructure 52
Global funding seizure17.63 −0.213
2045
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 52
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 52
  • Buy Technology Adoption & Diffusion 52
  • Buy Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 21
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 21
Water-efficient food leap17.76 +0.132
2046
  • Buy Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 51
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 51
  • Buy Energy Technologies 51
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 51
17.89 +0.133

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.

Domain20262031203620412046
Critical Technology333333222222222222222
Strategic Infrastructure222222212222222211111
National Security222222223332222233333
Human Capital211111111111111111111
Information & Influence222222211111111111111
Governance & Integrity111111111111111111111
Financial Strength222211111111111111111
Production & Innovation111111111111111111111
Trade & Investment333211111111111111111

Probes

What the experiment's counterfactual probes found, paired seed by seed on its first 5 seeds: the same simulation with one thing changed, the difference at the horizon.

ProbeIndexScore sumTier 1
Hold instead of the method−2.013−143.3−4.40
No shocks+0.119+9.50.00
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision−0.017−1.20.00
Without the 2nd largest decision−0.019−1.50.00
Without the 3rd largest decision−0.026−1.60.00
Without the 4th largest decision−0.015−1.30.00
Without the 5th largest decision−0.012−0.80.00
Without the 1st largest shock+0.055+3.00.00
Without the 2nd largest shock+0.037+3.00.00
Without the 3rd largest shock−0.043−3.00.00

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
2026
2046
Change
Invested
Decay
Events
Graph
Lifelong Learning & ReskillingHuman Capital14.6719.93+5.26+10.770.00−0.32+0.22
Technical & Vocational SkillsHuman Capital15.0020.00+5.00+10.500.00−0.08+0.43
Foundational EducationHuman Capital15.7520.00+4.25+6.640.00−0.11+0.37
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital16.0020.00+4.00+6.630.00−0.16+0.40
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation16.0019.99+3.99+4.920.00−1.35+0.41
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence13.5017.24+3.74+4.720.00−1.05+0.07
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity16.3319.96+3.63+4.160.00−0.37+0.20
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.3319.78+3.45+3.430.00−0.05+0.13
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology15.6019.03+3.43+4.150.00−0.78+0.06
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital16.5019.88+3.38+5.680.00−0.33+0.56
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation14.6718.04+3.37+4.340.00−1.19+0.22
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6019.85+3.25+4.110.00−0.91+0.05
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology14.0017.19+3.19+4.160.00−1.07+0.10
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment15.3318.46+3.13+4.770.00−1.94+0.30
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology14.0017.12+3.12+3.780.00−0.79+0.13
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity16.2519.26+3.01+3.240.00−0.38+0.14
Advanced EducationHuman Capital17.0019.99+2.99+3.700.00−0.35+0.74
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity16.6719.65+2.98+3.220.00−0.57+0.33
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment15.6718.57+2.90+4.930.00−1.95+0.48
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation15.2518.05+2.80+4.090.00−1.44+0.15
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure15.6018.39+2.79+3.140.00−0.72+0.38
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation15.0017.78+2.78+4.590.00−2.18+0.37
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.2520.00+2.75+4.870.00−1.87+0.19
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment16.0018.69+2.69+4.470.00−1.92+0.15
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment17.0019.60+2.60+4.120.00−1.56+0.05
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.0018.46+2.46+3.930.00−1.73+0.26
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity15.5017.85+2.35+2.470.00−0.41+0.30
Population HealthHuman Capital16.0018.34+2.34+2.150.00−0.19+0.38
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.2017.12+1.92+2.330.00−0.64+0.24
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology16.0017.83+1.83+2.340.00−0.76+0.25
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment17.0018.75+1.75+3.910.00−2.40+0.24
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security14.0015.62+1.62+2.000.00−0.44+0.07
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology17.3318.82+1.49+2.330.00−1.11+0.27
Development Cooperation & Global AssistanceInformation & Influence17.5018.95+1.45+2.220.00−1.03+0.26
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure14.2515.69+1.44+2.050.00−0.71+0.10
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength16.4017.77+1.37+2.220.00−1.04+0.19
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology17.6018.94+1.34+1.840.00−0.60+0.09
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5017.81+1.31+1.700.00−0.71+0.33
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity17.0018.15+1.15+1.570.00−0.67+0.25
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence18.0019.14+1.14+2.410.00−1.35+0.10
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0018.11+1.11+1.860.00−0.80+0.05
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength17.2518.28+1.03+2.140.00−1.73+0.62
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology16.5717.59+1.02+1.890.00−0.99+0.12
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.1317.08+0.95+1.830.00−0.94+0.07
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence17.5018.42+0.92+1.930.00−1.30+0.29
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation17.0017.87+0.87+2.130.00−1.21−0.05
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.2518.89+0.64+1.780.00−0.98−0.16
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment17.5018.05+0.55+2.300.00−1.99+0.24
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence18.0018.48+0.48+2.070.00−1.73+0.14
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology17.2017.62+0.42+0.920.00−0.72+0.21
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital18.3318.73+0.400.000.00−0.19+0.58
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.4017.76+0.36+1.920.00−1.65+0.09
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity17.6717.66−0.01+0.340.00−0.38+0.03
Space OperationsNational Security14.6714.61−0.060.000.00−0.42+0.36
Land PowerNational Security16.5016.42−0.080.000.00−0.41+0.33
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0916.92−0.170.000.00−0.51+0.34
Air PowerNational Security17.0016.78−0.220.000.00−0.40+0.18
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security14.6714.41−0.260.000.00−0.42+0.16
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity16.4016.10−0.300.000.00−0.58+0.28
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity16.0015.68−0.320.000.00−0.59+0.28
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security17.0016.67−0.330.000.00−0.40+0.07
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security17.3316.96−0.370.000.00−0.67+0.30
Maritime PowerNational Security17.0016.62−0.380.000.00−0.67+0.29
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure14.2513.83−0.420.000.00−0.69+0.27
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security16.6716.25−0.420.000.00−0.41−0.02
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.0015.50−0.500.000.00−0.67+0.16
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security18.0017.45−0.550.000.00−0.66+0.11
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology16.7516.13−0.620.000.00−0.73+0.11
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence18.4017.60−0.800.000.00−1.06+0.26
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation17.5016.53−0.970.000.00−1.24+0.27
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength17.7516.16−1.590.000.00−1.65+0.06
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength17.6715.86−1.810.000.00−1.66−0.16
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength17.6715.81−1.860.000.00−1.91+0.05

Seed 44 of experiment mcts-m2.m2-gbr-greedy-marginal. The simulation can be reproduced exactly from the experiment's configuration, its versions and this seed.