A poor simulation (10th percentile) · mcts-m2.m2-gbr-mcts-tier-rank

Simulation 13

United Kingdom, tree search, 20 years, seed 13: a poor simulation (10th percentile) of the experiment's 50. Capability index 16.45 at the 2026 position, 17.87 in 2046; 88 actions over 20 rounds and 5 shocks.

Model 0.1.0 · graph 0.2.0 · parameters 0.1.0 · seed 13

The experiment · The other representative simulations: 30 (median simulation), 27 (a good simulation (90th percentile))

Outcome

From the 2026 position to 2046.

Capability index
17.87 (+1.41)
From 16.45
Rank by index
2
From 3
Domains at Tier 1
6
From 2
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 tree search (mcts) 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
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 48
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 48
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 48
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 48
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 48
16.88 +0.150
2031
  • Partner Economic Output & Productivity 48
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 48
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 48
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 48
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 48
17.05 +0.169
2032
  • Partner Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 49
  • Build Early Childhood Development 49
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 49
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 49
  • Buy Communications & Digital Infrastructure 49
17.20 +0.154
2033
  • Build Space Technologies 51
  • Build Early Childhood Development 51
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 51
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 51
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 51
Breadbasket failure17.20 −0.001
2034
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 53
  • Build Early Childhood Development 53
  • Build Population Health 53
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 53
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 53
17.30 +0.100
2035
  • Build Diaspora & Global Communities 53
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 53
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 53
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 53
  • Build Labour & Employment 53
Legitimacy ruptureCryptographic trust break17.06 −0.239
2036
  • Partner Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 53
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 53
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 53
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 53
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 53
17.21 +0.148
2037
  • Partner Justice System & Fundamental Rights 52
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 52
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 52
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 52
  • Buy Advanced Manufacturing 52
17.36 +0.154
2038
  • Build Information Environment & Strategic Communication 52
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 52
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 52
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 52
  • Build Health System Capability 52
17.51 +0.143
2039
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 52
  • Buy Force Generation & Mobilisation 52
  • Build Water, Sanitation & Waste Infrastructure 52
  • Build Health System Capability 52
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 52
Global funding seizure17.42 −0.088
2040
  • Partner Energy Technologies 53
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 53
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 53
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 53
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 53
17.54 +0.122
2041
  • Partner Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 51
  • Build Financial System Depth & Access 51
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 51
  • Build Diaspora & Global Communities 51
  • Partner Space Technologies 51
17.68 +0.137
2042
  • Build Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 51
  • Buy Robotics & Autonomous Systems 51
  • Build Labour & Employment 51
  • Build Resource Infrastructure 10
17.83 +0.150
2043
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 52
  • Build Resource Infrastructure 52
  • Buy Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 21
  • Buy Energy Infrastructure 10
17.94 +0.114
2044
  • Buy Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 52
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 52
  • Buy Energy Infrastructure 10
AI labour shock17.95 +0.012
2045No actions17.91 −0.040
2046
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 19
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 9
17.87 −0.044

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 Technology333333322222222222222
Strategic Infrastructure222222222222222222222
National Security222222222333333333333
Human Capital211111111111111111111
Information & Influence222222222211111111111
Governance & Integrity111111111111111111111
Financial Strength222221111211111111111
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−1.989−142.3−4.20
No shocks+0.147+11.3+0.20
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision−0.010−0.80.00
Without the 2nd largest decision−0.021−1.40.00
Without the 3rd largest decision−0.023−1.90.00
Without the 4th largest decision−0.016−1.20.00
Without the 5th largest decision−0.016−1.10.00
Without the 1st largest shock+0.067+4.2+0.20
Without the 2nd largest shock+0.083+6.0+0.33
Without the 3rd largest shock+0.070+5.60.00

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 Capital14.6719.65+4.98+10.770.00−0.53+0.12
Technical & Vocational SkillsHuman Capital15.0019.89+4.89+10.500.00−0.36+0.23
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity15.5020.00+4.50+4.810.00−0.61+0.30
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation14.6719.05+4.38+4.920.00−0.95+0.40
Foundational EducationHuman Capital15.7519.95+4.20+6.640.00−0.37+0.32
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital16.0019.96+3.96+6.780.00−0.47+0.23
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence13.5017.27+3.77+4.800.00−1.10+0.07
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment15.3319.06+3.73+5.200.00−1.26+0.36
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity16.2519.92+3.67+5.090.00−0.86+0.14
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity16.3319.90+3.57+5.600.00−0.69+0.07
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment15.6719.14+3.47+4.960.00−1.26+0.41
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation15.0018.36+3.36+4.500.00−1.51+0.37
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation15.2518.58+3.33+4.200.00−0.95+0.08
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.3319.65+3.32+3.740.00−0.53+0.11
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment16.0019.28+3.28+4.370.00−1.24+0.14
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital16.5019.69+3.19+5.680.00−0.54+0.54
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.0018.82+2.82+3.690.00−1.24+0.37
Advanced EducationHuman Capital17.0019.70+2.70+3.700.00−0.56+0.51
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology14.0016.61+2.61+3.360.00−0.90+0.15
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology14.0016.52+2.52+3.360.00−0.97+0.14
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment17.0019.51+2.51+3.910.00−1.71+0.31
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation16.0018.48+2.48+3.060.00−1.08+0.50
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity17.0019.30+2.30+3.110.00−1.13+0.33
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6018.69+2.09+3.330.00−1.31+0.07
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure14.2516.31+2.06+2.580.00−0.67+0.15
Population HealthHuman Capital16.0017.99+1.99+2.250.00−0.51+0.26
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.2519.01+1.76+2.820.00−1.21+0.25
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure15.6017.28+1.68+1.820.00−0.68+0.55
Development Cooperation & Global AssistanceInformation & Influence17.5019.15+1.65+2.330.00−1.07+0.40
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology16.0017.57+1.57+2.330.00−0.95+0.19
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital18.3319.85+1.52+1.700.00−0.45+0.75
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength17.2518.77+1.52+3.150.00−2.16+0.53
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.2016.66+1.46+2.010.00−0.79+0.24
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology17.3318.73+1.40+2.260.00−1.24+0.37
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation17.0018.39+1.39+2.220.00−0.98+0.14
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security14.0015.34+1.34+2.080.00−0.81+0.07
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5017.80+1.30+1.750.00−0.67+0.21
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength16.4017.67+1.27+2.290.00−1.30+0.27
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity16.6717.92+1.25+1.890.00−0.82+0.19
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology15.6016.79+1.19+2.020.00−1.01+0.17
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0018.13+1.13+1.820.00−0.84+0.15
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence18.0019.11+1.11+2.240.00−1.11+0.09
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment17.0017.92+0.92+2.210.00−1.37+0.07
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity17.6718.59+0.92+1.600.00−0.74+0.06
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.2519.08+0.83+1.920.00−0.94−0.15
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence17.5018.20+0.70+2.000.00−1.59+0.28
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment17.5018.14+0.64+2.160.00−1.75+0.23
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.4017.96+0.56+2.040.00−1.55+0.07
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength17.7518.27+0.52+1.950.00−1.56+0.13
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence18.0018.30+0.30+2.060.00−1.86+0.10
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology16.5716.73+0.16+0.960.00−0.93+0.14
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.1316.21+0.08+0.770.00−0.79+0.10
Space OperationsNational Security14.6714.68+0.010.000.00−0.61+0.62
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology17.2016.98−0.22+0.420.00−0.91+0.27
Land PowerNational Security16.5016.24−0.260.000.00−0.59+0.34
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0916.76−0.330.000.00−0.73+0.40
Air PowerNational Security17.0016.63−0.370.000.00−0.59+0.22
Maritime PowerNational Security17.0016.61−0.390.000.00−0.59+0.20
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity16.4015.97−0.430.000.00−0.64+0.21
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity16.0015.55−0.450.000.00−0.81+0.35
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.0015.53−0.470.000.00−0.66+0.19
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security14.6714.20−0.470.000.00−0.61+0.14
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security17.0016.45−0.550.000.00−0.59+0.04
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology16.7516.19−0.560.000.00−0.92+0.36
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation17.5016.92−0.580.000.00−0.99+0.41
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure14.2513.65−0.600.000.00−0.81+0.21
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security16.6716.04−0.630.000.00−0.59−0.04
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence18.4017.74−0.660.000.00−1.09+0.43
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology17.6016.93−0.670.000.00−0.91+0.24
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security17.3316.61−0.720.000.00−0.92+0.20
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security18.0017.24−0.760.000.00−0.91+0.15
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength17.6715.87−1.800.000.00−1.88+0.07
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength17.6715.79−1.880.000.00−1.90+0.02

Seed 13 of experiment mcts-m2.m2-gbr-mcts-tier-rank. The simulation can be reproduced exactly from the experiment's configuration, its versions and this seed.