A poor simulation (10th percentile) · mcts-m2b.m2b-gbr-mcts-index

Simulation 13

United Kingdom, tree search, 20 years, seed 13: a poor simulation (10th percentile) of the experiment's 20. Capability index 16.45 at the 2026 position, 17.36 in 2046; 90 actions over 20 rounds and 5 shocks.

Model 0.2.0 · graph 0.2.0 · parameters 0.1.1 · seed 13

The experiment · The other representative simulations: 14 (median simulation), 3 (a good simulation (90th percentile))

Outcome

From the 2026 position to 2046.

Capability index
17.36 (+0.90)
From 16.45
Rank by index
2
From 3
Domains at Tier 1
5
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
2027No actions16.45 0.000
2028
  • Partner Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 33
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 33
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 33
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 33
  • Build Foundational Education 33
16.48 +0.029
2029
  • Build Space Technologies 33
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 33
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 33
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 33
  • Build Foundational Education 33
16.54 +0.055
2030No actions16.59 +0.050
2031
  • Partner Space Technologies 33
  • Build Advanced Education 33
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 33
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 33
  • Buy Technology Adoption & Diffusion 33
16.69 +0.104
2032
  • Buy Advanced Education 33
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 33
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 33
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 33
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 33
16.81 +0.114
2033
  • Buy Strategic Strike & Missile Defence 33
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 33
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 33
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 33
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 33
Breadbasket failure16.79 −0.014
2034
  • Buy Economic Output & Productivity 33
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 33
  • Build Early Childhood Development 33
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 33
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 33
16.92 +0.128
2035
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 34
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 34
  • Build Early Childhood Development 34
  • Buy Communications & Digital Infrastructure 34
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 34
Legitimacy ruptureCryptographic trust break16.61 −0.309
2036
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 35
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 35
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 35
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 35
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 35
16.71 +0.096
2037
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 35
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 35
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 35
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 35
  • Build Population Health 35
16.84 +0.127
2038
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 35
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 35
  • Build Diaspora & Global Communities 35
  • Buy Industrial & Sectoral Base 35
  • Build Labour & Employment 35
16.95 +0.119
2039
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 35
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 35
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 35
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 35
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 35
Global funding seizure16.80 −0.156
2040
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 35
  • Buy Technology Adoption & Diffusion 35
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 35
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 35
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 35
16.93 +0.133
2041
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 35
  • Buy Advanced Manufacturing 35
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 35
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 35
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 35
17.02 +0.092
2042
  • Buy Force Generation & Mobilisation 35
  • Buy Energy Technologies 35
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 35
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 35
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 35
17.14 +0.116
2043
  • Partner Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 35
  • Build Labour & Employment 35
  • Build Water, Sanitation & Waste Infrastructure 35
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 35
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 35
17.24 +0.098
2044
  • Build Diaspora & Global Communities 35
  • Buy Robotics & Autonomous Systems 35
  • Buy Communications & Digital Infrastructure 35
  • Buy Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 35
  • Build Labour & Employment 35
AI labour shock17.27 +0.037
2045
  • Buy Advanced Manufacturing 35
  • Buy Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 35
  • Buy Force Generation & Mobilisation 35
  • Partner Space Technologies 35
  • Buy Energy Technologies 35
17.31 +0.035
2046
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 30
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 30
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 30
  • Buy Semiconductors & Advanced Computing 30
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 30
17.36 +0.046

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 Technology333333333332222222222
Strategic Infrastructure222222222222222222222
National Security222222222333333333333
Human Capital221111111111111111111
Information & Influence222222222221111111111
Governance & Integrity111111111111111111111
Financial Strength222222221111111111112
Production & Innovation111111111111111111111
Trade & Investment333333211111111111111

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−1.885−135.9−4.20
No shocks+0.296+22.6+0.20
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision−0.016−1.40.00
Without the 2nd largest decision−0.023−1.40.00
Without the 3rd largest decision−0.018−1.20.00
Without the 4th largest decision−0.015−1.30.00
Without the 5th largest decision−0.018−1.30.00
Without the 1st largest shock+0.079+4.4+0.20
Without the 2nd largest shock+0.166+12.10.00
Without the 3rd largest shock+0.133+10.30.00

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 Capital14.6719.61+4.94+7.320.00−0.55+0.05
Technical & Vocational SkillsHuman Capital15.0019.85+4.85+7.060.00−0.38+0.14
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation15.0018.59+3.59+4.850.00−1.62+0.36
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation15.2518.64+3.39+4.440.00−1.05+0.01
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital16.5019.70+3.20+4.100.00−0.57+0.39
Foundational EducationHuman Capital15.7518.94+3.19+3.420.00−0.41+0.17
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation16.0018.90+2.90+3.560.00−1.10+0.44
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.0018.85+2.85+3.850.00−1.26+0.27
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital16.0018.80+2.80+3.310.00−0.53+0.02
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment15.3318.12+2.79+3.890.00−1.28+0.18
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation14.6717.41+2.74+3.450.00−1.02+0.31
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment15.6718.23+2.56+3.540.00−1.27+0.29
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology14.0016.54+2.54+3.420.00−0.95+0.07
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology14.0016.52+2.52+3.510.00−1.01+0.02
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity17.0019.33+2.33+3.430.00−1.23+0.13
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence13.5015.74+2.24+3.370.00−1.18+0.05
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity15.5017.68+2.18+2.820.00−0.65+0.01
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure15.6017.75+2.15+2.370.00−0.69+0.47
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment16.0018.14+2.14+3.270.00−1.26+0.14
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology15.6017.74+2.14+3.200.00−1.060.00
Advanced EducationHuman Capital17.0018.98+1.98+2.210.00−0.64+0.41
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6018.57+1.97+3.280.00−1.32+0.01
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security14.0015.94+1.94+2.690.00−0.84+0.09
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity16.3318.26+1.93+2.670.00−0.740.00
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity16.2518.01+1.76+2.670.00−0.910.00
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence17.5019.17+1.67+3.050.00−1.65+0.27
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology17.3318.89+1.56+2.680.00−1.27+0.15
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment17.0018.56+1.56+2.970.00−1.410.00
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0018.55+1.55+2.340.00−0.85+0.06
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength16.4017.84+1.44+2.590.00−1.32+0.17
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment17.0018.40+1.40+3.020.00−1.73+0.11
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence18.0019.03+1.03+1.980.00−1.15+0.20
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.2518.26+1.01+1.930.00−1.24+0.32
Population HealthHuman Capital16.0016.99+0.99+1.520.00−0.55+0.03
Development Cooperation & Global AssistanceInformation & Influence17.5018.49+0.99+1.740.00−1.12+0.37
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology16.0016.78+0.78+1.640.00−0.96+0.11
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength17.2518.00+0.75+2.570.00−2.26+0.44
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.2015.93+0.73+1.360.00−0.83+0.20
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5017.18+0.68+1.210.00−0.69+0.16
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology16.5717.22+0.65+1.590.00−0.95+0.02
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security14.6715.30+0.63+1.210.00−0.66+0.08
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity16.6717.21+0.54+1.340.00−0.88+0.08
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology17.2017.70+0.50+1.330.00−0.94+0.12
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity17.6718.06+0.39+1.130.00−0.78+0.04
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology17.6017.92+0.32+1.260.00−0.940.00
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.2518.39+0.14+1.300.00−0.97−0.19
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment17.5017.59+0.09+1.720.00−1.80+0.17
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital18.3318.40+0.070.000.00−0.45+0.52
Space OperationsNational Security14.6714.42−0.250.000.00−0.64+0.39
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence18.0017.64−0.36+1.620.00−1.980.00
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0916.67−0.420.000.00−0.76+0.34
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.3315.88−0.450.000.00−0.57+0.12
Air PowerNational Security17.0016.50−0.500.000.00−0.61+0.11
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.0015.48−0.520.000.00−0.69+0.16
Maritime PowerNational Security17.0016.46−0.540.000.00−0.61+0.07
Land PowerNational Security16.5015.94−0.560.000.00−0.62+0.05
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity16.4015.83−0.570.000.00−0.66+0.09
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security17.0016.41−0.590.000.00−0.61+0.03
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure14.2513.63−0.620.000.00−0.70+0.08
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security16.6716.05−0.620.000.00−0.62−0.01
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security17.3316.61−0.720.000.00−0.96+0.25
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity16.0015.26−0.740.000.00−0.83+0.09
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.1315.32−0.810.000.00−0.82+0.01
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security18.0017.16−0.840.000.00−0.95+0.11
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence18.4017.55−0.850.000.00−1.13+0.29
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation17.5016.61−0.890.000.00−1.01+0.12
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure14.2513.35−0.900.000.00−0.84−0.05
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology16.7515.81−0.940.000.00−0.95+0.01
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation17.0015.83−1.170.000.00−1.02−0.15
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength17.7516.18−1.570.000.00−1.61+0.04
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.4015.77−1.630.000.00−1.62−0.01
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength17.6715.77−1.900.000.00−1.93+0.03
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength17.6715.66−2.010.000.00−1.95−0.06

Seed 13 of experiment mcts-m2b.m2b-gbr-mcts-index. The simulation can be reproduced exactly from the experiment's configuration, its versions and this seed.