A good simulation (90th percentile) · mcts-m3.m3-kor-mcts-index

Simulation 3

South Korea, tree search, 20 years, seed 3: a good simulation (90th percentile) of the experiment's 10. Capability index 16.00 at the 2026 position, 18.22 in 2046; 86 actions over 20 rounds and 1 shock.

Model 0.2.0 · graph 0.2.0 · parameters 0.1.1 · seed 3

The experiment · The other representative simulations: 1 (median simulation), 7 (a poor simulation (10th percentile))

Outcome

From the 2026 position to 2046.

Capability index
18.22 (+2.21)
From 16.00
Rank by index
1
From 6
Domains at Tier 1
7
From 2
Events
1 shock
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 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 actions16.00 0.000
2028No actions16.00 0.000
2029
  • Buy Digital & AI Competence 30
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 30
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 30
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 30
  • Build Advanced Education 30
AI labour shock15.91 −0.095
2030
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 30
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 30
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 30
  • Build Advanced Education 30
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 30
15.82 −0.091
2031
  • Partner Space Technologies 27
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 27
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 27
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 27
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 27
15.75 −0.069
2032
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 26
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 26
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 26
  • Build Foundational Education 26
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 26
Market access opening15.92 +0.174
2033
  • Build Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 30
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 30
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 30
  • Build Foundational Education 30
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 30
16.11 +0.189
2034
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 31
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 31
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 31
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 31
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 31
16.29 +0.183
2035
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 31
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 31
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 31
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 31
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 31
16.44 +0.150
2036
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 32
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 32
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 32
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 32
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 32
16.61 +0.165
2037
  • Build Information Environment & Strategic Communication 32
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 32
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 32
  • Build Early Childhood Development 32
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 32
16.79 +0.181
2038
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 33
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 33
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 33
  • Build Population Health 33
  • Build Labour & Employment 33
16.89 +0.102
2039
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 33
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 33
  • Build Population Health 33
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 33
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 33
16.98 +0.094
2040
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 33
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 33
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 33
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 33
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 33
17.07 +0.086
2041
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 33
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 33
  • Buy Resource Infrastructure 33
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 33
17.16 +0.086
2042
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 33
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
  • Partner Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 33
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 33
  • Build Labour & Employment 33
Clean power threshold17.38 +0.223
2043
  • Buy Structural Transformation & Complexity 33
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 33
  • Build Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 33
  • Build Labour & Employment 33
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 33
17.61 +0.229
2044
  • Build Biotechnology & Health Technologies 35
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 35
  • Build Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 35
  • Build Diaspora & Global Communities 35
  • Build Monetary & Currency Capability 35
17.81 +0.199
2045
  • Buy Space Operations 35
  • Partner Space Technologies 35
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 35
  • Buy Robotics & Autonomous Systems 35
  • Buy Resource Infrastructure 35
18.04 +0.233
2046
  • Buy Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 12
18.22 +0.174

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 Technology222333332222222222222
Strategic Infrastructure222222222221111111111
National Security333333333333333333333
Human Capital111111111111111111111
Information & Influence333332211111111111111
Governance & Integrity444555544444333111111
Financial Strength555555552111111111111
Production & Innovation111222222221111111111
Trade & Investment222223321111111111111

Probes

What the experiment's counterfactual probes found, paired seed by seed on its first 3 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−2.376−164.1−6.33
No shocks+0.586+43.7+0.67
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision−0.015−1.30.00
Without the 2nd largest decision−0.017−1.40.00
Without the 3rd largest decision−0.017−1.30.00
Without the 4th largest decision−0.019−1.40.00
Without the 5th largest decision−0.020−1.40.00
Without the 1st largest shock+0.229+16.8+0.67
Without the 2nd largest shock+0.278+20.50.00
Without the 3rd largest shock+0.181+14.10.00

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
Development Cooperation & Global AssistanceInformation & Influence14.5020.00+5.50+5.510.00−0.12+0.48
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence14.5019.61+5.11+4.880.00−0.12+0.34
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation15.0019.75+4.75+4.510.00−0.21+0.45
Technical & Vocational SkillsHuman Capital15.5020.00+4.50+7.090.00+0.66+0.07
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment15.3319.69+4.36+3.830.00+0.17+0.36
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity15.0019.34+4.34+3.780.00+0.49+0.08
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure11.7515.86+4.11+2.930.00+0.98+0.20
Lifelong Learning & ReskillingHuman Capital16.0020.00+4.00+6.560.00−0.13+0.03
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence16.0020.00+4.00+4.120.00−0.11+0.39
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity16.0020.00+4.00+3.820.00+0.25+0.08
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength14.2017.76+3.56+3.260.00+0.12+0.18
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment16.2519.81+3.56+3.590.00−0.13+0.10
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5020.00+3.50+2.980.00+0.51+0.02
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.5020.00+3.50+3.500.00+0.27+0.15
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity16.3319.82+3.49+2.490.00+0.99+0.01
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation15.7519.18+3.43+3.080.00+0.27+0.09
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology16.0019.26+3.26+3.440.00−0.31+0.13
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity15.0018.23+3.23+2.620.00+0.49+0.13
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity15.3318.50+3.17+2.640.00+0.49+0.04
Population HealthHuman Capital16.0019.16+3.16+2.900.00+0.18+0.08
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength15.7518.79+3.04+2.830.00+0.13+0.07
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology16.2019.20+3.00+2.600.00+0.15+0.25
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital17.0020.00+3.00+3.500.00−0.12+0.26
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.0019.93+2.93+1.990.00+0.42+0.51
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence15.6718.55+2.88+3.380.00−0.59+0.10
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital16.0018.87+2.87+2.300.00+0.18+0.39
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength16.5019.31+2.81+2.650.00−0.33+0.50
Advanced EducationHuman Capital17.0019.73+2.73+2.610.00−0.12+0.24
Foundational EducationHuman Capital17.2519.94+2.69+2.330.00+0.18+0.18
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology14.6717.18+2.51+2.210.00+0.14+0.15
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment16.3318.75+2.42+1.790.00+0.42+0.21
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation16.5018.84+2.34+1.460.00+0.76+0.13
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity17.2019.39+2.19+1.010.00+1.00+0.18
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment17.0019.11+2.11+1.670.00+0.18+0.25
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6018.68+2.08+1.870.00+0.16+0.06
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology16.5018.46+1.96+1.400.00+0.16+0.40
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology15.8017.67+1.87+1.530.00+0.15+0.19
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment17.5019.37+1.87+1.310.00+0.43+0.13
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment17.3319.20+1.87+1.490.00+0.18+0.20
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital17.0018.79+1.79+1.400.00+0.18+0.20
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence16.8018.56+1.76+1.520.00−0.11+0.35
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.3318.07+1.74+1.050.00+0.51+0.17
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation16.6718.41+1.74+1.290.00+0.27+0.18
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength16.3318.06+1.73+1.380.00+0.14+0.21
Space OperationsNational Security13.6715.22+1.55+1.380.000.00+0.16
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence15.5016.95+1.45+1.530.00−0.12+0.04
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.1317.46+1.330.000.00+1.24+0.09
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation18.0019.18+1.180.000.00+0.77+0.42
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure18.4019.52+1.120.000.00+0.52+0.61
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5017.61+1.110.000.00+0.75+0.36
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0018.03+1.030.000.00+0.51+0.52
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology16.7117.72+1.01+0.490.00+0.16+0.37
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation18.0019.00+1.000.000.00+0.28+0.72
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6017.49+0.890.000.00+0.64+0.25
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.0017.74+0.740.000.00+0.63+0.11
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity15.6716.39+0.720.000.00+0.49+0.23
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.8017.51+0.710.000.00+0.51+0.20
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology14.2514.93+0.680.000.00+0.14+0.54
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.0018.62+0.620.000.00+0.52+0.11
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity16.2016.82+0.620.000.00+0.49+0.12
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.7516.29+0.540.000.00+0.51+0.04
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.6717.08+0.410.000.00+0.18+0.23
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology17.5017.88+0.380.000.00+0.16+0.22
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength16.6717.03+0.360.000.00+0.14+0.22
Air PowerNational Security16.7517.00+0.250.000.000.00+0.25
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security16.3316.57+0.240.000.000.00+0.24
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security16.0016.18+0.180.000.000.00+0.18
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security16.0016.15+0.150.000.000.00+0.14
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security15.8315.96+0.130.000.000.00+0.13
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security15.3315.43+0.100.000.000.00+0.10
Maritime PowerNational Security16.0016.09+0.090.000.000.00+0.09
Land PowerNational Security16.5016.58+0.080.000.000.00+0.08
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security1.671.66−0.010.000.000.00−0.01

Seed 3 of experiment mcts-m3.m3-kor-mcts-index. The simulation can be reproduced exactly from the experiment's configuration, its versions and this seed.