A poor simulation (10th percentile) · mcts-m3.m3-kor-mcts-index

Simulation 7

South Korea, tree search, 20 years, seed 7: a poor simulation (10th percentile) of the experiment's 10. Capability index 16.00 at the 2026 position, 16.93 in 2046; 90 actions over 20 rounds and 5 shocks.

Model 0.2.0 · graph 0.2.0 · parameters 0.1.1 · seed 7

The experiment · The other representative simulations: 1 (median simulation), 3 (a good simulation (90th percentile))

Outcome

From the 2026 position to 2046.

Capability index
16.93 (+0.93)
From 16.00
Rank by index
2
From 6
Domains at Tier 1
5
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 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 actionsWater-efficient food leap16.03 +0.029
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
16.10 +0.072
2030
  • Partner Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 31
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 31
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 31
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 31
  • Build Advanced Education 31
Debt service reset16.20 +0.093
2031
  • Build Trade Policy & Market Access 31
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 31
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 31
  • Build Foundational Education 31
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 31
16.32 +0.124
2032
  • Partner Economic Output & Productivity 33
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 33
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 33
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 33
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 33
16.51 +0.187
2033
  • Buy Economic Leverage & Dependence 34
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 34
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 34
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 34
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 34
16.65 +0.144
2034
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 34
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 34
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 34
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 34
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 34
16.78 +0.132
2035
  • Partner Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 34
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 34
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 34
  • Build Early Childhood Development 34
  • Build Population Health 34
Global funding seizure16.77 −0.011
2036
  • Build Information Environment & Strategic Communication 33
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 33
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 33
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 33
  • Build Population Health 33
16.85 +0.074
2037
  • Build Labour & Employment 33
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 33
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 33
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 33
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 33
16.94 +0.097
2038
  • Partner Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 33
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 33
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 33
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 33
17.05 +0.108
2039
  • Build Resource Infrastructure 33
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 33
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 33
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
  • Partner Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 33
17.16 +0.110
2040
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 33
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 33
  • Buy Resource Infrastructure 33
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 33
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
AI labour shock17.18 +0.019
2041
  • Partner Space Technologies 33
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 33
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 33
  • Build Labour & Employment 33
  • Build Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 33
Core disaster16.92 −0.263
2042
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 29
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 29
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 29
  • Buy Technology Adoption & Diffusion 29
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 29
16.95 +0.032
2043
  • Buy Space Operations 28
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 28
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 28
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 28
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 28
17.06 +0.109
2044
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 32
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 32
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 32
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 32
  • Build Monetary & Currency Capability 32
17.14 +0.085
2045
  • Buy Space Operations 32
  • Buy Energy Infrastructure 32
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 32
  • Buy Communications & Digital Infrastructure 32
  • Buy Energy Technologies 32
17.24 +0.095
2046
  • Buy Robotics & Autonomous Systems 32
  • Buy Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 32
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 32
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 32
  • Buy Health System Capability 32
Regional war spilloverBreadbasket failure16.93 −0.304

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 Technology222222222222222222222
Strategic Infrastructure221111111111111222222
National Security333333333333333333333
Human Capital111111111111111111111
Information & Influence333322211111111111111
Governance & Integrity443333333333111111111
Financial Strength555444111111111221112
Production & Innovation111111111111111111111
Trade & Investment222222221111111111111

Probes

What the experiment's counterfactual probes found, paired seed by seed on its first 3 seeds: 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
Technical & Vocational SkillsHuman Capital15.5019.57+4.07+7.130.00−0.21+0.11
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength14.2017.62+3.42+4.540.00−1.34+0.23
Development Cooperation & Global AssistanceInformation & Influence14.5017.86+3.36+3.850.00−0.79+0.29
Lifelong Learning & ReskillingHuman Capital16.0019.34+3.34+6.440.00−0.53+0.03
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity16.0019.24+3.24+3.640.00−0.56+0.16
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity15.3318.41+3.08+3.380.00−0.41+0.11
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence14.5017.44+2.94+3.680.00−0.96+0.22
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment15.3317.80+2.47+4.180.00−1.91+0.20
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity15.0017.46+2.46+2.570.00−0.38+0.27
Population HealthHuman Capital16.0018.45+2.45+2.900.00−0.50+0.05
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology16.0018.39+2.39+3.070.00−0.80+0.12
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity15.0017.36+2.36+2.650.00−0.41+0.12
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence15.6717.90+2.23+3.220.00−1.05+0.06
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital16.0018.21+2.21+2.250.00−0.52+0.49
Advanced EducationHuman Capital17.0019.19+2.19+2.510.00−0.60+0.27
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6018.70+2.10+2.490.00−0.46+0.07
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence16.0018.05+2.05+2.490.00−0.80+0.36
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity16.3318.29+1.96+2.350.00−0.40+0.01
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation15.0016.88+1.88+3.060.00−1.51+0.34
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure11.7513.59+1.84+2.940.00−1.20+0.10
Space OperationsNational Security13.6715.46+1.79+2.310.00−0.66+0.15
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital17.0018.69+1.69+2.130.00−0.66+0.21
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation16.6718.35+1.68+2.630.00−1.08+0.13
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment16.3317.92+1.59+3.040.00−1.62+0.17
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.0018.54+1.54+2.400.00−1.30+0.43
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology16.2017.72+1.52+1.370.00−0.29+0.44
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment16.2517.71+1.46+3.130.00−1.77+0.11
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment17.0018.38+1.38+2.580.00−1.39+0.18
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.5017.69+1.19+2.310.00−1.25+0.12
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology15.8016.99+1.19+1.470.00−0.46+0.18
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength16.5017.68+1.18+3.480.00−2.54+0.23
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation16.5017.67+1.17+2.620.00−1.40−0.05
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology16.5017.66+1.16+1.390.00−0.45+0.22
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital17.0018.11+1.11+1.340.00−0.53+0.30
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology16.7117.81+1.10+1.330.00−0.44+0.22
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence16.8017.76+0.96+1.380.00−0.79+0.37
Foundational EducationHuman Capital17.2518.10+0.85+1.190.00−0.41+0.08
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology14.6715.51+0.84+1.200.00−0.47+0.10
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6017.35+0.75+1.400.00−0.85+0.19
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5017.13+0.63+1.530.00−0.85−0.06
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.6717.16+0.49+1.100.00−0.75+0.13
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation15.7516.19+0.44+1.490.00−1.10+0.05
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.3316.76+0.43+1.080.00−0.83+0.18
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation18.0018.37+0.37+1.100.00−0.94+0.21
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity17.2017.50+0.30+0.930.00−0.87+0.25
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.0018.24+0.24+0.890.00−0.80+0.14
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment17.3317.45+0.12+1.350.00−1.37+0.14
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength15.7515.83+0.08+1.370.00−1.38+0.09
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology14.2514.22−0.030.000.00−0.47+0.44
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment17.5017.45−0.05+2.280.00−2.36+0.03
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength16.3316.26−0.07+1.300.00−1.49+0.12
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security1.671.54−0.130.000.00−0.130.00
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology17.5017.23−0.270.000.00−0.43+0.17
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity15.6715.35−0.320.000.00−0.54+0.22
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.1315.75−0.38+1.160.00−1.58+0.04
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security16.3315.92−0.410.000.00−0.61+0.20
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security15.8315.41−0.420.000.00−0.62+0.20
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security16.0015.55−0.450.000.00−0.61+0.16
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation18.0017.55−0.450.000.00−1.09+0.64
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure18.4017.94−0.460.000.00−0.79+0.33
Air PowerNational Security16.7516.22−0.530.000.00−0.61+0.08
Land PowerNational Security16.5015.93−0.570.000.00−0.61+0.04
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence15.5014.78−0.720.000.00−0.80+0.07
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity16.2015.45−0.750.000.00−0.83+0.08
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.7514.94−0.810.000.00−0.77−0.04
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0016.18−0.820.000.00−1.15+0.32
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security16.0015.09−0.910.000.00−0.97+0.06
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.8015.88−0.920.000.00−1.10+0.19
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security15.3314.41−0.920.000.00−0.99+0.06
Maritime PowerNational Security16.0015.07−0.930.000.00−0.97+0.04
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5015.41−1.090.000.00−1.32+0.23
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength16.6715.33−1.340.000.00−1.38+0.04
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.0015.51−1.490.000.00−1.62+0.13

Seed 7 of experiment mcts-m3.m3-kor-mcts-index. The simulation can be reproduced exactly from the experiment's configuration, its versions and this seed.