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

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, 18.20 in 2046; 87 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
18.20 (+2.20)
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
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 30
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 30
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 30
  • Build Foundational Education 30
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 30
16.12 +0.195
2034
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 31
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 31
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 31
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 31
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 31
16.31 +0.189
2035
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 31
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 31
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 31
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 31
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 31
16.45 +0.139
2036
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 32
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 32
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 32
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 32
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 32
16.60 +0.154
2037
  • Partner Space Technologies 32
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 32
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 32
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 32
  • Build Early Childhood Development 32
16.78 +0.180
2038
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 33
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 33
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 33
  • Build Population Health 33
  • Build Labour & Employment 33
16.88 +0.102
2039
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 33
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 33
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 33
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 33
  • Build Population Health 33
16.95 +0.071
2040
  • Partner Space Technologies 33
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 33
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 33
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 33
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 33
17.04 +0.086
2041
  • Buy Space Operations 33
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 33
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 33
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 33
17.12 +0.086
2042
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
  • Buy Resource Infrastructure 33
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 33
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 33
  • Partner Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 33
Clean power threshold17.33 +0.208
2043
  • Build Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 33
  • Build Labour & Employment 33
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 33
  • Build Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 33
  • Buy Resource Infrastructure 33
17.56 +0.229
2044
  • Build Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 35
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 35
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 35
  • Build Labour & Employment 35
  • Build Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 35
17.77 +0.208
2045
  • Buy Space Operations 35
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 35
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 35
  • Buy Robotics & Autonomous Systems 35
  • Buy Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 35
18.02 +0.255
2046
  • Buy Internal Security & Order 35
  • Buy Energy Technologies 24
18.20 +0.178

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 & Integrity444555544433321111111
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−2.362−164.3−6.33
No shocks+0.604+44.4+0.67
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision−0.019−1.40.00
Without the 2nd largest decision−0.018−1.30.00
Without the 3rd largest decision−0.015−1.30.00
Without the 4th largest decision−0.020−1.50.00
Without the 5th largest decision−0.019−1.50.00
Without the 1st largest shock+0.226+16.7+0.67
Without the 2nd largest shock+0.279+20.6+0.50
Without the 3rd largest shock+0.187+14.40.00

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+5.510.00−0.13+0.48
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation15.0019.75+4.75+4.520.00−0.22+0.45
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength14.2018.80+4.60+4.300.00+0.10+0.20
Technical & Vocational SkillsHuman Capital15.5020.00+4.50+7.090.00+0.65+0.07
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment15.3319.70+4.37+3.830.00+0.16+0.39
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure11.7515.85+4.10+2.950.00+0.96+0.19
Lifelong Learning & ReskillingHuman Capital16.0020.00+4.00+6.560.00−0.14+0.03
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence16.0020.00+4.00+4.120.00−0.12+0.28
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence14.5018.17+3.67+3.450.00−0.13+0.34
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment16.2519.79+3.54+3.590.00−0.15+0.10
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology14.6718.20+3.53+3.200.00+0.13+0.21
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity16.3319.83+3.50+2.520.00+0.96+0.01
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.5020.00+3.50+3.500.00+0.26+0.15
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation16.5020.00+3.50+2.780.00+0.73+0.13
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5019.98+3.48+2.980.00+0.50+0.01
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation15.7519.17+3.42+3.080.00+0.25+0.09
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology16.0019.25+3.25+3.440.00−0.32+0.13
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity15.0018.25+3.25+2.640.00+0.47+0.14
Population HealthHuman Capital16.0019.15+3.15+2.900.00+0.17+0.08
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity15.3318.47+3.14+2.630.00+0.47+0.03
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity15.0018.12+3.12+2.590.00+0.47+0.06
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength15.7518.78+3.03+2.830.00+0.12+0.08
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital17.0020.00+3.00+3.500.00−0.13+0.26
Space OperationsNational Security13.6716.62+2.95+2.540.000.00+0.41
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity16.0018.87+2.87+2.570.00+0.24+0.06
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital16.0018.86+2.86+2.300.00+0.17+0.39
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence15.6718.51+2.84+3.350.00−0.60+0.10
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.0019.81+2.81+1.990.00+0.41+0.41
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength16.5019.30+2.80+2.650.00−0.35+0.51
Advanced EducationHuman Capital17.0019.73+2.73+2.610.00−0.13+0.24
Foundational EducationHuman Capital17.2519.94+2.69+2.330.00+0.18+0.19
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.3318.92+2.59+1.880.00+0.50+0.21
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment16.3318.72+2.39+1.790.00+0.41+0.19
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology15.8017.92+2.12+1.580.00+0.14+0.40
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment17.0019.11+2.11+1.670.00+0.17+0.27
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity17.2019.30+2.10+0.980.00+0.97+0.16
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6018.67+2.07+1.870.00+0.14+0.06
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation16.6718.66+1.99+1.480.00+0.26+0.25
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology16.5018.44+1.94+1.400.00+0.14+0.40
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity15.6717.61+1.94+1.280.00+0.48+0.19
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology16.2018.13+1.93+1.540.00+0.14+0.25
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment17.5019.36+1.86+1.310.00+0.41+0.14
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment17.3319.18+1.85+1.490.00+0.17+0.20
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology16.7118.56+1.85+1.330.00+0.14+0.37
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital17.0018.78+1.78+1.400.00+0.18+0.20
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence16.8018.55+1.75+1.520.00−0.11+0.34
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6018.33+1.73+0.860.00+0.61+0.25
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.1317.43+1.300.000.00+1.21+0.09
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation18.0019.15+1.150.000.00+0.74+0.41
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure18.4019.51+1.110.000.00+0.50+0.60
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5017.60+1.100.000.00+0.74+0.36
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0018.02+1.020.000.00+0.50+0.52
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation18.0018.99+0.990.000.00+0.27+0.72
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.8017.52+0.720.000.00+0.50+0.22
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.0017.71+0.710.000.00+0.60+0.11
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology14.2514.92+0.670.000.00+0.12+0.54
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity16.2016.83+0.630.000.00+0.48+0.15
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.0018.61+0.610.000.00+0.50+0.11
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.7516.28+0.530.000.00+0.49+0.04
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security16.0016.40+0.400.000.000.00+0.40
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.6717.07+0.400.000.00+0.17+0.23
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology17.5017.87+0.370.000.00+0.15+0.22
Air PowerNational Security16.7517.09+0.340.000.000.00+0.34
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength16.6717.01+0.340.000.00+0.13+0.22
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength16.3316.66+0.330.000.00+0.12+0.21
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security16.3316.58+0.250.000.000.00+0.25
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security16.0016.18+0.180.000.000.00+0.18
Maritime PowerNational Security16.0016.14+0.140.000.000.00+0.14
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security15.8315.96+0.130.000.000.00+0.13
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security15.3315.45+0.120.000.000.00+0.12
Land PowerNational Security16.5016.61+0.110.000.000.00+0.11
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security1.671.66−0.010.000.000.00−0.01
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence15.5015.41−0.090.000.00−0.12+0.04

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