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

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, 16.77 in 2046; 80 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: 6 (median simulation), 5 (a good simulation (90th percentile))

Outcome

From the 2026 position to 2046.

Capability index
16.77 (+0.77)
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
2027
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 30
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 30
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 30
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 30
  • Build Advanced Education 30
16.04 +0.036
2028
  • Partner Technical & Vocational Skills 30
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 30
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 30
  • Build Advanced Education 30
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 30
Water-efficient food leap16.12 +0.080
2029
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 30
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 30
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 30
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 30
  • Build Foundational Education 30
16.24 +0.118
2030
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 31
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 31
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 31
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 31
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 31
Debt service reset16.45 +0.210
2031No actions16.54 +0.097
2032No actions16.60 +0.058
2033
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 34
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 34
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 34
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 34
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 34
16.70 +0.096
2034
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 34
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 34
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 34
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 34
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 34
16.85 +0.157
2035
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 34
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 34
  • Build Early Childhood Development 34
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 34
  • Build Population Health 34
Global funding seizure16.85 −0.006
2036
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 32
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 32
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 32
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 32
  • Build Population Health 32
16.92 +0.071
2037
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 32
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 32
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 32
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 32
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 32
17.00 +0.083
2038
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 32
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 32
  • Build Labour & Employment 32
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 32
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 32
17.08 +0.079
2039No actions17.16 +0.075
2040
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 32
  • Buy Resource Infrastructure 32
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 32
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 32
  • Build Labour & Employment 32
AI labour shock17.15 −0.003
2041
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 33
  • Partner Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 33
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 33
  • Buy Resource Infrastructure 33
Core disaster16.87 −0.280
2042
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 29
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 29
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 29
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 29
  • Buy Technology Adoption & Diffusion 29
16.90 +0.025
2043No actions16.95 +0.049
2044
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 32
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 32
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 32
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 32
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 32
17.00 +0.055
2045
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 32
  • Partner Space Technologies 32
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 32
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 32
  • Buy Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 32
17.09 +0.092
2046
  • Partner Nuclear Deterrence 32
  • Buy Energy Technologies 32
  • Buy Robotics & Autonomous Systems 32
  • Buy Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 32
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 32
Regional war spilloverBreadbasket failure16.77 −0.324

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 & Influence333211111111111111111
Governance & Integrity443333333333111111111
Financial Strength555442222421111222112
Production & Innovation111111111111111111111
Trade & Investment222211111111111111111

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−2.140−148.2−6.33
No shocks+0.606+44.4+0.67
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision−0.016−1.10.00
Without the 2nd largest decision−0.016−1.30.00
Without the 3rd largest decision−0.019−1.30.00
Without the 4th largest decision−0.019−1.30.00
Without the 5th largest decision−0.018−1.30.00
Without the 1st largest shock+0.343+24.4+0.33
Without the 2nd largest shock+0.283+20.80.00
Without the 3rd largest shock+0.189+14.50.00

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 Capital15.5019.52+4.02+6.060.00−0.23+0.12
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence14.5018.52+4.02+4.760.00−0.96+0.22
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity15.3318.74+3.41+3.710.00−0.39+0.08
Lifelong Learning & ReskillingHuman Capital16.0019.30+3.30+6.420.00−0.53+0.03
Development Cooperation & Global AssistanceInformation & Influence14.5017.80+3.30+3.810.00−0.78+0.28
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence16.0019.19+3.19+4.280.00−0.81+0.47
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology16.0018.52+2.52+3.190.00−0.80+0.12
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity15.0017.39+2.39+2.510.00−0.38+0.26
Population HealthHuman Capital16.0018.36+2.36+2.830.00−0.50+0.03
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity15.0017.33+2.33+2.650.00−0.41+0.09
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital17.0019.31+2.31+3.420.00−0.57+0.23
Advanced EducationHuman Capital17.0019.22+2.22+2.520.00−0.60+0.29
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital16.0018.20+2.20+2.260.00−0.53+0.48
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment15.3317.51+2.18+3.860.00−1.87+0.19
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength14.2016.27+2.07+3.220.00−1.34+0.19
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence15.6717.61+1.94+3.010.00−1.12+0.05
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity16.0017.88+1.88+2.320.00−0.57+0.14
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation15.0016.86+1.86+3.060.00−1.52+0.33
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure11.7513.46+1.71+2.920.00−1.29+0.09
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment16.3317.92+1.59+3.050.00−1.63+0.17
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology16.2017.72+1.52+1.360.00−0.28+0.45
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment16.2517.71+1.46+3.120.00−1.78+0.13
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.3317.77+1.44+2.150.00−0.83+0.12
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6017.93+1.33+1.730.00−0.47+0.07
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength16.5017.83+1.33+3.540.00−2.44+0.23
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment17.0018.33+1.33+2.610.00−1.39+0.11
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology16.5017.66+1.16+1.400.00−0.45+0.20
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation16.5017.66+1.16+2.630.00−1.43−0.05
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.5017.63+1.13+2.200.00−1.20+0.13
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology16.7117.81+1.10+1.330.00−0.44+0.22
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology15.8016.90+1.10+1.480.00−0.46+0.09
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital17.0018.08+1.08+1.320.00−0.53+0.29
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.0018.07+1.07+1.950.00−1.39+0.52
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence16.8017.74+0.94+1.360.00−0.78+0.36
Foundational EducationHuman Capital17.2518.10+0.85+1.190.00−0.41+0.07
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology14.6715.45+0.78+1.190.00−0.47+0.06
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6017.37+0.77+1.400.00−0.83+0.19
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity16.3317.09+0.76+1.170.00−0.42+0.01
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5017.00+0.50+1.490.00−0.85−0.14
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation18.0018.36+0.36+1.060.00−0.94+0.24
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation15.7516.03+0.28+1.410.00−1.15+0.02
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity17.2017.47+0.27+0.900.00−0.87+0.23
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security1.671.88+0.21+0.340.00−0.13−0.01
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment17.5017.58+0.08+2.420.00−2.36+0.02
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment17.3317.38+0.05+1.310.00−1.37+0.12
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength15.7515.77+0.02+1.350.00−1.39+0.06
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology14.2514.23−0.020.000.00−0.47+0.45
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology17.5017.23−0.270.000.00−0.43+0.16
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity15.6715.37−0.300.000.00−0.54+0.23
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security15.8315.47−0.360.000.00−0.61+0.25
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security16.0015.60−0.400.000.00−0.61+0.21
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security16.3315.89−0.440.000.00−0.61+0.17
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure18.4017.94−0.460.000.00−0.79+0.32
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation18.0017.54−0.460.000.00−1.09+0.63
Air PowerNational Security16.7516.19−0.560.000.00−0.60+0.04
Land PowerNational Security16.5015.90−0.600.000.00−0.61+0.01
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.6716.04−0.630.000.00−0.75+0.13
Space OperationsNational Security13.6713.01−0.660.000.00−0.64−0.02
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.0017.32−0.680.000.00−0.79+0.11
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 Infrastructure17.0016.16−0.840.000.00−1.15+0.31
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.8015.87−0.930.000.00−1.10+0.18
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security15.3314.36−0.970.000.00−0.98+0.01
Maritime PowerNational Security16.0015.03−0.970.000.00−0.970.00
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security16.0015.02−0.980.000.00−0.97−0.01
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation16.6715.66−1.010.000.00−1.11+0.11
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5015.40−1.100.000.00−1.32+0.22
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength16.6715.28−1.390.000.00−1.39−0.01
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength16.3314.92−1.410.000.00−1.52+0.11
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.0015.51−1.490.000.00−1.63+0.14
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.1314.58−1.550.000.00−1.56+0.02

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