A poor simulation (10th percentile) · mcts-m4.m4-kor-greedy-10y

Simulation 10

South Korea, greedy, 10 years, seed 10: a poor simulation (10th percentile) of the experiment's 10. Capability index 16.00 at the 2026 position, 16.56 in 2036; 50 actions over 10 rounds and 3 shocks.

Model 0.2.0 · graph 0.2.0 · parameters 0.1.1 · seed 10

The experiment · The other representative simulations: 3 (median simulation), 7 (a good simulation (90th percentile))

Outcome

From the 2026 position to 2036.

Capability index
16.56 (+0.56)
From 16.00
Rank by index
3
From 6
Domains at Tier 1
4
From 2
Events
3 shocks
1 upside event

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 greedy 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
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 30
Breadbasket failure15.85 −0.156
2028
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 30
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 30
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 30
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 30
  • Build Advanced Education 30
15.92 +0.073
2029
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 30
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 30
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 30
  • Build Advanced Education 30
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 30
16.01 +0.089
2030
  • Build Foundational Education 30
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 30
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 30
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 30
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 30
Hybrid coercion15.82 −0.192
2031
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 30
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 30
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 30
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 30
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 30
15.94 +0.123
2032
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 30
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 30
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 30
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 30
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 30
16.08 +0.142
2033
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 31
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 31
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 31
  • Buy Technology Adoption & Diffusion 31
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 31
16.21 +0.125
2034
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 32
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 32
  • Buy Communications & Digital Infrastructure 32
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 32
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 32
16.34 +0.136
2035
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 32
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 32
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 32
  • Buy Resource Infrastructure 32
  • Partner Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 32
AI labour shock16.42 +0.076
2036
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 32
  • Buy Industrial & Sectoral Base 32
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 32
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 32
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 32
Middle East settlement16.56 +0.142

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.

Domain202620312036
Critical Technology23333222222
Strategic Infrastructure22222222222
National Security33333333333
Human Capital11111111111
Information & Influence32222211111
Governance & Integrity45555555555
Financial Strength55555522122
Production & Innovation11112221111
Trade & Investment22212221111

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−1.230−82.5−4.67
No shocks+0.258+19.6+0.67
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision−0.026−1.60.00
Without the 2nd largest decision−0.023−1.50.00
Without the 3rd largest decision−0.022−1.50.00
Without the 4th largest decision−0.017−1.20.00
Without the 5th largest decision−0.015−1.40.00
Without the 1st largest shock+0.257+18.3+0.67

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
2036
Change
Invested
Decay
Events
Graph
Technical & Vocational SkillsHuman Capital15.5019.93+4.43+7.290.00−0.21−0.01
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence14.5018.43+3.93+4.810.00−1.03+0.15
Lifelong Learning & ReskillingHuman Capital16.0019.83+3.83+6.570.00−0.30−0.02
Development Cooperation & Global AssistanceInformation & Influence14.5017.76+3.26+3.800.00−0.87+0.34
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence16.0019.10+3.10+4.260.00−1.29+0.13
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment15.3318.37+3.04+3.740.00−0.74+0.05
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.5019.51+3.01+3.600.00−0.580.00
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital17.0019.86+2.86+3.500.00−0.310.00
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength14.2017.06+2.86+3.200.00−0.39+0.05
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment16.2518.83+2.58+3.550.00−0.95−0.02
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology16.0018.46+2.46+3.130.00−0.72+0.05
Advanced EducationHuman Capital17.0019.30+2.30+2.610.00−0.320.00
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment16.3318.62+2.29+2.970.00−0.73+0.05
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6018.84+2.24+2.970.00−0.76+0.03
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital16.0018.17+2.17+2.300.00−0.24+0.11
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence15.6717.69+2.02+3.540.00−1.53+0.01
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.0018.59+1.59+2.120.00−0.73+0.21
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength16.5017.85+1.35+1.820.00−0.78+0.30
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology16.2017.30+1.10+1.480.00−0.52+0.14
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology15.8016.81+1.01+1.540.00−0.52−0.01
Foundational EducationHuman Capital17.2518.23+0.98+1.250.00−0.22−0.04
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence16.8017.76+0.96+1.640.00−0.83+0.14
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment17.3318.29+0.96+1.590.00−0.72+0.09
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment17.0017.94+0.94+1.700.00−0.72−0.04
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure11.7512.68+0.93+1.560.00−0.73+0.09
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation18.0018.86+0.86+1.370.00−0.59+0.08
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation16.5017.11+0.61+1.370.00−0.60−0.16
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment17.5018.06+0.56+1.640.00−0.98−0.11
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.0018.18+0.18+1.260.00−1.12+0.04
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security1.671.60−0.070.000.00−0.06−0.01
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.6716.47−0.200.000.00−0.23+0.03
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology14.2513.97−0.280.000.00−0.54+0.26
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation18.0017.69−0.310.000.00−0.59+0.28
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity15.0014.65−0.350.000.00−0.33−0.02
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology16.7116.35−0.360.000.00−0.52+0.15
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology16.5016.14−0.360.000.00−0.52+0.16
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6016.21−0.390.000.00−0.56+0.16
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.0016.61−0.390.000.00−0.36−0.03
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength16.6716.28−0.390.000.00−0.37−0.03
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0016.60−0.400.000.00−0.61+0.21
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity15.3314.92−0.410.000.00−0.39−0.02
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength15.7515.34−0.410.000.00−0.37−0.03
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security16.3315.91−0.420.000.00−0.55+0.13
Population HealthHuman Capital16.0015.58−0.420.000.00−0.38−0.05
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity15.0014.56−0.440.000.00−0.40−0.04
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital17.0016.53−0.470.000.00−0.37−0.10
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity16.3315.85−0.480.000.00−0.47−0.01
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation15.0014.52−0.480.000.00−0.79+0.31
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5016.01−0.490.000.00−0.62+0.12
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology17.5017.00−0.500.000.00−0.51+0.01
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity16.0015.50−0.500.000.00−0.48−0.02
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology14.6714.15−0.520.000.00−0.53+0.01
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength16.3315.79−0.540.000.00−0.59+0.06
Air PowerNational Security16.7516.20−0.550.000.00−0.550.00
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation16.6716.11−0.560.000.00−0.60+0.04
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.3315.74−0.590.000.00−0.69+0.10
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security15.3314.74−0.590.000.00−0.56−0.02
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure18.4017.79−0.610.000.00−0.67+0.06
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security16.0015.37−0.630.000.00−0.56−0.08
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation15.7515.10−0.650.000.00−0.61−0.04
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity16.2015.54−0.660.000.00−0.63−0.03
Land PowerNational Security16.5015.81−0.690.000.00−0.55−0.14
Space OperationsNational Security13.6712.98−0.690.000.00−0.58−0.10
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity15.6714.96−0.710.000.00−0.69−0.02
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5015.75−0.750.000.00−0.68−0.07
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity17.2016.44−0.760.000.00−0.74−0.01
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.8016.01−0.790.000.00−0.89+0.10
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence15.5014.67−0.830.000.00−0.84+0.01
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security15.8314.95−0.880.000.00−1.00+0.13
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security16.0015.05−0.950.000.00−1.06+0.11
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.7514.71−1.040.000.00−0.90−0.14
Maritime PowerNational Security16.0014.88−1.120.000.00−1.06−0.06
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.1314.87−1.260.000.00−1.29+0.03

Seed 10 of experiment mcts-m4.m4-kor-greedy-10y. The simulation can be reproduced exactly from the experiment's configuration, its versions and this seed.