A good simulation (90th percentile) · mcts-m5.m5-kor-mcts-graph-leverage

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; 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
18.20 (+2.19)
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 Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 30
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 30
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 30
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 30
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 30
AI labour shock15.90 −0.099
2030
  • Build Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 30
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 30
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 30
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 30
  • Build Advanced Education 30
15.81 −0.095
2031
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 27
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 27
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 27
  • Build Advanced Education 27
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 27
15.74 −0.064
2032
  • Partner Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 26
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 26
  • Build Advanced Education 26
  • Build Foundational Education 26
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 26
Market access opening15.93 +0.183
2033
  • Build 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
16.13 +0.199
2034
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 31
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 31
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 31
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 31
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 31
16.30 +0.178
2035
  • Buy Economic Output & Productivity 31
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 31
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 31
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 31
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 31
16.47 +0.163
2036
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 31
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 31
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 31
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 31
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 31
16.60 +0.134
2037
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 33
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 33
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 33
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 33
  • Build Early Childhood Development 33
16.77 +0.170
2038
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 33
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 33
  • Build Population Health 33
  • Build Labour & Employment 33
  • Build Early Childhood Development 33
16.87 +0.104
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 +0.079
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
17.05 +0.093
2041
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 33
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 33
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 33
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 33
17.15 +0.100
2042
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
  • Buy Resource Infrastructure 33
  • Build Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 33
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 33
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 33
Clean power threshold17.35 +0.203
2043
  • Partner Space Technologies 33
  • Build Labour & Employment 33
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 33
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 33
  • Build Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 33
17.59 +0.237
2044
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 35
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 35
  • Build Labour & Employment 35
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 35
  • Build Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 35
17.81 +0.223
2045
  • Partner Space Technologies 36
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 36
  • Buy Robotics & Autonomous Systems 36
  • Buy Resource Infrastructure 36
  • Buy Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 36
18.04 +0.231
2046
  • Buy Energy Technologies 12
18.20 +0.155

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 Technology222333333222222222222
Strategic Infrastructure222222222221111111111
National Security333333333333333333333
Human Capital111111111111111111111
Information & Influence333332211111111111111
Governance & Integrity444555544433321111111
Financial Strength555555555111111111111
Production & Innovation111222222222111111111
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−2.349−162.8−6.33
No shocks+0.595+43.5+0.67
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision−0.016−1.30.00
Without the 2nd largest decision−0.021−1.40.00
Without the 3rd largest decision−0.015−1.30.00
Without the 4th largest decision−0.018−1.40.00
Without the 5th largest decision−0.016−1.30.00
Without the 1st largest shock+0.233+17.1+0.33
Without the 2nd largest shock+0.272+20.10.00
Without the 3rd largest shock+0.179+14.00.00

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+5.620.00−0.13+0.51
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation15.0019.78+4.78+4.550.00−0.22+0.45
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity15.0019.57+4.57+3.950.00+0.47+0.14
Technical & Vocational SkillsHuman Capital15.5020.00+4.50+7.090.00+0.65+0.07
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure11.7515.86+4.11+2.960.00+0.96+0.20
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment15.3319.39+4.06+3.550.00+0.16+0.35
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
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital16.0019.78+3.78+3.090.00+0.17+0.52
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence14.5018.19+3.69+3.480.00−0.13+0.34
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology14.6718.33+3.66+3.350.00+0.13+0.18
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength14.2017.75+3.55+3.270.00+0.10+0.17
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment16.2519.78+3.53+3.580.00−0.15+0.10
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity16.3319.85+3.52+2.550.00+0.96+0.01
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5020.00+3.50+3.000.00+0.50+0.01
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.5020.00+3.50+3.470.00+0.26+0.16
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation16.5020.00+3.50+2.800.00+0.73+0.13
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength16.5019.97+3.47+3.320.00−0.35+0.50
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation15.7519.20+3.45+3.110.00+0.25+0.09
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology16.0019.33+3.33+3.480.00−0.32+0.17
Population HealthHuman Capital16.0019.20+3.20+2.940.00+0.17+0.09
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity15.3318.49+3.16+2.660.00+0.47+0.03
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity15.0018.15+3.15+2.620.00+0.47+0.06
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength15.7518.81+3.06+2.860.00+0.12+0.08
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital17.0020.00+3.00+2.740.00+0.18+0.21
Advanced EducationHuman Capital17.0020.00+3.00+3.690.00−0.13+0.27
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital17.0020.00+3.00+3.540.00−0.13+0.30
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity16.0018.90+2.90+2.590.00+0.24+0.07
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence15.6718.50+2.83+3.330.00−0.60+0.10
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.0019.80+2.80+1.990.00+0.41+0.40
Foundational EducationHuman Capital17.2520.00+2.75+2.340.00+0.18+0.23
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment16.3318.74+2.41+1.810.00+0.41+0.19
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity17.2019.33+2.13+0.980.00+0.97+0.19
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment17.0019.12+2.12+1.670.00+0.17+0.28
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6018.70+2.10+1.880.00+0.14+0.08
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology15.8017.87+2.07+1.620.00+0.14+0.32
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation16.6718.68+2.01+1.500.00+0.26+0.26
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology16.2018.20+2.00+1.530.00+0.14+0.33
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology16.5018.46+1.96+1.410.00+0.14+0.41
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology16.7118.62+1.91+1.300.00+0.14+0.46
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment17.5019.38+1.88+1.320.00+0.41+0.15
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment17.3319.18+1.85+1.480.00+0.17+0.20
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence16.8018.63+1.83+1.520.00−0.11+0.42
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.3318.09+1.76+1.050.00+0.50+0.22
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6018.00+1.40+0.460.00+0.62+0.33
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.1317.46+1.330.000.00+1.21+0.12
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5017.70+1.200.000.00+0.74+0.46
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0018.15+1.150.000.00+0.50+0.65
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation18.0019.15+1.150.000.00+0.27+0.89
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation18.0019.15+1.150.000.00+0.74+0.42
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure18.4019.51+1.110.000.00+0.50+0.61
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology14.2515.09+0.840.000.00+0.12+0.72
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.8017.56+0.760.000.00+0.50+0.26
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.0017.71+0.710.000.00+0.60+0.11
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity15.6716.34+0.670.000.00+0.48+0.19
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity16.2016.84+0.640.000.00+0.48+0.16
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.0018.61+0.610.000.00+0.50+0.11
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.7516.29+0.540.000.00+0.49+0.04
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.6717.14+0.470.000.00+0.17+0.29
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology17.5017.92+0.420.000.00+0.15+0.27
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength16.3316.71+0.380.000.00+0.12+0.26
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength16.6717.02+0.350.000.00+0.13+0.22
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security16.3316.67+0.340.000.000.00+0.34
Air PowerNational Security16.7517.00+0.250.000.000.00+0.25
Space OperationsNational Security13.6713.87+0.200.000.000.00+0.20
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security16.0016.18+0.180.000.000.00+0.18
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security16.0016.18+0.180.000.000.00+0.18
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
Maritime PowerNational Security16.0016.10+0.100.000.000.00+0.10
Land PowerNational Security16.5016.59+0.090.000.000.00+0.09
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security1.671.66−0.010.000.000.00−0.01
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence15.5015.42−0.080.000.00−0.12+0.05

Seed 3 of experiment mcts-m5.m5-kor-mcts-graph-leverage. The simulation can be reproduced exactly from the experiment's configuration, its versions and this seed.