A poor simulation (10th percentile) · mcts-m6.m6-kor-greedy

Simulation 103

South Korea, greedy, 20 years, seed 103: a poor simulation (10th percentile) of the experiment's 20. Capability index 16.00 at the 2026 position, 17.35 in 2046; 100 actions over 20 rounds and 3 shocks.

Model 0.2.0 · graph 0.2.0 · parameters 0.1.1 · seed 103

The experiment · The other representative simulations: 119 (median simulation), 115 (a good simulation (90th percentile))

Outcome

From the 2026 position to 2046.

Capability index
17.35 (+1.35)
From 16.00
Rank by index
2
From 6
Domains at Tier 1
6
From 2
Events
3 shocks
0 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 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
  • Build Advanced Education 30
16.04 +0.036
2028
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 30
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 30
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 30
  • Build Advanced Education 30
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 30
16.09 +0.051
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
16.18 +0.089
2030
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 30
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 30
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 30
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 30
  • Build Foundational Education 30
16.35 +0.170
2031
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 30
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 30
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 30
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 30
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 30
16.47 +0.118
2032
  • Build Economic Output & Productivity 31
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 31
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 31
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 31
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 31
16.62 +0.151
2033
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 31
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 31
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 31
  • Build Early Childhood Development 31
  • Build Government Effectiveness & Public Administration 31
16.73 +0.116
2034
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 32
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 32
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 32
  • Build Population Health 32
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 32
16.85 +0.120
2035
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 33
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 33
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 33
  • Build Population Health 33
  • Build Financial Infrastructure 33
16.93 +0.080
2036
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 33
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 33
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 33
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 33
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
Breadbasket failure16.85 −0.083
2037
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 33
  • Build Resource Infrastructure 33
  • Build Labour & Employment 33
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 33
16.94 +0.093
2038
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 33
  • Build Resource Infrastructure 33
  • Build Political Institutions & Civic Participation 33
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 33
  • Build Labour & Employment 33
17.04 +0.097
2039
  • Partner Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 33
  • Build Industrial & Sectoral Base 33
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 33
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 33
  • Build Resource Infrastructure 33
17.18 +0.140
2040
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 33
  • Build Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 33
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 33
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 33
  • Build Structural Transformation & Complexity 33
Regional war spillover16.90 −0.282
2041
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 33
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 33
  • Buy Technology Adoption & Diffusion 33
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 33
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 33
17.04 +0.136
2042
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 32
  • Build Communications & Digital Infrastructure 32
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 32
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 32
  • Buy Energy Infrastructure 32
17.14 +0.106
2043
  • Partner Space Technologies 32
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 32
  • Build Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 32
  • Build Monetary & Currency Capability 32
  • Build Financial Regulation & Integrity 32
17.21 +0.075
2044
  • Partner Space Technologies 32
  • Build Diaspora & Global Communities 32
  • Buy Energy Technologies 32
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 32
  • Build Monetary & Currency Capability 32
17.32 +0.104
2045
  • Buy Robotics & Autonomous Systems 33
  • Buy Advanced Materials & Manufacturing 33
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 33
  • Buy Energy Infrastructure 33
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 33
17.45 +0.135
2046
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 33
  • Buy Health System Capability 33
  • Buy Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 33
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 33
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 33
Hybrid coercion17.35 −0.103

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 Infrastructure222222221122222222222
National Security333333333333333333333
Human Capital111111111111111111111
Information & Influence333211111111111111111
Governance & Integrity444444433331111111111
Financial Strength555542111111113211111
Production & Innovation111111111111111111111
Trade & Investment222211111111111111111

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−2.282−157.1−5.33
No shocks+0.209+16.1+0.67
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision−0.016−1.00.00
Without the 2nd largest decision−0.020−1.30.00
Without the 3rd largest decision−0.016−1.10.00
Without the 4th largest decision−0.014−0.90.00
Without the 5th largest decision−0.009−0.70.00
Without the 1st largest shock−0.027−1.9+0.33
Without the 2nd largest shock+0.037+3.3+0.50
Without the 3rd largest shock+0.113+7.5+0.50

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 Capital15.5019.95+4.45+7.200.00−0.22+0.17
Development Cooperation & Global AssistanceInformation & Influence14.5018.60+4.10+4.690.00−0.83+0.24
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength14.2018.17+3.97+4.460.00−0.73+0.24
Lifelong Learning & ReskillingHuman Capital16.0019.82+3.82+6.440.00−0.22+0.05
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence14.5018.24+3.74+4.540.00−0.99+0.19
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity16.0019.55+3.55+3.720.00−0.44+0.27
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity15.3318.88+3.55+3.800.00−0.45+0.19
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure11.7515.16+3.41+4.500.00−1.30+0.21
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity15.0018.27+3.27+3.570.00−0.44+0.14
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity16.3319.52+3.19+3.610.00−0.43+0.01
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital17.0019.94+2.94+3.420.00−0.24+0.21
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence16.0018.94+2.94+4.260.00−1.12+0.17
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength16.5019.42+2.92+3.920.00−1.33+0.33
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital16.0018.89+2.89+2.890.00−0.29+0.28
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation15.0017.76+2.76+3.170.00−0.75+0.34
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology16.0018.67+2.67+3.050.00−0.50+0.12
Advanced EducationHuman Capital17.0019.56+2.56+2.520.00−0.24+0.28
Population HealthHuman Capital16.0018.46+2.46+2.830.00−0.370.00
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment15.3317.77+2.44+3.630.00−1.57+0.38
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment16.3318.75+2.42+3.110.00−0.98+0.29
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity15.0017.41+2.41+2.610.00−0.45+0.26
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology15.8018.20+2.40+2.740.00−0.49+0.15
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment16.2518.54+2.29+3.150.00−0.98+0.12
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6018.78+2.18+2.710.00−0.65+0.12
Foundational EducationHuman Capital17.2519.40+2.15+2.290.00−0.24+0.11
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength15.7517.89+2.14+2.650.00−0.66+0.16
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation15.7517.85+2.10+2.770.00−0.80+0.13
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence15.6717.74+2.07+3.000.00−1.11+0.18
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology14.6716.68+2.01+2.360.00−0.49+0.14
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength16.3318.32+1.99+2.590.00−0.84+0.24
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation16.5018.45+1.95+2.470.00−0.73+0.21
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation16.5018.43+1.93+2.710.00−0.76−0.03
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment17.0018.67+1.67+1.970.00−0.96+0.67
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.3317.64+1.31+2.160.00−0.94+0.09
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology16.5017.77+1.27+1.410.00−0.48+0.33
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology16.2017.44+1.24+1.440.00−0.48+0.28
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology16.7117.85+1.14+1.370.00−0.47+0.24
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital17.0018.10+1.10+1.330.00−0.37+0.15
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence16.8017.81+1.01+1.480.00−0.75+0.29
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital16.6717.67+1.00+1.100.00−0.27+0.17
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology16.6017.48+0.88+1.440.00−0.79+0.22
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment17.5018.37+0.87+2.670.00−1.71−0.08
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation18.0018.82+0.82+1.330.00−0.79+0.28
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment17.0017.76+0.76+1.470.00−0.96+0.25
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence15.5016.22+0.72+1.430.00−0.75+0.04
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5017.21+0.71+1.560.00−0.87+0.02
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation16.6717.37+0.70+1.410.00−0.79+0.07
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.1316.72+0.59+2.320.00−1.86+0.13
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment17.3317.81+0.48+1.330.00−0.96+0.10
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity17.2017.57+0.37+0.980.00−0.92+0.31
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure18.0018.04+0.04+1.030.00−1.18+0.19
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology14.2514.07−0.180.000.00−0.49+0.31
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation18.0017.82−0.180.000.00−0.78+0.61
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security1.671.47−0.200.000.00−0.18−0.01
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology17.5017.16−0.340.000.00−0.46+0.12
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure18.4017.98−0.420.000.00−0.89+0.47
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity15.6715.18−0.490.000.00−0.76+0.27
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength17.0016.49−0.510.000.00−0.65+0.13
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength16.6716.15−0.520.000.00−0.65+0.13
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure17.0016.47−0.530.000.00−0.91+0.38
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security16.3315.70−0.630.000.00−0.91+0.28
Air PowerNational Security16.7516.03−0.720.000.00−0.90+0.18
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity16.2015.42−0.780.000.00−0.89+0.11
Space OperationsNational Security13.6712.84−0.830.000.00−0.95+0.12
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.8015.92−0.880.000.00−1.08+0.20
Land PowerNational Security16.5015.58−0.920.000.00−0.91−0.02
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security16.0015.04−0.960.000.00−1.25+0.30
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security15.8314.84−0.990.000.00−1.26+0.27
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure16.5015.43−1.070.000.00−1.35+0.28
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.7514.56−1.190.000.00−1.10−0.10
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security15.3314.01−1.320.000.00−1.41+0.10
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security16.0014.67−1.330.000.00−1.40+0.07
Maritime PowerNational Security16.0014.32−1.680.000.00−1.74+0.06

Seed 103 of experiment mcts-m6.m6-kor-greedy. The simulation can be reproduced exactly from the experiment's configuration, its versions and this seed.