Median simulation · mcts-m7.m7-kor-greedy

Simulation 6

South Korea, greedy, 30 years from 1996, seed 6: median simulation of the experiment's 10. Capability index 13.13 at the 1996 position, 15.10 in 2026; 150 actions over 30 rounds and 4 shocks.

Model 0.2.0 · graph 0.2.0 · parameters 0.1.1 · seed 6

The experiment · The other representative simulations: 8 (a poor simulation (10th percentile)), 5 (a good simulation (90th percentile))

Outcome

From the 1996 position to 2026.

Capability index
15.10 (+1.97)
From 13.13
Rank by index
10
From 21
Domains at Tier 1
2
From 0
Events
4 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
1997
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 20
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 20
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 20
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 20
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 20
Global funding seizure12.88 −0.241
1998
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 20
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 20
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 20
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 20
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 20
12.95 +0.064
1999
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 19
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 19
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 19
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 19
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 19
13.01 +0.062
2000
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 19
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 19
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 19
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 19
  • Partner Space Technologies 19
13.10 +0.086
2001
  • Build Technical & Vocational Skills 19
  • Build Lifelong Learning & Reskilling 19
  • Build Digital & AI Competence 19
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 19
  • Partner Space Technologies 19
13.20 +0.100
2002
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 19
  • Build Advanced Education 19
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 19
  • Partner Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 19
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 19
13.29 +0.091
2003
  • Build Advanced Education 19
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 19
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 19
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 19
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 19
13.39 +0.104
2004
  • Build Advanced Education 19
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 19
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 19
  • Buy Economic Output & Productivity 19
  • Buy Technology Adoption & Diffusion 19
13.51 +0.115
2005
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 20
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 20
  • Build Foundational Education 20
  • Build Advanced Education 20
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 20
13.61 +0.098
2006
  • Partner Space Technologies 20
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 20
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 20
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 20
  • Build Foundational Education 20
13.74 +0.134
2007
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 20
  • Buy Economic Output & Productivity 20
  • Partner Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 20
  • Partner Space Technologies 20
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 20
13.82 +0.082
2008
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 20
  • Partner Financial Stability & Crisis Management 20
  • Partner Alliances & Security Cooperation 20
  • Partner Financial Regulation & Integrity 20
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 20
Global funding seizure13.75 −0.069
2009
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 21
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 21
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 21
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 21
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 21
13.90 +0.145
2010
  • Buy Technology Adoption & Diffusion 20
  • Buy Economic Output & Productivity 20
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 20
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 20
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 20
14.03 +0.129
2011
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 21
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 21
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 21
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 21
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 21
14.15 +0.122
2012
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 21
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 21
  • Build Regulatory Governance & Strategic Controls 21
  • Partner Space Technologies 21
  • Partner Financial Regulation & Integrity 21
14.24 +0.087
2013
  • Build Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption 21
  • Partner Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 21
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 21
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 21
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 21
14.32 +0.083
2014
  • Buy Economic Output & Productivity 21
  • Partner Financial Stability & Crisis Management 21
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 21
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 21
  • Buy Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 21
14.44 +0.126
2015
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 21
  • Build Justice System & Fundamental Rights 21
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 21
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 21
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 21
14.55 +0.107
2016
  • Partner Space Technologies 22
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 22
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 22
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 22
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 22
14.66 +0.106
2017
  • Partner Space Technologies 22
  • Buy Economic Output & Productivity 22
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 22
  • Buy Energy Technologies 22
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 22
14.78 +0.123
2018
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 22
  • Partner Culture, Language & Education Diplomacy 22
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 22
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 22
  • Buy Communications & Digital Infrastructure 22
14.88 +0.104
2019
  • Buy Space, Aerospace & Defence Infrastructure 22
  • Buy Financial Infrastructure 22
  • Partner Financial Regulation & Integrity 22
  • Build Transparency, Oversight & Accountability 22
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 22
Trade bloc rupture14.91 +0.028
2020
  • Build Diaspora & Global Communities 22
  • Build Development Cooperation & Global Assistance 22
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 22
  • Buy Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 22
  • Partner Diplomatic Statecraft & Global Networks 22
Severe pandemic14.62 −0.296
2021
  • Buy Technology Adoption & Diffusion 19
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 19
  • Partner Investment Attraction & Projection 19
  • Buy Research Talent & Knowledge Creation 19
  • Partner Trade Facilitation & Logistics 19
14.64 +0.023
2022
  • Partner Fiscal Capacity & Public Finance 19
  • Partner Global Value Chain Position 19
  • Partner Digital & Services Trade 19
  • Buy Energy Technologies 19
  • Buy Artificial Intelligence 19
14.73 +0.090
2023
  • Partner Space Technologies 22
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 22
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 22
  • Buy Economic Output & Productivity 22
  • Partner Quantum Technologies 22
14.81 +0.084
2024
  • Partner Information Environment & Strategic Communication 22
  • Partner Trade Policy & Market Access 22
  • Build Labour & Employment 22
  • Partner Financial Stability & Crisis Management 22
  • Partner Export Capability & Sophistication 22
14.88 +0.066
2025
  • Buy Robotics & Autonomous Systems 22
  • Partner Economic Leverage & Dependence 22
  • Partner Space Technologies 22
  • Buy Communications & Digital Infrastructure 22
  • Buy Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 22
14.98 +0.100
2026
  • Buy Energy Technologies 22
  • Buy Biotechnology & Health Technologies 22
  • Buy Sensing, Timing & Navigation 22
  • Buy Sovereign Capital & External Financial Power 22
  • Buy Business Dynamism & Entrepreneurship 22
15.10 +0.118

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.

Domain1996200120062011201620212026
Critical Technology3333333333333333333222222222222
Strategic Infrastructure3333333333333333333333323333322
National Security3333333333333333333333333333333
Human Capital4443211111111111111111111111111
Information & Influence5555555554444333333333223333333
Governance & Integrity7777777777777777777777777777777
Financial Strength7999999888888877765222225522222
Production & Innovation3444444433334422222222222222222
Trade & Investment3444444444444322222222112222111

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−3.214−222.6−2.67
No shocks+0.969+67.8+0.67
Replay of the recorded actions (must change nothing)0.0000.00.00
Without the 1st largest decision−0.014−1.20.00
Without the 2nd largest decision−0.017−1.20.00
Without the 3rd largest decision−0.017−1.00.00
Without the 4th largest decision−0.015−1.00.00
Without the 5th largest decision−0.017−1.20.00
Without the 1st largest shock+0.346+24.3+0.33
Without the 2nd largest shock+0.337+22.8+0.33
Without the 3rd largest shock+0.205+14.2+0.33

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
1996
2026
Change
Invested
Decay
Events
Graph
Space TechnologiesCritical Technology5.8614.99+9.13+9.870.00−0.90+0.17
Development Cooperation & Global AssistanceInformation & Influence9.1017.36+8.26+8.960.00−1.02+0.31
Lifelong Learning & ReskillingHuman Capital11.6119.72+8.11+9.090.00−0.42−0.01
Technical & Vocational SkillsHuman Capital13.5019.83+6.33+8.450.00−0.42+0.12
Artificial IntelligenceCritical Technology11.7918.02+6.23+6.900.00−0.95+0.28
Digital & AI CompetenceHuman Capital13.8319.92+6.09+7.260.00−0.42+0.49
Investment Attraction & ProjectionTrade & Investment11.9217.95+6.03+8.080.00−2.22+0.17
Economic Leverage & DependenceTrade & Investment12.1517.60+5.45+7.030.00−1.67+0.10
Culture, Language & Education DiplomacyInformation & Influence9.6714.76+5.09+5.780.00−0.93+0.25
Trade Policy & Market AccessTrade & Investment14.1318.85+4.72+5.960.00−1.63+0.38
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust TechnologiesCritical Technology13.5418.22+4.68+5.410.00−0.88+0.15
Digital & Services TradeTrade & Investment12.2516.88+4.63+5.570.00−1.43+0.49
Diplomatic Statecraft & Global NetworksInformation & Influence12.9117.23+4.32+4.760.00−1.08+0.65
Biotechnology & Health TechnologiesCritical Technology10.5114.78+4.27+5.400.00−1.53+0.40
Sovereign Capital & External Financial PowerFinancial Strength10.7914.91+4.12+5.220.00−1.34+0.23
Research Talent & Knowledge CreationHuman Capital14.0018.07+4.07+4.100.00−0.53+0.50
Advanced EducationHuman Capital15.3619.28+3.92+4.000.00−0.44+0.37
Sensing, Timing & NavigationCritical Technology10.9814.87+3.89+3.970.00−0.90+0.82
Economic Output & ProductivityProduction & Innovation13.9017.75+3.85+5.560.00−1.85+0.13
Public Integrity & Anti-CorruptionGovernance & Integrity10.0713.73+3.66+4.020.00−0.57+0.21
Fiscal Capacity & Public FinanceFinancial Strength14.3617.98+3.62+5.080.00−2.21+0.75
Technology Adoption & DiffusionProduction & Innovation14.7018.31+3.61+3.940.00−1.18+0.85
Export Capability & SophisticationTrade & Investment14.6418.03+3.39+5.140.00−1.60−0.14
Energy TechnologiesCritical Technology11.3214.60+3.28+3.840.00−0.90+0.34
Information Environment & Strategic CommunicationInformation & Influence12.4215.50+3.08+4.040.00−1.26+0.30
Alliances & Security CooperationInformation & Influence14.8817.90+3.02+3.350.00−0.86+0.54
Space, Aerospace & Defence InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure11.3314.23+2.90+2.890.00−0.58+0.59
Transparency, Oversight & AccountabilityGovernance & Integrity10.8413.34+2.50+3.110.00−0.60−0.02
Financial Stability & Crisis ManagementFinancial Strength9.4211.55+2.13+3.850.00−1.86+0.13
Communications & Digital InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.6117.53+1.92+2.050.00−0.54+0.41
Financial Regulation & IntegrityFinancial Strength10.6012.26+1.66+3.540.00−1.93+0.06
Foundational EducationHuman Capital15.9817.41+1.43+2.020.00−0.66+0.07
Justice System & Fundamental RightsGovernance & Integrity12.3213.71+1.39+2.000.00−0.59−0.02
Business Dynamism & EntrepreneurshipProduction & Innovation12.2613.62+1.36+2.460.00−1.17+0.06
Regulatory Governance & Strategic ControlsGovernance & Integrity12.9114.21+1.30+1.980.00−0.67−0.01
Robotics & Autonomous SystemsCritical Technology12.9614.23+1.27+1.280.00−0.85+0.82
Global Value Chain PositionTrade & Investment16.5017.60+1.10+2.410.00−1.55+0.24
Space OperationsNational Security8.179.21+1.040.000.00−0.28+1.32
Quantum TechnologiesCritical Technology7.038.02+0.99+1.340.00−0.66+0.31
Trade Facilitation & LogisticsTrade & Investment16.8017.58+0.78+2.410.00−1.73+0.10
Strategic Strike & Missile DefenceNational Security12.2512.81+0.560.000.00−0.29+0.84
Diaspora & Global CommunitiesInformation & Influence11.5211.98+0.46+1.290.00−0.89+0.06
Financial InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure13.9714.31+0.34+1.240.00−0.84−0.05
Force Generation & MobilisationNational Security16.3916.64+0.250.000.00−0.27+0.53
Cyber & Electromagnetic OperationsNational Security12.2712.51+0.240.000.00−0.29+0.53
Advanced ManufacturingStrategic Infrastructure17.4517.62+0.170.000.00−0.52+0.69
Resource InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure11.8311.98+0.150.000.00−0.56+0.71
Air PowerNational Security14.6114.69+0.080.000.00−0.28+0.35
Joint Command, Projection & SustainmentNational Security13.8513.86+0.010.000.00−0.28+0.29
Intelligence & AssessmentNational Security14.0413.99−0.050.000.00−0.28+0.23
Nuclear DeterrenceNational Security1.491.44−0.050.000.00−0.050.00
Social InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.3215.23−0.090.000.00−0.70+0.60
Maritime PowerNational Security12.8212.70−0.120.000.00−0.28+0.16
Land PowerNational Security17.3417.19−0.150.000.00−0.26+0.11
Innovation & CommercialisationProduction & Innovation14.9114.76−0.150.000.00−1.13+0.98
Water, Sanitation & Waste InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure14.4114.19−0.220.000.00−0.54+0.32
Transport InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure15.3515.12−0.230.000.00−0.53+0.30
Energy InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure14.3114.00−0.310.000.00−0.54+0.23
Political Institutions & Civic ParticipationGovernance & Integrity13.9513.60−0.350.000.00−0.60+0.25
Advanced Materials & ManufacturingCritical Technology15.3214.83−0.490.000.00−0.99+0.51
Internal Security & OrderGovernance & Integrity14.7414.23−0.510.000.00−0.59+0.07
Labour & EmploymentProduction & Innovation13.9513.44−0.51+1.270.00−2.10+0.33
Agriculture & Food InfrastructureStrategic Infrastructure12.3411.81−0.530.000.00−0.56+0.02
Government Effectiveness & Public AdministrationGovernance & Integrity15.8515.31−0.540.000.00−1.06+0.51
Health System CapabilityHuman Capital14.5614.02−0.540.000.00−0.93+0.39
Early Childhood DevelopmentHuman Capital16.1015.52−0.580.000.00−0.48−0.10
Semiconductors & Advanced ComputingCritical Technology17.7917.16−0.630.000.00−0.95+0.32
National Resilience & Crisis ManagementGovernance & Integrity13.8513.16−0.690.000.00−0.78+0.09
Population HealthHuman Capital14.0813.34−0.740.000.00−0.73−0.01
Structural Transformation & ComplexityProduction & Innovation15.1614.09−1.070.000.00−1.12+0.06
Industrial & Sectoral BaseProduction & Innovation16.2014.91−1.290.000.00−1.290.00
Financial System Depth & AccessFinancial Strength14.8113.08−1.730.000.00−1.79+0.06
Monetary & Currency CapabilityFinancial Strength13.6011.74−1.860.000.00−2.02+0.15

Seed 6 of experiment mcts-m7.m7-kor-greedy. The simulation can be reproduced exactly from the experiment's configuration, its versions and this seed.