Constitutional Breakdown Simulator

Nineteen regimes · annotated timelines · 14-step scale

LIVE TELEMETRY

STEP RESOLUTION 7.14% · 14 STATES/VECTOR

Manual Setup

Adjust the five indicators directly, or load a historical case to replay a real constitutional history year by year. Each event explains what caused the shift and what it led to.

Timeline42% elapsed

Choose a case, then scrub or play the timeline to see annotated historical events.

SV-01Deliberation

Cognitive Depth

54%
STEP 8 OF 14
ReflexiveDeliberate
BAND 50–56%

Second-order effects are logged and sometimes change a decision.

SV-02Time Horizon

Strategic Foresight

41%
STEP 6 OF 14
ReactiveGenerational
BAND 36–42%

Election-cycle horizon: real planning, but bounded by the next vote.

SV-03Structure

Institutional Integrity

47%
STEP 7 OF 14
CapturedLoad-bearing
BAND 43–49%

Enforcement is real but selective; the double standard is visible and resented.

System Integrity — Live

STRESSED / NORM EROSION

Weighted Average of All Five Inputs

53%

Sliders sit above and below this bar on purpose — move either bank and watch this react.

SV-04Legitimacy

Public Trust

38%
STEP 6 OF 14
HostileConsenting
BAND 36–42%

People obey out of habit, not belief; compliance is just going through the motions.

SV-05Oversight

Censorate Power

58%
STEP 9 OF 14
ToothlessSupreme
BAND 57–63%

The audit body gains a say over who gets appointed.

Balance of Power

Live Model

CensorateDemosTechnē

The triangle shows how power is currently split between branches. A balanced shape holds steady; a sharp spike toward any one corner is an early warning sign.

Diagnostics

Healthy

Stressed

Unstable

Balance of Power53%

The system is under strain. Power is starting to concentrate unevenly.

Breakdown Level47%

Disorder is high. The system is straining just to keep running.

Tyranny Risk19%

No consolidation detected. Power remains spread across branches.

Public Legitimacy38%

Consent has broken down. Compliance now depends on the threat of force.

Bureaucratic CaptureModerate

What This Means

STRESSED / NORM EROSION

Problems are piling up faster than they're being fixed. Procedures still run, but they hold only because the people they restrain still choose to follow them. Reversible, but it will cost something.

Weakest member Public Trust: People obey out of habit, not belief; compliance is just going through the motions.