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Nationcraft

Analyzing a nation and the best way to improve it via Yu-kai Chou's Nationcraft Framework.

Nationcraft·25 min

Niger seized its uranium and expelled the West, yet its leverage keeps falling. A Nationcraft read of the…

Yu-kai Chou

Nationcraft·38 min

Iraq holds the region's richest oil yet its weakest effective sovereignty. A Nationcraft V-vector diagnosis of the Rentier…

Yu-kai Chou

Nationcraft·37 min

The Startup-Nation Trap: why Israel's world-class capability rests on tribal (V10=2) not civic cohesion, and cannot build the…

Yu-kai Chou

Nationcraft·34 min

Myanmar's junta holds every formal lever yet governs under half its territory. A Nationcraft V-vector read of the…

Yu-kai Chou

Nationcraft·34 min

The DR Congo holds ~73% of the world's cobalt yet scores 1 on leverage, stability and transparency: the…

Yu-kai Chou

Nationcraft·29 min

Nigeria's orthodox reforms win on the IMF dashboard while 63% fall into poverty. A Nationcraft V-vector read of…

Yu-kai Chou

Nationcraft·31 min

Japan in 2026: the corpus's longest planning horizon (V4=10) trapped by its lowest adaptability (V5=3) — why a…

Yu-kai Chou

Nationcraft·32 min

Bangladesh's Charter Reset Trap: a V10=2 partisan vector recaptures every reform charter the uprising wins. A Nationcraft V-vector…

Yu-kai Chou

Nationcraft·25 min

Nepal's 2026 RSP landslide is the cleanest reform mandate in its history. The Nationcraft Clean-Slate Trap shows why…

Yu-kai Chou