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Nationcraft

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

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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

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

Yu-kai Chou

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

Yu-kai Chou

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France owns every asset of a top-tier state and a parliament too fragmented to use them. A Nationcraft…

Yu-kai Chou

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Serbia's Managed Exit Trap: why an election forced by 18 months of protest may hand power back to…

Yu-kai Chou

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Madagascar refounds its republic after every crisis and stays poor. A Nationcraft read of the 2025 Gen Z…

Yu-kai Chou

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The Strongman Reform Trap: V1=8 + V14=8 give Prabowo the LKY-style reformer surface, but V13=4 + V16=3 +…

Yu-kai Chou

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Why India's reform window narrows as Modi's electoral confidence rebuilds — The Mandate Trap, a Nationcraft 18-variable diagnosis.

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