Release 1.4.0

Index

The narrative counterpart to the indices: where a rating says where a nation stands, the record says how it arrived there. Nothing here is scored or ranked; these are the counts of what is on the record.

Developments: 120,798
Nations: 197
Capabilities: 288
Verified: 2,326

The record in figures

Every development on the 580 nation and capability timelines, as of 2026-10-17.

Developments by period

Counted at the year a development begins. The periods are not of equal length.

By kind

Each development is one of seven kinds.

Governance

Economy

Security

Technology

Geopolitical

Society

Environment

42,692

21,193

16,716

15,166

14,177

7,755

3,099

By tier

How much a development mattered to its subject, as a model judged it.

Tier 1: central to the subject29,789
Tier 2: materially shaped it74,932
Tier 3: notable16,077

Evidence standing

What has been checked against a source, and what has not.

Verified against a source2,326
Unverified92,191
Disputed39
Original entries, no record of a check26,242

Latest developments30 most recent

A structured starting point, not a cited record. An entry marked unverified has not been checked against a source; tiers are assigned by a model and are not comparable between nation and capability timelines.

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