Build
your stack

Pick an architecture then hand every layer to someone: the US, China, the EU, or no one in particular. Political capital is finite, the layers argue with each other, and you can pull a shock at any time to see what holds.

There is no winning stack here. Every arrangement buys something and owes something; the game only shows you what.

step one · architecture

How is the stack put together?

Seven layers, each contracted on its own terms. Every seam is a place to swap a supplier, and a place for a dependency to hide.

step two · the board

drag a bloc in, or click a layer to cycle

07
who writes the rules of the room8 to own
06
search, stores, markets, payments16 to own
05
trained where, on what, whose law20 to own
04
where it sits, who can compel it12 to own
03
where European institutions run22 to own
02
chips, fabs, energy30 to own
01
cables, spectrum, satellites14 to own

no bloc held · clicking a layer cycles through US, China, EU, decentralised

political capital

0 / 100

Owning a layer costs capital. Renting one costs none, and buys a dependency instead.

readouts

Sovereignty0

7 blocks still unassigned; the reading is partial.

Resilience0

Nothing is assigned yet.

Openness0

Closed by default; you would have to ask to look inside.

shock

Nothing has happened yet

Pull a card when the board is arranged, and see which of your choices the event can reach.

log

pick an architecture, then start handing out layers

keep it

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