Inequality
Distributional strain and material disparity form the index’s largest declared contribution.
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Political Entropy Index
The digital companion to The Thermodynamics of Political Entropy by Andrew Eppler. The book is the argument. This application is the instrument.
Interactive app liveSix-dimension indexCanonical formula locked
The research instrument
A visible model for comparing political-system stress.
PEI organizes inequality, institutional performance, conflict, energy, information, and environmental conditions into a transparent weighted index. It is designed for inspection, teaching, dataset connection, and research—not as a substitute for political judgment.
The supplied v17 source build is now available here as a browser application. It joins the monitoring board, calculator, comparison and scenario tools, Academy materials, research adapters, pitch, and the manuscript content included in the package.
6measured dimensions
25%inequality weight
40·60·75·90locked phase bands
v17cited digital companion
System architecture
One index, six declared dimensions.
The weighting is explicit: 25% inequality, 20% institutions, 20% conflict, 15% energy, 10% information, and 10% environment.
Institutions
Institutional capacity, legitimacy, and performance contribute one fifth of the composite score.
Conflict
Violence, instability, and conflict pressure carry an equal one-fifth weighting.
Energy
Energy availability and system pressure connect material throughput to political stability.
Information
Information conditions account for signal quality, trust, access, and systemic distortion.
Environment
Environmental pressure supplies the final declared tenth of the canonical index.
Controlled progression
From argument to inspectable evidence.
The application separates explanation, measurement, teaching, and dataset extension while preserving one canonical formula.
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Monitor
Inspect the six-dimension PEI board and optionally refresh four channels with available World Bank overlays.
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Book
Read the front matter and Chapters 1–16 included in this uploaded build of The Thermodynamics of Political Entropy.
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Academy
Use instructor-led curriculum, diagrams, laboratories, and guided discussion.
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Research lab
Connect live or static series through documented Adapter Manifests without changing the canonical work.
Canonical-work boundary
Inspectable and citable does not mean freely alterable.
Researchers may run the application, cite it, and connect datasets. The formula, phase bands, book, and official application remain canonical works controlled by Age Old LLC. Forking is a technical GitHub feature and does not grant permission to modify or rebrand the official work.
This is the public canonical repository for the monitor, manuscript reader, Academy, adapter system, and research materials. Its citation file, trademarks, contribution rules, and license define how the work may be used and extended.
- Visibility
- Public · source-available
- Rights model
- Age Old Research License 1.0; manuscript under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; not OSI open source
Research participation
Extend the evidence without rewriting the instrument.
The open contribution path centers on dataset adapters, reproducibility, citation, teaching, and documented research use.
- Transparent country and regional datasets
- Reproducible Adapter Manifests
- Curriculum and laboratory review
- Citation, replication, and methodological critique