Research
A country can post a respectable structural reading while carrying one severe weakness. PolisMetric keeps level and imbalance conceptually separate.
The problem with averages
A single headline level can hide an important weakness. If several dimensions are healthy while another is severely weak, the system may be less balanced than the headline suggests.
The PolisMetric approach
Published structural strength and experimental balance diagnostics answer different questions. The public site explains what the diagnostics mean. Production construction remains proprietary.
What the measure cannot say
Balance is not proof of future success. It is a descriptive way to identify systems that rely less on one exceptional dimension.
Research standard: framework notes explain concepts, interpretation and limitations. Proprietary scoring parameters and implementation details are not published as a replication recipe.