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Government Report Cards

Every government ranked by who it keeps alive

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Optimitron
/government-size / Track

Government Size

How large the state is, and how it is shaped

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/governments/US/politicians / Track

Politician Leaderboard

How your representatives actually vote vs what you want

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manual.warondisease.org/knowledge/appendix/parameters-and-calculations / Overview

Methodology, Parameters, and Calculations

Parameter definitions, formulas, uncertainty ranges, and data sources.

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manual.warondisease.org/knowledge/appendix/us-efficiency-audit / Executive Summary

United States Efficiency Audit

Systems audit estimating an annual U.S. efficiency gap of $4.9 trillion (95% CI: $3.62 trillion-$6.5 trillion), with $2.45 trillion (95% CI: $1.81 trillion-$3.25 trillion) recoverable at OECD-median performance across direct spending waste, compliance burden, policy-induced GDP loss, and system inefficiency.

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manual.warondisease.org/knowledge/appendix/algorithmic-public-administration-paper / Introduction

Algorithmic Public Administration

A protocol combining five primitives (transparent ledger, preference aggregation, evidence engine, identity verification, automated monetary policy) to replace mechanical government functions, recover visible citizen dividends, and stop wasting 17% (95% CI: 12.6%-22.6%) of GDP on humans doing robot work, while preserving democratic control.

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manual.warondisease.org/knowledge/appendix/optimocracy-paper / The Mechanism

Optimocracy: Causal Inference on Cross-Jurisdictional Policy Data to Maximize Median Health and Wealth

Thousands of jurisdictions have made different policy and budget choices over decades, creating a natural experiment. Optimocracy applies causal inference to this cross-jurisdictional time-series data to identify which policies predict above-average median income and healthy life years. It then publishes evidence-based recommendations for every major vote, tracks politician alignment, and funds aligned candidates via SuperPAC, making suboptimal policy politically expensive while preserving democratic structures.

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manual.warondisease.org/knowledge/appendix/political-dysfunction-tax / What This Costs You

The Political Dysfunction Tax

Governance dysfunction imposes large per-person annual costs and suppresses long-run compounding. This paper quantifies the opportunity ledger and efficiency gap with model-linked parameters.

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manual.warondisease.org/knowledge/appendix/faq / "We Need the Military Budget"

Frequently Asked Objections

Fun facts for those reasonably skeptical of spending 1% more on helping sick people than killing them.

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manual.warondisease.org/knowledge/problem/unrepresentative-democracy / What Democracy Looks Like From Space

Unrepresentative Democracy

Your government spends 604 times more on weapons than on testing which medicines work. You could elect 535 Gandhis and within two years they'd be funding nuclear weapons programs, because the system requires it. Princeton studied 1,779 of your policy decisions and found that public opinion has the same effect on legislation as a houseplant. This chapter explains why you can't vote your way out, and why that's actually fine, because the solution was never better politicians.

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manual.warondisease.org/knowledge/strategy/earth-optimization-prize / For People Too Busy to End War and Disease (But Willing to Skim)

The Earth Optimization Prize

Put money in a pool. Recruit people to vote on the 1% Treaty. If humanity gets healthier and richer by 2040, VOTE point-holders split the pool. If not, depositors get their money back (at 9.03x (95% CI: 3.77x-20.2x) what they put in).

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-zw / Active / Governance / Assignee: Emmerson Mnangagwa

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Emmerson Mnangagwa** — Head of Government of Zimbabwe. One job: redirect 1% of Zimbabwe's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Emmerson Mnangagwa / Government of Zimbabwe

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-zm / Active / Governance / Assignee: Edgar Lungu

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Edgar Lungu** — Head of Government of Zambia. One job: redirect 1% of Zambia's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Edgar Lungu / Government of Zambia

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-za / Active / Governance / Assignee: Cyril Ramaphosa

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Cyril Ramaphosa** — Head of Government of South Africa. One job: redirect 1% of South Africa's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Cyril Ramaphosa / Government of South Africa

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-ye / Active / Governance / Assignee: Salem Saleh bin Braik

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Salem Saleh bin Braik** — Head of Government of Yemen. One job: redirect 1% of Yemen's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Salem Saleh bin Braik / Government of Yemen

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-ws / Active / Governance / Assignee: Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa** — Head of Government of Samoa. One job: redirect 1% of Samoa's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa / Government of Samoa

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-vu / Active / Governance / Assignee: Bob Loughman

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Bob Loughman** — Head of Government of Vanuatu. One job: redirect 1% of Vanuatu's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Bob Loughman / Government of Vanuatu

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-vn / Active / Governance / Assignee: Phạm Minh Chính

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Phạm Minh Chính** — Head of Government of Vietnam. One job: redirect 1% of Vietnam's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Phạm Minh Chính / Government of Vietnam

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-ve / Active / Governance / Assignee: Nicolás Maduro

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Nicolás Maduro** — Head of State of Venezuela. One job: redirect 1% of Venezuela's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of State Assigned to Nicolás Maduro / Government of Venezuela

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-vc / Active / Governance / Assignee: Godwin Friday

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Godwin Friday** — Head of Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. One job: redirect 1% of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Godwin Friday / Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-va / Active / Governance / Assignee: Raffaella Petrini

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Raffaella Petrini** — Head of Government of Vatican City. One job: redirect 1% of Vatican City's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Raffaella Petrini / Government of Vatican City

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-uz / Active / Governance / Assignee: Abdulla Aripov

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Abdulla Aripov** — Head of Government of Uzbekistan. One job: redirect 1% of Uzbekistan's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Abdulla Aripov / Government of Uzbekistan

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-uy / Active / Governance / Assignee: Yamandú Orsi

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Yamandú Orsi** — Head of Government of Uruguay. One job: redirect 1% of Uruguay's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Yamandú Orsi / Government of Uruguay

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-us / Active / Governance / Assignee: Donald Trump

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Donald Trump** — Head of Government of United States. One job: redirect 1% of United States's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Donald Trump / Government of United States

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-ug / Active / Governance / Assignee: Robinah Nabbanja

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Robinah Nabbanja** — Head of Government of Uganda. One job: redirect 1% of Uganda's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Robinah Nabbanja / Government of Uganda

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-ua / Active / Governance / Assignee: Yulia Svyrydenko

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Yulia Svyrydenko** — Head of Government of Ukraine. One job: redirect 1% of Ukraine's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Yulia Svyrydenko / Government of Ukraine

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-tz / Active / Governance / Assignee: Samia Suluhu Hassan

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**Samia Suluhu Hassan** — Head of Government of Tanzania. One job: redirect 1% of Tanzania's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Samia Suluhu Hassan / Government of Tanzania

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-tw / Active / Governance / Assignee: Cho Jung-tai

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Cho Jung-tai** — Head of Government of Taiwan. One job: redirect 1% of Taiwan's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Cho Jung-tai / Government of Taiwan

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-tv / Active / Governance / Assignee: Feleti Teo

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Feleti Teo** — Head of Government of Tuvalu. One job: redirect 1% of Tuvalu's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Feleti Teo / Government of Tuvalu

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-tt / Active / Governance / Assignee: Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Kamla Persad-Bissessar** — Head of Government of Trinidad and Tobago. One job: redirect 1% of Trinidad and Tobago's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Kamla Persad-Bissessar / Government of Trinidad and Tobago

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-tr / Active / Governance / Assignee: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Recep Tayyip Erdoğan** — President of Turkey. One job: redirect 1% of Turkey's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. President Assigned to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan / Government of Turkey

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-to / Active / Governance / Assignee: Fatafehi Fakafānua, 8th Lord Fakafānua

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Fatafehi Fakafānua, 8th Lord Fakafānua** — Head of Government of Tonga. One job: redirect 1% of Tonga's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Fatafehi Fakafānua, 8th Lord Fakafānua / Government of Tonga

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-tn / Active / Governance / Assignee: Sarra Zaafrani

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Sarra Zaafrani** — Head of Government of Tunisia. One job: redirect 1% of Tunisia's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Sarra Zaafrani / Government of Tunisia

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-tm / Active / Governance / Assignee: Serdar Berdimuhamedow

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Serdar Berdimuhamedow** — Head of Government of Turkmenistan. One job: redirect 1% of Turkmenistan's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Serdar Berdimuhamedow / Government of Turkmenistan

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/tasks/1-pct-treaty-signer-tl / Active / Governance / Assignee: Xanana Gusmão

Sign the 1% Treaty

**Xanana Gusmão** — Head of Government of Timor-Leste. One job: redirect 1% of Timor-Leste's military spending into pragmatic clinical trials. Overdue. Head of Government Assigned to Xanana Gusmão / Government of Timor-Leste