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The Overloaded State

You passed the law. Why is nothing happening?

The law passed. The promise stalled. Follow it into a jammed bureaucracy, find the bottleneck and decide what a reform would have to change before people feel a difference.

Free to play · 90–120 min · No student account

The Overloaded State · Created by Yoav Duman
Created by Yoav Duman / יואב דומן
State capacity, bureaucracy & implementationEnter the activity ↓
01

Follow a public promise through offices and the implementation chain.

02

Allocate work and inspect what each bottleneck prevents.

03

Use the case records to explain a reform, its limits and a further test.

Your turn

Make a choice. Follow it through.

Explore independently, or choose For Class and complete the full activity. Save a progress backup before moving between devices or websites.

The Overloaded State
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Opening activity…

For instructors

Give the argument somewhere to go.

Self-contained introduction; no advance reading required.

Look for a specific mechanism, a rival account, a feasible reform and an evaluation matched to the claimed effect.

For Class requires Full and the final report action before assignment printing or downloads. Class responses are typed in the activity. A completion check is a record of work; written reasoning needs a human reader.

Teach it. Take it with you.

The HTML game works offline. Guide and original-source links use the internet. Progress backups restore work; reports are for reading and submission.

Keep the claim within the evidence.

A proposed reform is a hypothesis. Do not treat a programmed outcome as a measured real-world reform effect.