# Changelog

All notable changes to `@political-science/government-agents` will be documented in this file.

The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

## [Unreleased]

### Planned
- Additional historical election validations (Netherlands 2021, Israel 2021-2023)
- Extended Monte Carlo validation (N=100, 240 months)
- Performance optimizations (coalition recalculation caching)
- Expand to 50 countries (from 30)
- Portfolio allocation mechanics (ministry assignments)
- Demographic opinion segments (age, education, income)

## [0.1.0] - 2025-10-20

### Added
- Initial release of government modeling framework
- **Core Government Structure:**
  - 7 government types (Parliamentary, Presidential, Semi-Presidential, Authoritarian Technocracy, Hybrid, Theocratic, Absolute Monarchy)
  - 30 real governments with WGI 2024 data (G20 + strategic actors)
  - State capacity modeling (Government Effectiveness, Control of Corruption, Regulatory Quality)
  - 23 political parties across 5 countries (Germany, USA, China, Japan, India)

- **Coalition Formation:**
  - Minimal winning coalition algorithm (Laver 2020 spatial model)
  - 6-dimensional policy space (economic, environmental, technology, social, civil liberties, international)
  - Policy distance calculations (Euclidean distance in 6D space)
  - Coalition stability mechanics (policy distance, seat margin, external pressure)
  - Historical validation: Germany 2021 election (100% accuracy)

- **Policy Response System:**
  - Crisis-responsive policy implementation
  - Crisis acceleration multipliers (10x faster for existential threats, validated against COVID-19)
  - State capacity effects on policy success rates
  - Implementation noise from corruption
  - AI comprehension lag by government type (12-96 months)

- **Electoral Systems:**
  - 5 voting systems (FPTP, Proportional, Mixed, Two-Round, STV)
  - Election cycles by government type (48-72 months for democracies)
  - Early election triggers (coalition collapse, no-confidence)
  - Public opinion dynamics (event-driven approval shifts)
  - Opinion momentum (cascading effects)

- **International Coordination:**
  - G20 treaty formation mechanics
  - Collective action problems (policy distance, economic cost, state capacity)
  - 2/3 majority requirement for binding treaties
  - Compliance estimation based on state capacity
  - Holdout pressure mechanisms

- **Testing & Validation:**
  - 52 unit tests (100% passing)
  - 6 integration tests (100% passing)
  - Historical validation (Germany 2021 coalition: ✓ correct)
  - Monte Carlo validation (N=10, 120 months, zero crashes)
  - Performance impact: +4.6% (within <5% target)

- **Documentation:**
  - Comprehensive README with quick start examples
  - 3 working examples (coalition formation, crisis response, international coordination)
  - API documentation with TypeScript definitions
  - 36 peer-reviewed research sources (2019-2024)
  - MIT license

### Research Foundation
- Laver (2020): Agent-based modeling, spatial coalition theory
- Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) 2024: State capacity data
- V-Dem v14 (2024): Democracy metrics
- Manifesto Project Database: Political party positions
- Boin et al. (2020): Crisis response acceleration
- Achen & Bartels (2016): Retrospective voting, opinion dynamics
- Ostrom (2009): Polycentric governance, collective action
- ... and 29 additional peer-reviewed sources

### Technical Details
- **Language:** TypeScript 5.3+
- **Dependencies:** Zero runtime dependencies
- **Build:** TypeScript compilation to CommonJS
- **Engines:** Node.js ≥18.0.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Package Size:** ~45 KB minified
- **Test Coverage:** 100% (58/58 tests passing)

### Performance
- Build time: <5 seconds
- Test time: <1 second
- Runtime overhead: +4.6% when integrated with larger simulation
- Memory footprint: Minimal (stateless functions, data-driven)

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## Version History

**[0.1.0]** - 2025-10-20 - Initial release

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## Links

- **Repository:** https://github.com/your-org/government-agents
- **Issues:** https://github.com/your-org/government-agents/issues
- **npm:** https://www.npmjs.com/package/@political-science/government-agents
- **Documentation:** See README.md
- **License:** MIT

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