Self-contained political setting, definitions and model rules. Suitable before reading Levitsky and Way; preserve the final comparison, revision and transfer.
What you produce
Evidence report with original forecasts, explanations, a controlled access comparison, revisions and a transfer argument
What the model leaves open
Lydora, its people, decisions and numerical rules are fictional. The organizations’ practical independence tonight is stipulated; it does not demonstrate weak state capacity, unreliable coercion or ruling-party fragmentation. The comparison holds all organization choices fixed. No election result is generated. The game primes questions before the assigned article, rather than teaching its full explanation.
