Continuity

Test

Test withheld funding, appointments, evidence, and access.

Failure criterion

A design fails when one participant can disable core review and the stated fallback fails to restore a functioning process.

Questions testing this condition

• Who resolves a dispute when powerful participants disagree?
• How would this institution relate to existing states?
• What limits would apply during an emergency?
• How do withdrawal and functional defection work?
• What evidence would count against creating the institution?