The Scientific Interest Group for a Technological Nation (G.I.S.N.T) announces the foundation of Natiometry as a scientific discipline and a professional field. As its name suggests, natiometry refers to the metrics of the nation phenomenon—that is, the measurement or quantification of the nation in all its forms, with the aim of diagnosing anomalies or determining strategies to enhance the performance of the entire system.
The program of natiometry focuses on the possibility of rendering the social sciences as exact as physics and biology. These fields achieved such precision only after developing universal instruments and measurement systems that enabled the visualization and quantification of their objects of study. For instance, the telescope allowed Galileo Galilei to verify his predecessors' observations and construct an accurate and verifiable cosmological model, which later enabled Isaac Newton to codify the fundamental laws of physics. Similarly, the microscope allowed Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to reveal the existence of microorganisms invisible to the naked eye, laying the groundwork for Louis Pasteur to establish the principles of microbiology, the foundation of modern medicine.
These are just two famous examples that paved the way for humanity to acquire precise knowledge of the infinitely small and the infinitely large.
Today, the research and development team at the G.I.S.N.T has achieved a comparable breakthrough in the domain of social sciences. They have developed a diagnostic tool capable of analyzing nations in real time and at full scale, using a modeling process adapted to the complexity of the nation as a meta-system (including economic, social, cultural, and other subsystems). This process led, in 2014, to the formalization of a scientific law on the evolution of nations—a mathematical framework that represents a fundamental research achievement and will be published soon. Based on this work, a technological development process was initiated, aiming to create a tool capable of visualizing and quantifying the nation phenomenon. This process culminated in 2016 with the design of a supercomputer dedicated to the diagnosis of nations.
This technology, named the Natiometer, was registered with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) under number PCT/IB2019/000707.
Three practical applications of this technology are envisioned :
- Public application : as a tool for societal guidance.
- Corporate application : as a tool for economic intelligence.
- Governmental application : as a tool for scientific governance.
The real and global conditions of a nation cannot be sufficiently understood without a comprehensive diagnosis. Unfortunately, the fragmentation of perspectives in social sciences, along with the disparity of measurement systems and investigative methods, complicates this task and often results in partial or even contradictory solutions. The differences in languages and viewpoints, combined with disciplinary silos, hinder communication among scientists. This lack of interdisciplinary collaboration makes it difficult to achieve a comprehensive understanding of human phenomena, which remains inaccessible to both scientists and the general public. This disconnect between science and society poses a significant threat to our civilization.
Creating a common language, reconciling viewpoints, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration are crucial challenges that any initiative must address to overcome this status quo and enable synchronized action across various scientific disciplines.
By considering the nation phenomenon as a meta-system encompassing all subsystems studied by social sciences, natiometry provides a universal standard and reference framework. This framework ensures precise communication between different disciplines and allows for a holistic understanding and mastery of human and social phenomena. Through the careful cross-referencing of diverse data across multiple dimensions, natiometry offers a global and enriching analytical experience to scientists, the general public, and professionals in various fields requiring such analyses of the nation phenomenon. The primary function of the Natiometer, therefore, is to enable the social sciences to achieve greater precision.
The innovative nature of the Natiometer lies in the calibration technique we employed to develop a universal metric system for the nation phenomenon. This calibration technique enables the referencing and cross-referencing of diverse data types, addressing the multiple dimensions of the "nation" phenomenon as a distinct entity/system. The system operates simultaneously across three orders of magnitude, corresponding to distinct physical domains: the anthropo-psychological order, the biological order, and the physico-chemical order. As such, the nation phenomenon is considered a quantum system from the perspective of physics, a living system from the perspective of biology, and the homeland of the living and the dead from the perspective of anthropology.
Our task was to develop a technical device based on what we call the "nation standard." This standard is formalized by the phase space of the nation phenomenon, serving as a parameterization tool for addressing the problem. It enables instantaneous measurements across the entire domain of the nation phenomenon in its entirety. The skills, processes, and protocols generated through this endeavor are grouped under the term Natiometry, forming a new profession and even a new scientific discipline that will be formalized progressively as results are obtained.
We reiterate here the domain of definition for the nation phenomenon : A nation is considered a global collective organism, uniting one or more human communities into a singular entity commonly referred to as a people : a human community sharing a territory, a history, a lived experience, and a vision for the future. Humanity is composed of nations, nations are forged by peoples, and peoples inhabit territories. Every territory has a history, every history gives rise to a memory, and every memory shapes a universe. It is within this multiverse that we must now seek the universal, a value essential to any act of measurement. For every universe corresponds to a reality, every reality implies a necessity, and necessity determines an attitude or mindset. Living together in peace cannot be achieved without a shared vision of the world, and who better than science to provide the standard for such a vision.
This is not a revolution but rather the culmination of a fundamental achievement of human evolution: the sovereignty of reason. After exploring the infinitely small and the infinitely large, which allowed humanity to master space, it is now towards the infinitely horizontal that we must turn in order to master time.
Amirouche LAMRANI
Associate Director, G.I.S.N.T.
Scientific Research and Technological Development Professional Partnership.
