Research Realms
12 Resource Realms map the outer sovereignty of communities. 7 Sovereign Bodies map the inner sovereignty of human beings. Together, they describe the architecture of a watershed that knows how to stay one.
The Twelve Resource Realms
Each realm carries a measurable index. When all indices rise, the dependencies fall in concert, and the watershed moves toward the abundance equilibrium.
Energy
Energy Autonomy Ratio
Water
Water Sovereignty Index
Food
Local Nutrition Ratio
Health
Wellness Autonomy Index
Shelter
Housing Independence Score
Waste
Circularity Index
Education
Knowledge Liberation Index
Communication
Freedom of Flow Ratio
Transportation
Mobility Autonomy Fraction
Manufacturing
Regenerative Production Ratio
Economics
Abundance Finance Index
Governance
Justice Coherence Index
Interlocking Attractors, Not Parallel Lists
Food sovereignty (Physical Body) reduces dependency in the Food Realm. Cultural vitality sustains the Emotional and Mental Bodies against disinformation. Political participation raises both CVI and network connectivity.
The seven Bodies and twelve Realms are coupled oscillators, and they move together. This coupling is what makes the framework an architecture rather than a list. The Peace Mandala is the resulting diagram.