Abstract
PMESII (Politics, Military, Economic, Social, Information, and Infrastructure) framework is widely accepted as parameters to judge and measure the condition of a country. The success of each serious wargame and simulator depends, among other things, on the right starting conditions. Especially in the field of serious military wargames, it can be difficult to obtain realistic data about the condition of a played country. Therefore, data from free available sources and the weighting and processing of this data could be immensely helpful to generate realistic starting values.
Using open-source databases and the method of cross-impact weighting will increase the reliability of generating PMESII start conditions for wargames and simulators.

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Written by LTC Bernd Weissenberger, M.Sc. – NATO M&S COE