Stage 1, when the new order begins and the new leadership consolidates power, which leads to… … Stage 2, when the resource-allocation systems and government bureaucracies are built and refined, which if done well leads to… … Stage 3, when there is peace and prosperity, which leads to… … Stage 4, when there are great excesses in spending and debt and the widening of wealth and political gaps, which leads to… … Stage 5, when there are very bad financial conditions and intense conflict, which leads to… … Stage 6, when there are civil wars/revolutions
