Parallel coordinates linking justice scores, human capabilities, and GDP per capita across 26 countries. Each line traces one nation across all three dimensions.
Justice score alone predicts 71% of the variance in human capabilities (R²=0.71) and correlates r=0.70 with GDP per capita. The three variables form a causal chain: justice enables capabilities, capabilities enable prosperity.
The parallel coordinates reveal that deviations from this pattern are informative. Resource-rich authoritarian states like the UAE achieve high GDP without commensurate justice or capabilities, while post-Soviet states like Russia maintain high human capital inherited from the Soviet education system despite degraded institutional quality.