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# Peace Index

The Peace Index is a single composite number that describes the current mood of the shrine — how settled or how turbulent the vessels are.

![Peace Index](/files/bktJUtKFEWu5zlYdmEAF)

## Reading the orb

The page centres on an animated orb whose glow, colour, and tempo shift with the current index value:

* **High peace** — slow, warm, steady glow. The vessels are stable, inflows and outflows are balanced, movements are unhurried.
* **Middle peace** — a working shrine. Activity is normal, neither still nor strained.
* **Low peace** — the orb quickens and cools. Volatility, unusual outflows, or concentrated counterparties push the index down.

## What feeds the index

The index is a weighted combination of signals derived from the vessels' recent activity:

* Net flow direction and magnitude across a rolling window.
* Frequency and burstiness of transactions.
* Diversity of counterparties.
* Stillness — the value of *not moving*.

The exact weights are tuned to keep the orb legible; they are not a trading signal and should not be interpreted as one.

## Why a single number

The shrine already offers deep detail on the Treasury, Vessels, Ledger, and Chronicle pages. The Peace Index exists so a returning visitor can read the shrine's mood in one glance, before deciding whether to descend into the detail.


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