Figure 1.

Sketch of the model setup. Nodes/agents are either attributed to administrators A or laborers L. laborers that are connected to at least one administrator are denoted as coordinated laborers C that produce higher energy outputs due to an increased productivity. The influence of each administrator is marked with green shading. In case the energy production falls below a critical value, the coordinated laborer that is connected with most other nodes (here marked in orange) becomes an administrator as well.