From a logical standpoint this makes no sense at all, but it was still a fun mental experiment. I guess if this was true, innovation would go up when countries

From a logical standpoint this makes no sense at all, but it was still a fun mental experiment. I guess if this was true, innovation would go up when countries suck, thus leading to a better situation and less innovation, which means the country would eventually suck again… after a while, would things finally come to a stop at an innovation/suckiness equilibrium?