Minecraft 1.18: What is Simulation Distance?

Here's an explanation regarding Minecraft 1.18 Simulation Distance settings and the difference compared to Rendering Distance.

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What is the ideal simulation distance in Minecraft?

So I'm playing on 1.18 on the realm I own, my render distance is set to 25 and the simulation distance is set to 20 but this looks like my render distance

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Minecraft 1.18 Snapshot 21w38a (Simulation Distance Parity)

What is Simulation Distance?