The largest country in Latin America, Brazil is a democratic presidential federal republic with a mixed economy, broad social policies, and strong regional, cultural, and political diversity that shapes its electoral disputes.
Political axes
Leans further toward federal than 79% of the 185 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 243 ideologies
Centrist branch that accepts the market economy but prioritizes social protection, public services, gradual reforms, and institutional consensus to reduce inequality without political rupture or permanent polarization.
Political position that seeks balance between left and right, valuing moderation, pragmatism, and consensus, and combining elements of different currents to avoid extremes and favor gradual reforms.
Centrist current that applies Christian values to democratic politics, defending the social market economy, family, solidarity, and the common good as the foundation of free and pluralist institutions.
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Stalinist SocialismRadical Left34%
Four-time governor of São Paulo for the center-right PSDB, with concessions, PPPs and isolation of prison gang leaders, Alckmin moved to the PSB and is Lula's vice president and industry minister, backing reindustrialization and the Mercosur-EU deal and opposing abortion.
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A parliamentary republic, South Africa is the continent's largest industrial economy and a multiracial democracy born from the end of apartheid, marked by cultural diversity and deep social inequalities.
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Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic united parliamentarism, proportional representation, and intense cultural life, but was undermined by economic crises and political instability that paved the way for Nazism.
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