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A dynastic union of Aragon, Catalonia, and other Mediterranean lands whose constituent realms kept their own laws and assemblies. The Crown expanded through trade and conquest; its institutions were gradually abolished after the War of the Spanish Succession.
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Leans further toward federal than 86% of the 185 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
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Russian geopolitical current that sees Eurasia as a distinct civilization and proposes a Moscow-led continental bloc, with regional autonomy and shared strategic command, against Atlanticism and US hegemony.
Project of a dynastic empire organized as a federation of nationalities, with regional autonomy, local parliaments and recognized languages, while retaining a hereditary crown, unified army and military assertion of imperial greatness.
Current advocating a monarch who actually governs, as constitutional head of the executive or absolute sovereign, over a federation of states or regions with broad self-government, as in the German Empire of 1871, the United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian29%
Crusader king of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185, Baldwin IV ruled as a leper from childhood, defeated Saladin at Montgisard, defended the Latin kingdom by faith and sword and kept pragmatic truces with the Muslims.
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A parliamentary Islamic republic and nuclear power, Pakistan alternates civilian governments with strong army tutelage, with sharia-inspired laws, a mixed economy dependent on foreign aid, and a permanent rivalry with India.
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From West Francia to the monarchy’s abolition in 1792, the kingdom moved from feudal rule toward centralized absolutism. The Catholic Church, landed aristocracy, and military expansion shaped much of its history.
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