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The Japanese imperial regime of the early 20th century combined sacred monarchy, militarism, accelerated industrialization, expansionist nationalism, and strong social discipline until its defeat in World War II.
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Leans further toward protectionism than 93% of the 185 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Trade is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, it sits close to the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 243 ideologies
Defense of monarchy with unlimited power concentrated in the sovereign, legitimized by tradition or divine right, without a constitution or parliament to restrict the king's authority over state and society.
Current that preserves order, tradition, and hierarchy through a strong state, restricting freedoms and political participation in the name of social stability, morality, religion, and established authority.
Conception that defines the nation by common origin, language, and ancestry, advocating a state of the dominant ethnicity and the preservation of its identity, with a tendency to exclude minorities and immigrants from the national body.
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GeoanarchismAnarchist25%
Russia's leader for over 25 years, Putin crushed all real opposition, nationalized strategic sectors under patrimonial state capitalism, pushes anti-LGBT and traditional-values laws with the Orthodox Church, restricts Central Asian immigration, wages war on Ukraine, and censors the internet via AI in the name of digital sovereignty.
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A Eurasian presidential republic, Russia concentrates power in an authoritarian, nationalist regime, with an economy dependent on natural resources, a strong military apparatus, and a foreign policy of confrontation with the West.
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Habsburg Spain, especially under Philip II, was a Catholic Counter-Reformation state, marked by the Inquisition, purity-of-blood laws, religious expulsions, and wars defending the faith.
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