A theocratic Islamic republic, Iran combines elected institutions with the supreme authority of the clerics, under the rule of the religious jurist, a state-controlled economy, and strong regional projection in the Middle East.
Political axes
Leans further toward protectionism than 94% of the 185 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Trade is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, it sits close to the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 243 ideologies
Theory by Aleksandr Dugin that rejects liberalism, communism, and fascism and proposes a multipolar world founded on civilizations, tradition, and collective identity, opposing globalism and Western hegemony.
Project that seeks to organize state and society according to the strict interpretation of a religious doctrine, subordinating laws, customs, and politics to sacred precepts and rejecting modern secularism.
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.
The most distant ideology
Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian20%
A Russian philosopher, Dugin formulated the Fourth Political Theory and Eurasianism, proposing a multipolar world founded on civilizations and tradition against liberalism and globalism, influencing the nationalist right.
Closest, by dimension
Other compatible profiles
The most distant
A Southeast Asian country ruled by a military junta since the 2021 coup, Myanmar is in civil war against ethnic and pro-democracy militias, with official Buddhist nationalism and persecution of the Muslim Rohingya minority.
Also similar, by dimension
The most different
Under Salazar, the Portuguese Estado Novo was a conservative, corporatist dictatorship that united Catholic nationalism, order, and political control without mass mobilization, holding the country and its colonies for decades.
Also similar, by dimension
The most different