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During the Meiji Era, Japan underwent rapid modernization directed by the emperor, who abolished feudalism, industrialized the country, and created modern institutions, uniting tradition, nationalism, and military ascent.
Political axes
Leans further toward nationalist than 87% of the 185 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Intervention is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, it sits close to the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 243 ideologies
Doctrine that advocates the territorial, military, and economic expansion of a nation over other peoples and territories, subordinating colonies and spheres of influence to the interests of the metropole through force and political domination.
Regime centered on the armed forces as the core of political power, ruled by a military junta or command hierarchy, marked by centralization, discipline, a cult of order, and expansionism, subordinating civilian politics to military command.
System that unites free enterprise with strong protectionism and state direction, prioritizing industry, jobs, and national sovereignty over global free trade and unchecked foreign capital.
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GeoanarchismAnarchist23%
Leader of the Kuomintang and the Republic of China, Chiang led the fight against the communists and the Japanese occupation, and after the 1949 defeat established a nationalist one-party regime and martial law in Taiwan, combining militant anti-communism with authoritarian developmentalism.
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A presidential republic between Europe and Asia, Turkey combines electoral democracy with strong concentration of power, nationalism, religious conservatism, and an assertive foreign policy in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
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The first and longest-lasting of the European colonial empires (1415–1822), it united absolute monarchy, militant Catholicism, and global thalassocracy, carrying Christian faith, language, and Portuguese administration from the Americas to Africa, India, and Asia.
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