A unitary presidential republic governed for decades by the Colorado Party, with low taxation, a soy- and beef-exporting economy, major hydroelectric output at Itaipú, and a conservative, largely Catholic society bilingual in Guaraní.
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Leans further toward free market than 88% of the 185 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Control is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Representation, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
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Centrist branch that combines economic moderation and institutional respect with social conservatism, valuing family, religion, order, and gradual change without joining the authoritarian right or populist radicalism.
Pragmatic branch that prioritizes fiscal adjustment, economic stability, and governability through broad coalitions, accepting market reforms and political concessions in the name of short- and medium-term results.
Current reconciling Islam with electoral democracy through conservative religious parties that run in elections and support a market economy and Muslim values in public life, like Turkey's early AKP and Tunisia's Ennahda.
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CommunalismAnarchist32%
Supreme commander of Allied forces in World War II and later President of the United States (1953–1961), Eisenhower expanded the interstate highway system, pursued containment of communism through diplomatic and intelligence means, and warned in his farewell address against the power of the 'military-industrial complex.'
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A unitary presidential republic marked by severe political instability and successive presidential removals, with an open economy based on mining, widespread labor informality, and deep inequality between the coast and the Andean and Amazonian regions.
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The only long-lasting empire in the Americas, imperial Brazil was a parliamentary monarchy under Pedro I and Pedro II, marked by political stability, a slave-based agrarian economy, and strong state centralization.
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