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.
Political axes
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
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.
Nationalist and syndicalist current that rejects liberalism and Marxism, advocating national unity, corporatist organization of labor, authoritarian social justice, and popular mobilization around the state.
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.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian24%
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 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.
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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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