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A federation of Central European territories, the Holy Roman Empire gathered principalities and cities under an elected emperor and strong Church influence, marked by fragmented power and the autonomy of its members.
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Leans further toward federal than 98% of the 185 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, it sits practically at the catalog median.
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A neoreactionary current combining the thought of Thomas Aquinas with criticism of liberal democracy, egalitarianism, and progressivism. It grounds a hierarchical, traditional political order in natural law, objective morality, reason, and the common good, allowing for sovereign monarchical or centralized authority.
Aristotle's political philosophy, defending a mixed constitution of monarchical, aristocratic and popular elements to avoid both tyranny and radical democracy, reserving full citizenship for those with virtue, property and the education to deliberate.
A Spanish current of counter-revolutionary traditionalism, born in the 19th-century Carlist Wars under the motto God, Fatherland, Fueros and King, advocating a legitimist Catholic monarchy, religious unity, regional fueros and an organic society against liberalism.
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The German monk who began the Protestant Reformation by challenging indulgences, Luther defended salvation by faith and the Bible in the vernacular, yet backed the princes against the peasant revolt of 1525.
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A parliamentary Islamic republic and nuclear power, Pakistan alternates civilian governments with strong army tutelage, with sharia-inspired laws, a mixed economy dependent on foreign aid, and a permanent rivalry with India.
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A dynastic union of Aragon, Catalonia, and other Mediterranean lands whose constituent realms kept their own laws and assemblies. The Crown expanded through trade and conquest; its institutions were gradually abolished after the War of the Spanish Succession.
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