A Sufi Muslim-majority West African republic, Senegal is a stable secular democracy that since 2024, under Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko, has pursued left-wing sovereigntism: it removed French troops and criticizes the CFA franc.
Political axes
Leans further toward democracy than 76% of the 185 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 243 ideologies
Conservative tradition that accepts social reforms and protection for the poorest to preserve national cohesion, seeing elites as responsible for the people's welfare and for harmony between classes.
Branch that combines the defense of workers and social justice with Christian values, promoting labor rights, solidarity, and social protection within democracy, inspired by the social doctrine of the Church.
Current grounding socialism in Islamic principles such as zakat, the ban on usury and Quranic social justice, combining anti-imperialism with a state-run economy, from Gaddafi's Third Universal Theory to Ali Shariati's thought.
The most distant ideology
Right-Wing AccelerationismFar-Right31%
A British statesman, Disraeli formulated one-nation paternalistic conservatism, reconciling tradition, monarchy, and social reforms to integrate the working classes and strengthen the country's cohesion.
Closest, by dimension
Other compatible profiles
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An island presidential republic in South Asia, Sri Lanka gives constitutional primacy to Buddhism, won the war against Tamil separatists in 2009, faced the 2022 debt crisis, and elected a left-wing coalition in 2024.
Also similar, by dimension
The most different
Under Perón, Argentina experienced a populist, nationalist regime that united strong working-class support, corporatism, industrialization, and the expansion of social rights, leaving a lasting mark on the country's politics.
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