Conservative Centrism
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.
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In one sentence
I want a society that preserves family, religion and order, changing slowly without joining populism or authoritarianism.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Leaning · Unitary
Structure
- Leaning · Democracy
Representation
- Balanced
Power
- Leaning · Assimilation
Immigration
- Leaning · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Balanced
Intervention
- Leaning · Private
Economy
- Leaning · Free market
Control
- Balanced
Trade
- Leaning · Religious
Religion
- Leaning · Traditionalist
Morality
- Balanced
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Control
Leans further toward free market than 78% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 64This ideology 36
Of all the axes, Control is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Power
On Power, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 55This ideology 56
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Benjamin Disraeli
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
PoliticallyDwight D. EisenhowerGeneral and statesman97%
SociallySérgio MoroFormer judge and politician98%
EconomicallyFriedrich NietzschePhilosopher99%
Other compatible profiles
Intellectual lifeJordan PetersonPsychologist and essayist96%
PoliticsMichel TemerStatesman95%
PhilosophyMontesquieuPhilosopher95%
PoliticsGeorge WashingtonStatesman and military leader94%
EconomicsLudwig ErhardEconomist and statesman93%
PoliticsKonrad AdenauerStatesman93%
PoliticsCarl Gustaf Emil MannerheimMarshal and statesman92%
PoliticsLee Teng-huiStatesman92%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Austria
Social-neutralist republicA parliamentary federal republic in Central Europe, Austria combines military neutrality, a robust welfare state, a social market economy, a moderate Catholic-secular culture, and deep integration into the European Union.
Other close countries
Peru
Andean presidential republicA 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.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallySlovakiaParliamentary republic97%
SociallyBavaria (Germany)Conservative-industrial region98%
EconomicallyWashington, D.C. (United States)Federal-institutional district99%
The most distant
Empire of Brazil
1822–1889The 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.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyRepublican Rome509–27 a.C.88%
SociallyOld Swiss Confederacy1291–179889%
EconomicallyRenaissance Florence1115–153293%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Center
- Center
Liberal Developmentalism
The East Asian Tiger model (Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong): champions free markets, foreign trade and private enterprise as engines of growth, paired with an active technocratic state that plans infrastructure, education and strategic industrialization, stopping short of closed protectionism or hard authoritarian control.
- Center
Constitutional Monarchism
Defense of monarchy as a symbol of unity and continuity, with the king subject to the constitution and parliament, uniting tradition and institutional stability with representative democracy and the rule of law.
- Center
Zionism
The Jewish national movement founded by Theodor Herzl in 1897, which sought a Jewish state in the Land of Israel as a response to antisemitism and led to the creation of Israel in 1948, uniting nation, the Hebrew language, and return to the ancestral land.
Closest in other spectrums
- Right
Right-Wing Pragmatism
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.
- Right
Conservatism
Political tradition that values order, customs, family, and consolidated institutions, preferring gradual and prudent change over rupture, based on historical experience and skepticism toward utopias.
- Right
Islamic Democracy
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.
The most distant ideology
Techno-CommunismAnarchist36%