Athenian Democracy
Ideology of the classical polis, advocating direct popular sovereignty through assembly and sortition among equal citizens, while reserving citizenship to a hereditary minority, excluding women, foreigners and slaves.
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In one sentence
I want a polis of sovereign assembly and offices by lottery among free citizens, reserving citizenship by blood to the city's men.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Leaning · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Strong · Assimilation
Immigration
- Strong · Militarist
Diplomacy
- Very strong · Nationalist
Intervention
- Leaning · Public
Economy
- Leaning · Planning
Control
- Strong · Globalism
Trade
- Strong · Religious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Balanced
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Trade
Leans further toward globalism than 93% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 63This ideology 14
Of all the axes, Trade is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Economy
On Economy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 58This ideology 58
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Socrates
Athenian philosopher, Socrates created the dialectical method of questioning to examine beliefs and pursue virtue, distrusted mass politics and the rhetoric of demagogues, and was executed for corrupting the youth.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyPericlesAthenian statesman90%
SociallyHelmut KohlFormer Chancellor of Germany91%
EconomicallySaint Paul (Paul of Tarsus)Apostle and theologian98%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsDominik TarczyńskiPolitician89%
PoliticsKonrad AdenauerStatesman87%
Intellectual lifeIrving KristolIntellectual87%
PoliticsFriedrich MerzChancellor of Germany87%
PoliticsWoodrow WilsonStatesman86%
PoliticsTheodore RooseveltStatesman86%
PoliticsSergei MelikovSenator and former Head of Dagestan85%
PoliticsWinston ChurchillStatesman85%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Democratic Athens
c. 508–322 a.C.A city-state of Ancient Greece, Athens was the cradle of direct democracy, with citizens deciding the polis's course in assembly, although participation excluded women, foreigners, and slaves from political life.
Other close countries
Poland
National-Catholic republicA parliamentary republic in Eastern Europe, Poland combines democracy, a strong Catholic and nationalist identity, and a growing market economy, with politics marked by tensions between conservatism and liberalism.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyPakistanIslamic republic under military tutelage88%
SociallySerbiaNational-conservative parliamentary republic94%
EconomicallyCalifornia (United States)Techno-progressive region96%
The most distant
Democratic Athens
c. 508–322 a.C.A city-state of Ancient Greece, Athens was the cradle of direct democracy, with citizens deciding the polis's course in assembly, although participation excluded women, foreigners, and slaves from political life.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyRepublican Rome509–27 a.C.85%
SociallyCalvinist Geneva1541–156484%
EconomicallyAbbasid Caliphate750–125892%
The most distant
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