State Developmentalism
Model in which the state directs industrialization and economic growth through planning, public investment, and industrial protection, seeking to overcome the nation's backwardness and external dependence.
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In one sentence
I want a state that drives industrialization through plans and public investment, protecting industry against external dependence.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Balanced
Immigration
- Balanced
Diplomacy
- Balanced
Intervention
- Balanced
Economy
- Very strong · Planning
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward autocracy than 72% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 58This ideology 28
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Diplomacy
On Diplomacy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 46This ideology 44
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Park Chung-hee
A South Korean dictator, Park Chung-hee led an authoritarian developmentalist regime that rapidly industrialized South Korea through state planning and discipline, turning the country into an economic power.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyAuguste ComtePhilosopher96%
SociallyHoward ScottEngineer96%
EconomicallyManuel I of PortugalKing of Portugal98%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsMustafa Kemal AtatürkStatesman94%
EconomicsOskar LangeEconomist93%
PhilosophyThomas HobbesPhilosopher93%
PoliticsHo Chi MinhRevolutionary and statesman93%
PoliticsSamora MachelGuerrilla leader and statesman92%
PoliticsJános KádárDictator92%
ActivismLuís Carlos PrestesCommunist leader91%
BusinessRong YirenIndustrialist and state executive91%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
South Korea
Technological-security republicAn Asian presidential republic, South Korea combines a vibrant democracy, an export-oriented market economy, and technological leadership, the result of rapid development under strong state impetus.
Other close countries
Cuba
One-party egalitarian socialismA single-party socialist state in the Caribbean, Cuba maintains a planned economy, strong state control, and universal public services, with power centralized since the revolution led by Fidel Castro in 1959.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyVenezuelaStatist-socialist authoritarianism88%
SociallyChinaOne-party industrial socialism88%
EconomicallyBoliviaPlurinational-popular republic96%
The most distant
Atatürk's Turkey
1923–1938A republic founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, Kemalist Turkey abolished the caliphate and imposed laicism, the Latin alphabet, women's rights, and economic statism under the single-party CHP.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyKádár's Hungary1956–198989%
SociallySocialist Yugoslavia1945–199291%
EconomicallyBrazil (Vargas Era)1930–194596%
The most distant
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