Nationalism
Ideology that places the nation as the central value, defending its sovereignty, unity, and identity, and prioritizing the interests of the people and the nation-state over external influences and globalism.
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In one sentence
I want a society assimilated into national identity, with strong order and an economy protected from abroad in the name of the people's sovereignty.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Balanced
Representation
- Leaning · Security
Power
- Strong · Assimilation
Immigration
- Leaning · Militarist
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Nationalist
Intervention
- Balanced
Economy
- Leaning · Planning
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Leaning · Religious
Religion
- Leaning · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Diplomacy
Leans further toward militarist than 72% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 46This ideology 71
Of all the axes, Diplomacy is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Control
On Control, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 64This ideology 61
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Getúlio Vargas
A Brazilian statesman, Vargas shaped modern Brazil with developmentalist nationalism, state-directed industrialization, and labor legislation, founding Brazilian labourism and marking decades of national politics.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyAlexander HamiltonStatesman98%
SociallyCharles de GaulleStatesman and military leader98%
EconomicallyCharlemagneMonarch100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsHirohitoEmperor98%
PhilosophyGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelPhilosopher98%
EconomicsFriedrich ListEconomist97%
PoliticsRichard NixonPresident of the United States96%
PoliticsTheodore RooseveltStatesman96%
PoliticsOtto von BismarckStatesman95%
PoliticsCarl Gustaf Emil MannerheimMarshal and statesman94%
ActivismMarcus GarveyActivist94%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Brazil (Vargas Era)
1930–1945Under Vargas, Brazil experienced a nationalist, developmentalist regime that promoted state-directed industrialization, labor legislation, and the centralization of power, laying the foundations of Brazilian labourism.
Other close countries
Turkey
National-religious authoritarianismA presidential republic between Europe and Asia, Turkey combines electoral democracy with strong concentration of power, nationalism, religious conservatism, and an assertive foreign policy in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyHungaryNational-illiberal republic92%
SociallyIndonesiaDevelopmentalist-plural republic95%
EconomicallyNigeriaFederal presidential republic97%
The most distant
Republic of Venice
697–1797A powerful medieval merchant republic, Venice was governed by a commercial oligarchy that dominated Mediterranean trade, uniting stable institutions, a strong navy, and immense economic power for centuries.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyGran Colombia1819–183193%
SociallyGerman Empire (Second Reich)1871–191891%
EconomicallyPortuguese Empire1415–182298%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Right
- Right
Mercantilism
Doctrine combining free enterprise and competition in the domestic market with an external tariff wall, subsidies for infant industry, a national bank, public infrastructure and trade surplus as a source of national power.
- Right
National Democracy
Current that combines popular sovereignty and democratic institutions with strong cultural nationalism, prioritizing the nation's interests and identity over supranational commitments and multiculturalism.
- Right
National Conservatism
Current that unites traditional values, family, and religion with strong cultural nationalism, defending sovereignty, borders, and the people's identity within democracy, with clear distrust of globalism.
Closest in other spectrums
- Third Position
Peronist Nationalism
Justicialist doctrine of Juan and Eva Perón uniting political sovereignty, economic independence and social justice, with CGT unions, nationalizations, protected industrialization, social Catholicism and a charismatic leader above parties.
- Third Position
Corporatism
Model that organizes society into corporations of workers and employers integrated into the state, seeking harmony between classes and directed economic cooperation instead of conflict or free competition.
- Far-Right
Archeofuturism
A doctrine coined by Guillaume Faye that fuses archaic, hierarchical and traditionalist values — ethnic identity, spirituality and a warrior ethos — with an unreserved embrace of advanced technology, arguing that an approaching civilizational collapse will force humanity to combine tribal social order with hyper-modern science.
The most distant ideology
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