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Costa Rica on the 12 Axes test

This is how Costa Rica is governed today, placed on the twelve axes of the 12 Axes test. It is an editorial estimate of government policy, not a survey of the people who live there.

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Costa Rica on the 12 Axes testFederalDemocraticSecurityInternationalistMilitaristAssimilationistCollectivizePlannedProtectionistIrreligiousProgressiveAccelerationUnitaryAutocraticFreedomNationalistPacifistMulticulturalistPrivatizeLaissez-faireGlobalistReligiousTraditionalBioconservative

Twelve-axis profile

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Unitary

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Strongly democratic

SecurityFreedom

Power · Liberal

Diplomacy

InternationalistNationalist

Intervention · Cooperative

MilitaristPacifist

Military · Absolute pacifist

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Balanced

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Economy · Mixed economy

PlannedLaissez-faire

Control · Balanced

ProtectionistGlobalist

Trade · Free trader

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Religion · Balanced

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Moderate

AccelerationBioconservative

Technology · Balanced

Nearest countries

  1. Mauritius93% close
  2. Botswana90% close
  3. Slovenia90% close
  4. Panama89% close
  5. Croatia89% close

Nearest historical figures

  1. Eleanor Roosevelt1884–196286% close
  2. Immanuel Kant1724–180486% close
  3. John Rawls1921–200286% close
  4. Martin Luther King Jr.1929–196885% close
  5. Mary Wollstonecraft1759–179785% close

Countries are placed by how they are governed today, and figures by what they argued for and did. The placements are editorial estimates, and the three matches are separate comparisons. Methodology