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France on the 12 Axes test
This is how France 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.
Twelve-axis profile
Government
FederalUnitary
25%75%
Structure · Unitary
DemocraticAutocratic
82%18%
Representation · Strongly democratic
SecurityFreedom
50%50%
Power · Balanced
Diplomacy
InternationalistNationalist
75%25%
Intervention · Cooperative
MilitaristPacifist
60%40%
Military · Balanced
AssimilationistMulticulturalist
70%30%
Immigration · Assimilationist
Economy
CollectivizePrivatize
50%50%
Economy · Mixed economy
PlannedLaissez-faire
55%45%
Control · Balanced
ProtectionistGlobalist
35%65%
Trade · Free trader
Society
IrreligiousReligious
85%15%
Religion · Atheist
ProgressiveTraditional
78%22%
Culture · Strongly progressive
AccelerationBioconservative
65%35%
Technology · Tech optimist
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