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Iceland on the 12 Axes test

This is how Iceland 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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Iceland on the 12 Axes testFederalDemocraticSecurityInternationalistMilitaristAssimilationistCollectivizePlannedProtectionistIrreligiousProgressiveAccelerationUnitaryAutocraticFreedomNationalistPacifistMulticulturalistPrivatizeLaissez-faireGlobalistReligiousTraditionalBioconservative

Twelve-axis profile

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Centralized

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Direct democracy

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 · Secular

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Revolutionary

AccelerationBioconservative

Technology · Tech optimist

Nearest countries

  1. Uruguay93% close
  2. Ireland91% close
  3. New Zealand90% close
  4. Portugal90% close
  5. Luxembourg90% close

Nearest historical figures

  1. Mary Wollstonecraft1759–179787% close
  2. John Stuart Mill1806–187387% close
  3. John Rawls1921–200287% close
  4. Eleanor Roosevelt1884–196286% close
  5. John Maynard Keynes1883–194686% 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