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Iran on the 12 Axes test

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

Twelve-axis profile

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Centralized

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Oligarchic

SecurityFreedom

Power · Totalitarian

Diplomacy

InternationalistNationalist

Intervention · Nationalist

MilitaristPacifist

Military · Militarist

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Assimilationist

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Economy · Mixed economy

PlannedLaissez-faire

Control · Regulated

ProtectionistGlobalist

Trade · Trade-cautious

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Religion · Theocratic

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Reactionary

AccelerationBioconservative

Technology · Balanced

Nearest countries

  1. Algeria89% close
  2. Russia86% close
  3. Egypt86% close
  4. Myanmar84% close
  5. Afghanistan84% close

Nearest historical figures

  1. Ruhollah Khomeini1902–198992% close
  2. Louis XIV of France1638–171589% close
  3. Francisco Franco1892–197589% close
  4. António de Oliveira Salazar1889–197087% close
  5. Oliver Cromwell1599–165886% 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