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Ireland on the 12 Axes test

This is how Ireland 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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Ireland 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 · Pacifist

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Pluralist

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Economy · Market liberal

PlannedLaissez-faire

Control · Market-leaning

ProtectionistGlobalist

Trade · Globalist

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Religion · Balanced

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Strongly progressive

AccelerationBioconservative

Technology · Tech optimist

Nearest countries

  1. New Zealand94% close
  2. Luxembourg94% close
  3. Iceland91% close
  4. Portugal91% close
  5. Slovenia90% close

Nearest historical figures

  1. Václav Havel1936–201188% close
  2. John Stuart Mill1806–187387% close
  3. Mary Wollstonecraft1759–179786% close
  4. Eleanor Roosevelt1884–196286% close
  5. John Rawls1921–200285% 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