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Netherlands on the 12 Axes test

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

Twelve-axis profile

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Unitary

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Direct democracy

SecurityFreedom

Power · Liberal

Diplomacy

InternationalistNationalist

Intervention · Internationalist

MilitaristPacifist

Military · Balanced

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Balanced

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Economy · Mixed economy

PlannedLaissez-faire

Control · Balanced

ProtectionistGlobalist

Trade · Globalist

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Religion · Secular

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Strongly progressive

AccelerationBioconservative

Technology · Tech optimist

Nearest countries

  1. Sweden94% close
  2. Denmark94% close
  3. Finland93% close
  4. Norway93% close
  5. Czechia91% close

Nearest historical figures

  1. John Stuart Mill1806–187389% close
  2. Václav Havel1936–201188% close
  3. John Maynard Keynes1883–194687% close
  4. Mary Wollstonecraft1759–179786% close
  5. Willy Brandt1913–199285% 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