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Saudi Arabia on the 12 Axes test
This is how Saudi Arabia 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
10%90%
Structure · Centralized
DemocraticAutocratic
97%
Representation · Autocratic
SecurityFreedom
92%
Power · Totalitarian
Diplomacy
InternationalistNationalist
40%60%
Intervention · Balanced
MilitaristPacifist
75%25%
Military · Defence-minded
AssimilationistMulticulturalist
80%20%
Immigration · Monoculturalist
Economy
CollectivizePrivatize
55%45%
Economy · Mixed economy
PlannedLaissez-faire
60%40%
Control · Balanced
ProtectionistGlobalist
35%65%
Trade · Free trader
Society
IrreligiousReligious
97%
Religion · Theocratic
ProgressiveTraditional
10%90%
Culture · Traditionalist
AccelerationBioconservative
80%20%
Technology · Accelerationist
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