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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.

Saudi Arabia on the 12 Axes testFederalDemocraticSecurityInternationalistMilitaristAssimilationistCollectivizePlannedProtectionistIrreligiousProgressiveAccelerationUnitaryAutocraticFreedomNationalistPacifistMulticulturalistPrivatizeLaissez-faireGlobalistReligiousTraditionalBioconservative

Twelve-axis profile

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Centralized

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Autocratic

SecurityFreedom

Power · Totalitarian

Diplomacy

InternationalistNationalist

Intervention · Balanced

MilitaristPacifist

Military · Defence-minded

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Monoculturalist

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Economy · Mixed economy

PlannedLaissez-faire

Control · Balanced

ProtectionistGlobalist

Trade · Free trader

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Religion · Theocratic

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Traditionalist

AccelerationBioconservative

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