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South Africa on the 12 Axes test
This is how South Africa 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
50%50%
Structure · Balanced
DemocraticAutocratic
78%22%
Representation · Strongly democratic
SecurityFreedom
45%55%
Power · Balanced
Diplomacy
InternationalistNationalist
60%40%
Intervention · Balanced
MilitaristPacifist
35%65%
Military · Restrained
AssimilationistMulticulturalist
45%55%
Immigration · Balanced
Economy
CollectivizePrivatize
50%50%
Economy · Mixed economy
PlannedLaissez-faire
50%50%
Control · Balanced
ProtectionistGlobalist
40%60%
Trade · Balanced
Society
IrreligiousReligious
60%40%
Religion · Balanced
ProgressiveTraditional
75%25%
Culture · Progressive
AccelerationBioconservative
50%50%
Technology · Balanced
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