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South Korea on the 12 Axes test
This is how South Korea 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
15%85%
Structure · Centralized
DemocraticAutocratic
85%15%
Representation · Strongly democratic
SecurityFreedom
45%55%
Power · Balanced
Diplomacy
InternationalistNationalist
60%40%
Intervention · Balanced
MilitaristPacifist
70%30%
Military · Defence-minded
AssimilationistMulticulturalist
70%30%
Immigration · Assimilationist
Economy
CollectivizePrivatize
35%65%
Economy · Market liberal
PlannedLaissez-faire
40%60%
Control · Balanced
ProtectionistGlobalist
30%70%
Trade · Free trader
Society
IrreligiousReligious
65%35%
Religion · Secular
ProgressiveTraditional
50%50%
Culture · Moderate
AccelerationBioconservative
90%10%
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