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Switzerland on the 12 Axes test

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

Twelve-axis profile

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Strongly federal

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Direct democracy

SecurityFreedom

Power · Liberal

Diplomacy

InternationalistNationalist

Intervention · Balanced

MilitaristPacifist

Military · Balanced

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Assimilationist

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Economy · Market liberal

PlannedLaissez-faire

Control · Market-leaning

ProtectionistGlobalist

Trade · Free trader

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Religion · Balanced

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Progressive

AccelerationBioconservative

Technology · Tech optimist

Nearest countries

  1. Australia89% close
  2. Germany86% close
  3. Austria85% close
  4. United Kingdom85% close
  5. Belgium84% close

Nearest historical figures

  1. Thomas Jefferson1743–182688% close
  2. Benito Juárez1806–187285% close
  3. John Locke1632–170485% close
  4. Hannah Arendt1906–197584% close
  5. Mary Wollstonecraft1759–179782% 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