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United Kingdom on the 12 Axes test

This is how United Kingdom 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.

United Kingdom on the 12 Axes testFederalDemocraticSecurityInternationalistMilitaristAssimilationistCollectivizePlannedProtectionistIrreligiousProgressiveAccelerationUnitaryAutocraticFreedomNationalistPacifistMulticulturalistPrivatizeLaissez-faireGlobalistReligiousTraditionalBioconservative

Twelve-axis profile

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Balanced

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Strongly democratic

SecurityFreedom

Power · Balanced

Diplomacy

InternationalistNationalist

Intervention · Balanced

MilitaristPacifist

Military · Balanced

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Balanced

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

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