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United States on the 12 Axes test

This is how United States 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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United States on the 12 Axes testFederalDemocraticSecurityInternationalistMilitaristAssimilationistCollectivizePlannedProtectionistIrreligiousProgressiveAccelerationUnitaryAutocraticFreedomNationalistPacifistMulticulturalistPrivatizeLaissez-faireGlobalistReligiousTraditionalBioconservative

Twelve-axis profile

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Federal

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Democratic

SecurityFreedom

Power · Balanced

Diplomacy

InternationalistNationalist

Intervention · Balanced

MilitaristPacifist

Military · Defence-minded

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Balanced

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Economy · Capitalist

PlannedLaissez-faire

Control · Market-leaning

ProtectionistGlobalist

Trade · Balanced

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Religion · Balanced

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Moderate

AccelerationBioconservative

Technology · Accelerationist

Nearest countries

  1. India86% close
  2. United Kingdom83% close
  3. Argentina83% close
  4. Switzerland83% close
  5. Australia83% close

Nearest historical figures

  1. George Washington1732–179988% close
  2. Abraham Lincoln1809–186585% close
  3. Benito Juárez1806–187285% close
  4. Theodore Roosevelt1858–191985% close
  5. Ronald Reagan1911–200483% 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