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Kim Il-sung on the 12 Axes test

This is where Kim Il-sung sits on the twelve axes of the 12 Axes test, judged by what they argued for and what they did. It is an editorial estimate.

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994

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Kim Il-sung on the 12 Axes testFederalDemocraticSecurityInternationalistMilitaristAssimilationistCollectivizePlannedProtectionistIrreligiousProgressiveAccelerationUnitaryAutocraticFreedomNationalistPacifistMulticulturalistPrivatizeLaissez-faireGlobalistReligiousTraditionalBioconservative

Twelve-axis profile

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Fully centralized

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Autocratic

SecurityFreedom

Power · Totalitarian

Diplomacy

InternationalistNationalist

Intervention · Ultranationalist

MilitaristPacifist

Military · Expansionist

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Nativist

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Economy · Communist

PlannedLaissez-faire

Control · Command economy

ProtectionistGlobalist

Trade · Autarkic

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Religion · Atheist

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Traditionalist

AccelerationBioconservative

Technology · Balanced

Nearest countries

  1. North Korea97% close
  2. Cuba77% close
  3. Belarus75% close
  4. Venezuela72% close
  5. Russia71% close

Nearest historical figures

  1. Joseph Stalin1878–195387% close
  2. Pol Pot1925–199884% close
  3. Saddam Hussein1937–200681% close
  4. Adolf Hitler1889–194579% close
  5. Benito Mussolini1883–194579% 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