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Leo Tolstoy on the 12 Axes test

This is where Leo Tolstoy 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.

Russian author (1828–1910)

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Leo Tolstoy on the 12 Axes testFederalDemocraticSecurityInternationalistMilitaristAssimilationistCollectivizePlannedProtectionistIrreligiousProgressiveAccelerationUnitaryAutocraticFreedomNationalistPacifistMulticulturalistPrivatizeLaissez-faireGlobalistReligiousTraditionalBioconservative

Twelve-axis profile

Government

FederalUnitary

Structure · Confederal

DemocraticAutocratic

Representation · Democratic

SecurityFreedom

Power · Anarchist

Diplomacy

InternationalistNationalist

Intervention · Cooperative

MilitaristPacifist

Military · Absolute pacifist

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Immigration · Pluralist

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize

Economy · Social democratic

PlannedLaissez-faire

Control · Free market

ProtectionistGlobalist

Trade · Balanced

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Religion · Religious

ProgressiveTraditional

Culture · Moderate

AccelerationBioconservative

Technology · Primitivist

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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