A Nordic parliamentary republic, Iceland combines stable democracy, a welfare state, an open market economy, a highly secular and progressive society, strong institutional trust, and a peaceful foreign policy without permanent armed forces.
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Leans further toward progressive than 97% of the 286 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, it sits close to the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
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Most compatible among the 263 ideologies
Branch that combines individual freedoms with strong state action to guarantee welfare, education, and healthcare, defending equal opportunity and social security within the market economy.
Nationalism based on citizenship and shared values rather than ethnicity, defining the nation by adherence to common laws and institutions, open to all who accept its democratic and civic principles.
Liberal current that accepts an active role for the state in the economy and in guaranteeing rights, combining individual freedoms and markets with regulation and public policies aimed at the collective good and equality.
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FeudalismFar-Right31%
History teacher, Mujica's political heir in the MPP and president of Uruguay for the Broad Front since 2025. A moderate, consensus-seeking leftist, he pairs stronger social programs and policing with fiscal prudence and no new taxes, and signed a euthanasia law.
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A European parliamentary republic, Ireland combines liberal democracy, an open market economy attractive to multinationals, a tradition of neutrality, and rapid social transformation toward progressive policies.
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Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic united parliamentarism, proportional representation, and intense cultural life, but was undermined by economic crises and political instability that paved the way for Nazism.
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