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Brazil's most populous and wealthiest state, São Paulo is the country's industrial and financial engine, marked by strong economic liberalism, a cosmopolitan culture, and decisive weight in national politics.
Political axes
Leans further toward progressive than 90% of the 286 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Intervention, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 263 ideologies
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
German liberal school that defends the free market within firm rules guaranteed by the state, fighting monopolies and ensuring competition and stability, serving as the basis of the social market economy.
Economic system based on private property, free markets, and the pursuit of profit, in which production and prices are regulated by competition and supply and demand, with individual initiative as its engine.
The most distant ideology
ReactionaryismFar-Right29%
Governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Leite privatised the state water and power utilities and reformed its pension system; the first Brazilian governor to come out as gay, he switched parties to run in 2026.
Closest, by dimension
Other compatible profiles
The most distant
Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul has a strong regional identity and a tradition of polarized political disputes, with an economy built on agribusiness, ranching, and industry.
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The most different
A pioneering modern merchant republic, the United Provinces were a confederation governed by a commercial oligarchy, marked by religious tolerance, free trade, and immense naval and financial power at their height.
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