A constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia, Thailand alternates civilian governments and strong military influence, with a revered monarchy, predominant Buddhism, and a market economy geared toward tourism and exports.
Political axes
Leans further toward progressive than 74% of the 286 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, 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 values order, customs, family, and consolidated institutions, preferring gradual and prudent change over rupture, based on historical experience and skepticism toward utopias.
Nineteenth-century constitutional monarchy model in which the monarch exercises a fourth Moderating Power above the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, arbitrating conflicts and guaranteeing stability over an agrarian economy.
Synthesis of the Asian Tigers: entrusts government to a merit-recruited technical elite insulated from the vote and guided by results rather than doctrine, combining free trade, open markets and low taxation with strict public order and state planning where it proves effective.
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CommunalismAnarchist26%
A scientist and statesman known as the "Patriarch of Independence," José Bonifácio was the chief political architect of Brazil's 1822 separation from Portugal, favoring a centralized state, gradual abolition of slavery, and a unified nation under constitutional monarchy.
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Other compatible profiles
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A Muslim-majority Central Asian republic, Kyrgyzstan toppled presidents in 2005, 2010 and 2020 and now concentrates power in Japarov, with a restricted press, a remittance and gold economy and reliance on Russia and China.
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A powerful medieval merchant republic, Venice was governed by a commercial oligarchy that dominated Mediterranean trade, uniting stable institutions, a strong navy, and immense economic power for centuries.
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