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Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein since 1989 and author of The State in the Third Millennium, advocating local self-determination down to the municipal level, constitutional monarchy, and free markets.
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Hans-Adam II leans further toward federal than 89% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
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On Morality, Hans-Adam II sits practically at the catalog median.
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Synthesis that unites free markets and a minimal state with the defense of tradition, family, and order, valuing individual freedom and personal responsibility alongside the preservation of customs and institutions.
Branch that combines the defense of individual freedoms and free markets with appreciation for national sovereignty and identity, defending limited government alongside border control and the nation.
Tradition of republics made of sovereign provinces or cantons, such as the Dutch Republic and the old Swiss Confederacy, with local self-government, open trade, armed neutrality and deep-rooted Protestant faith.
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A union of Poland and Lithuania from 1569 to 1795, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a noble republic with an elected king, a Sejm and the liberum veto, unusual religious tolerance and a vast multiethnic territory, until partitioned by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
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