Understand the 12 axes
Balanced: Control
42.6–57.4% Planning · 42.6–57.4% Free market
What this band means
Balanced covers 42.6–57.4% Planning. A score near the center may combine different priorities, conditional positions or relatively neutral answers. Planning emphasizes regulation, public coordination and active economic policy. Free market emphasizes decentralized competition, voluntary exchange and limited intervention. This axis asks how economic decisions are organized, rather than simply who owns a business. An answer about market rules should not be read as a complete view of welfare or property. The three economic axes are reported separately so that such combinations remain visible. This band describes the direction and distance of your score from the center, rather than the percentage of people who agree with you. Two people in the same band can still disagree on particular policies. Their remaining eleven axes may also differ substantially. Use the sample statements to identify the trade-offs that produced this part of your result. The catalog examples below offer points of comparison within the model; they are not a survey of quiz participants.
Across the reference catalog
These 134 profiles are reference models, not responses from quiz participants. The distributions describe this catalog’s composition.
Among 31 ideologies, the median Control score is 50% Planning. The lowest value is 43.8% (Traditionalist Atheism), while the highest is 56.2% (Social Liberalism). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 50 countries and regions, the median Control score is 51.2% Planning. The lowest value is 42.6% (Syria), while the highest is 56.9% (Kingdom of Hungary). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 53 figures, the median Control score is 51.2% Planning. The lowest value is 43.8% (George Washington), while the highest is 56.4% (King David). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Examples in this band
How the other axes combine
These are medians for reference profiles in this band. They do not predict the other views of a person with this result.
Among the 134 profiles in Balanced, Structure has a median of 39.4% Federal and 60.6% Unitary.
Among the 134 profiles in Balanced, Representation has a median of 73.8% Democracy and 26.2% Autocracy.
Among the 134 profiles in Balanced, Power has a median of 48.4% Security and 51.6% Liberty.
Among the 134 profiles in Balanced, Immigration has a median of 46.55% Assimilation and 53.5% Multiculturalism.
Among the 134 profiles in Balanced, Diplomacy has a median of 35% Militarist and 65% Pacifist.
Among the 134 profiles in Balanced, Intervention has a median of 55.6% Non-interventionist and 44.4% Nationalist.
Among the 134 profiles in Balanced, Economy has a median of 52% Public and 48% Private.
Among the 134 profiles in Balanced, Trade has a median of 41.2% Protectionism and 58.8% Globalism.
Among the 134 profiles in Balanced, Religion has a median of 49.8% Irreligious and 50.2% Religious.
Among the 134 profiles in Balanced, Morality has a median of 46.85% Progressive and 53.1% Traditionalist.
Among the 134 profiles in Balanced, Technology has a median of 51.2% Technology and 48.8% Biology.
Consider the questions
01The government should plan strategic sectors such as energy, housing, and industry.
02The central bank should obey the elected government, not act with total independence.
03Prices and wages should be set by the market without government intervention.
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