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Very strong Autocracy: Representation
0–12.5% Democracy · 87.5–100% Autocracy
What this band means
Very strong Autocracy covers 0–12.5% Democracy. Your answers favor Autocracy, with a very pronounced preference in this part of the questionnaire. Democracy emphasizes participation, competitive elections, opposition, deliberation and institutional restraints. Autocracy emphasizes concentrated leadership, inherited authority, rule by experts or continued government without competitive popular authorization. A preference for effective administration is not automatically a preference for autocracy. The questionnaire asks which safeguards and forms of participation should survive disagreements or difficult circumstances. 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 100 profiles are reference models, not responses from quiz participants. The distributions describe this catalog’s composition.
Among 20 ideologies, the median Representation score is 8.9% Democracy. The lowest value is 5% (Cameralism), while the highest is 12.5% (Caesarism). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 35 countries and regions, the median Representation score is 8.8% Democracy. The lowest value is 3.1% (Qing Dynasty China), while the highest is 12.5% (United Arab Emirates). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 45 figures, the median Representation score is 8% Democracy. The lowest value is 3.1% (Qin Shi Huang), while the highest is 12.5% (Jiang Zemin). 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 100 profiles in Very strong Autocracy, Structure has a median of 10.2% Federal and 89.8% Unitary.
Among the 100 profiles in Very strong Autocracy, Power has a median of 88.69999999999999% Security and 11.3% Liberty.
Among the 100 profiles in Very strong Autocracy, Immigration has a median of 77.5% Assimilation and 22.5% Multiculturalism.
Among the 100 profiles in Very strong Autocracy, Diplomacy has a median of 81.2% Militarist and 18.8% Pacifist.
Among the 100 profiles in Very strong Autocracy, Intervention has a median of 21.2% Non-interventionist and 78.8% Nationalist.
Among the 100 profiles in Very strong Autocracy, Economy has a median of 52.5% Public and 47.5% Private.
Among the 100 profiles in Very strong Autocracy, Control has a median of 75% Planning and 25% Free market.
Among the 100 profiles in Very strong Autocracy, Trade has a median of 75.1% Protectionism and 24.9% Globalism.
Among the 100 profiles in Very strong Autocracy, Religion has a median of 30% Irreligious and 70% Religious.
Among the 100 profiles in Very strong Autocracy, Morality has a median of 19.4% Progressive and 80.6% Traditionalist.
Among the 100 profiles in Very strong Autocracy, Technology has a median of 61.55% Technology and 38.5% Biology.
Consider the questions
01Free elections must be kept even when they elect bad governments.
02The political opposition should have the right to criticize any government in public.
03In serious crises, a strong leader should be able to govern without depending on the legislature.
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