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Balanced: Structure
42.6–57.4% Federal · 42.6–57.4% Unitary
What this band means
Balanced covers 42.6–57.4% Federal. A score near the center may combine different priorities, conditional positions or relatively neutral answers. Federal arrangements distribute authority between national, regional and local institutions. Unitary arrangements place greater responsibility in a common national framework. The distinction concerns territory and jurisdiction: two governments can both hold elections while allocating their powers very differently. Decentralization does not by itself establish democracy. Read this axis alongside Representation to separate the location of power from who controls it. 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 82 profiles are reference models, not responses from quiz participants. The distributions describe this catalog’s composition.
Among 21 ideologies, the median Structure score is 47.5% Federal. The lowest value is 43.8% (Meritocracy), while the highest is 55.6% (Strasserist Socialism). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 20 countries and regions, the median Structure score is 49.25% Federal. The lowest value is 43.8% (Czechia), while the highest is 53.8% (United Arab Emirates). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 41 figures, the median Structure score is 51.2% Federal. The lowest value is 43.8% (Matteo Salvini), while the highest is 56.9% (Andy Burnham). 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 82 profiles in Balanced, Representation has a median of 71.2% Democracy and 28.8% Autocracy.
Among the 82 profiles in Balanced, Power has a median of 54.099999999999994% Security and 45.9% Liberty.
Among the 82 profiles in Balanced, Immigration has a median of 46.85% Assimilation and 53.1% Multiculturalism.
Among the 82 profiles in Balanced, Diplomacy has a median of 45% Militarist and 55% Pacifist.
Among the 82 profiles in Balanced, Intervention has a median of 50% Non-interventionist and 50% Nationalist.
Among the 82 profiles in Balanced, Economy has a median of 48.15% Public and 51.9% Private.
Among the 82 profiles in Balanced, Control has a median of 47.4% Planning and 52.6% Free market.
Among the 82 profiles in Balanced, Trade has a median of 42.8% Protectionism and 57.2% Globalism.
Among the 82 profiles in Balanced, Religion has a median of 44.4% Irreligious and 55.6% Religious.
Among the 82 profiles in Balanced, Morality has a median of 42.5% Progressive and 57.5% Traditionalist.
Among the 82 profiles in Balanced, Technology has a median of 53.15% Technology and 46.9% Biology.
Consider the questions
01Regional and local governments should decide their own affairs without national interference.
02Laws on local matters should be made by local governments.
03The whole country should follow the same laws, even when its regions prefer otherwise.
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