Understand the 12 axes
Leaning Federal: Structure
57.5–72.4% Federal · 27.599999999999994–42.5% Unitary
What this band means
Leaning Federal covers 57.5–72.4% Federal. Your answers favor Federal, with a moderate preference in this part of the questionnaire. 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 90 profiles are reference models, not responses from quiz participants. The distributions describe this catalog’s composition.
Among 23 ideologies, the median Structure score is 67.5% Federal. The lowest value is 58.1% (Neo-Thomism), while the highest is 72.4% (Council Communism). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 19 countries and regions, the median Structure score is 66.2% Federal. The lowest value is 58.8% (Spain), while the highest is 72.4% (Utah (United States)). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 48 figures, the median Structure score is 64.5% Federal. The lowest value is 57.5% (Edmund Burke), while the highest is 72% (Otto Strasser). 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 90 profiles in Leaning Federal, Representation has a median of 75.5% Democracy and 24.5% Autocracy.
Among the 90 profiles in Leaning Federal, Power has a median of 40% Security and 60% Liberty.
Among the 90 profiles in Leaning Federal, Immigration has a median of 37.5% Assimilation and 62.5% Multiculturalism.
Among the 90 profiles in Leaning Federal, Diplomacy has a median of 34.4% Militarist and 65.6% Pacifist.
Among the 90 profiles in Leaning Federal, Intervention has a median of 56.2% Non-interventionist and 43.8% Nationalist.
Among the 90 profiles in Leaning Federal, Economy has a median of 54.099999999999994% Public and 45.9% Private.
Among the 90 profiles in Leaning Federal, Control has a median of 53.8% Planning and 46.2% Free market.
Among the 90 profiles in Leaning Federal, Trade has a median of 44.05% Protectionism and 56% Globalism.
Among the 90 profiles in Leaning Federal, Religion has a median of 55.6% Irreligious and 44.4% Religious.
Among the 90 profiles in Leaning Federal, Morality has a median of 55% Progressive and 45% Traditionalist.
Among the 90 profiles in Leaning Federal, Technology has a median of 51.85% Technology and 48.1% 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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