Understand the 12 axes
Leaning Unitary: Structure
27.6–42.5% Federal · 57.5–72.4% Unitary
What this band means
Leaning Unitary covers 27.6–42.5% Federal. Your answers favor Unitary, 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 188 profiles are reference models, not responses from quiz participants. The distributions describe this catalog’s composition.
Among 48 ideologies, the median Structure score is 35% Federal. The lowest value is 28.7% (Cultural Nationalism), while the highest is 42.5% (Neocameralism). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 37 countries and regions, the median Structure score is 32.5% Federal. The lowest value is 28% (Viceroyalty of New Spain), while the highest is 42.5% (Qing Dynasty China). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 103 figures, the median Structure score is 33.8% Federal. The lowest value is 28% (Alwaleed bin Talal), while the highest is 42.5% (Pablo Picasso). 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 188 profiles in Leaning Unitary, Representation has a median of 68.8% Democracy and 31.2% Autocracy.
Among the 188 profiles in Leaning Unitary, Power has a median of 51.2% Security and 48.8% Liberty.
Among the 188 profiles in Leaning Unitary, Immigration has a median of 45% Assimilation and 55% Multiculturalism.
Among the 188 profiles in Leaning Unitary, Diplomacy has a median of 37.5% Militarist and 62.5% Pacifist.
Among the 188 profiles in Leaning Unitary, Intervention has a median of 52.5% Non-interventionist and 47.5% Nationalist.
Among the 188 profiles in Leaning Unitary, Economy has a median of 53.8% Public and 46.2% Private.
Among the 188 profiles in Leaning Unitary, Control has a median of 55.6% Planning and 44.4% Free market.
Among the 188 profiles in Leaning Unitary, Trade has a median of 43.8% Protectionism and 56.2% Globalism.
Among the 188 profiles in Leaning Unitary, Religion has a median of 51% Irreligious and 49% Religious.
Among the 188 profiles in Leaning Unitary, Morality has a median of 46.85% Progressive and 53.1% Traditionalist.
Among the 188 profiles in Leaning Unitary, Technology has a median of 58.15% Technology and 41.9% 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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