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Strong Federal: Structure
72.5–87.4% Federal · 12.599999999999994–27.5% Unitary
What this band means
Strong Federal covers 72.5–87.4% Federal. Your answers favor Federal, with a strong 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 92 profiles are reference models, not responses from quiz participants. The distributions describe this catalog’s composition.
Among 25 ideologies, the median Structure score is 80% Federal. The lowest value is 72.5% (Aristotelianism), while the highest is 86.2% (Deep Ecology). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 18 countries and regions, the median Structure score is 79.15% Federal. The lowest value is 72.5% (Puerto Rico (United States)), while the highest is 86.3% (Thirteen British Colonies). These values describe the reference set on this particular axis.
Among 49 figures, the median Structure score is 77.5% Federal. The lowest value is 72.5% (Ahad Ha'am), while the highest is 86.3% (Leo Tolstoy). 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 92 profiles in Strong Federal, Representation has a median of 75.6% Democracy and 24.4% Autocracy.
Among the 92 profiles in Strong Federal, Power has a median of 28.1% Security and 71.9% Liberty.
Among the 92 profiles in Strong Federal, Immigration has a median of 37.5% Assimilation and 62.5% Multiculturalism.
Among the 92 profiles in Strong Federal, Diplomacy has a median of 35.6% Militarist and 64.4% Pacifist.
Among the 92 profiles in Strong Federal, Intervention has a median of 65.6% Non-interventionist and 34.4% Nationalist.
Among the 92 profiles in Strong Federal, Economy has a median of 41.85% Public and 58.1% Private.
Among the 92 profiles in Strong Federal, Control has a median of 35.2% Planning and 64.8% Free market.
Among the 92 profiles in Strong Federal, Trade has a median of 35.6% Protectionism and 64.4% Globalism.
Among the 92 profiles in Strong Federal, Religion has a median of 57.55% Irreligious and 42.5% Religious.
Among the 92 profiles in Strong Federal, Morality has a median of 47.5% Progressive and 52.5% Traditionalist.
Among the 92 profiles in Strong Federal, Technology has a median of 59.4% Technology and 40.6% 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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