Sovereigntist presidential republic
Senegal
A Sufi Muslim-majority West African republic, Senegal is a stable secular democracy that since 2024, under Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko, has pursued left-wing sovereigntism: it removed French troops and criticizes the CFA franc.

Current country
This profile represents the catalog’s interpretation of a political system, rather than the opinions of all its residents.
Compare your own views01 / The profile
Twelve axes, one perspective
02 / What stands out
Three distinctive positions
38.2pt
Religion
20% Irreligious, compared with the ideology catalog’s 58.2% median.
What place should religion have in individual and public life?
31.2pt
Morality
11.3% Progressive, compared with the ideology catalog’s 42.5% median.
Should social norms emphasize change or continuity?
21.0pt
Technology
36.9% Technology, compared with the ideology catalog’s 57.9% median.
How readily should technology reshape human life?
The profile in detail
Government and accountability. Structure: 20% Federal, 80% Unitary (Strong Unitary); Representation: 76.3% Democracy, 23.7% Autocracy (Strong Democracy). This combination separates where authority is located from how leaders are selected and constrained. It preserves those two choices even when a broad political label does not distinguish them. On Representation, the 877-profile catalog median is 57.5% Democracy; Senegal sits 18.8 points above it. 274 reference profiles share this band.
Civil power and culture. Power: 72.2% Security, 27.8% Liberty (Leaning Security); Immigration: 44.4% Assimilation, 55.6% Multiculturalism (Balanced). The first contrast concerns limits on civil life; the second concerns cultural adaptation and plural identities. Reading them together avoids inferring an immigration position solely from a preference about security. On Power, the 877-profile catalog median is 58.8% Security; Senegal sits 13.4 points above it. 175 reference profiles share this band.
Force and foreign policy. Diplomacy: 36% Militarist, 64% Pacifist (Leaning Pacifist); Intervention: 58.9% Non-interventionist, 41.1% Nationalist (Leaning Non-interventionist). Military capacity and projection of national interests are distinct choices in this model. These coordinates show how the profile combines military means and external objectives, without assuming that they always move together. On Intervention, the 877-profile catalog median is 48.8% Non-interventionist; Senegal sits 10.1 points above it. 203 reference profiles share this band.
Ownership, coordination and trade. Economy: 69.7% Public, 30.3% Private (Leaning Public); Control: 77.9% Planning, 22.1% Free market (Strong Planning); Trade: 65.7% Protectionism, 34.3% Globalism (Leaning Protectionism). These ask three different questions: who owns, how activity is coordinated and how the economy engages abroad. The economic profile of Senegal depends on that combination, rather than a single left or right classification. On Economy, the 877-profile catalog median is 53.2% Public; Senegal sits 16.5 points above it. 166 reference profiles share this band.
Belief and social norms. Religion: 20% Irreligious, 80% Religious (Strong Religious); Morality: 11.3% Progressive, 88.7% Traditionalist (Very strong Traditionalist). The model keeps religious influence separate from continuity in social norms. These values describe the reference profile; they do not assign a religion to someone who receives this match in the quiz. On Morality, the 877-profile catalog median is 38.8% Progressive; Senegal sits 27.5 points below it. 116 reference profiles share this band.
Technology and limits. Technology: 36.9% Technology, 63.1% Biology (Leaning Biology). This adds a perspective on innovation and biological continuity that cannot be inferred directly from the economic coordinates. For Senegal, the 13.1-point distance from the center indicates the intensity of this particular position. On Technology, the 877-profile catalog median is 57.5% Technology; Senegal sits 20.6 points below it. 117 reference profiles share this band.
03 / Connections
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What does getting Senegal on the test mean?
Your twelve scores are relatively close to this reference profile. A match describes similarity inside the model; it does not imply agreement with every action, policy or belief associated with Senegal.
Which ideology is closest to Senegal?
Paternalistic Conservatism has 93.7% compatibility in the catalog. This score combines axis proximity, overall direction, intensity and the largest difference between the profiles.
Which axis stands out for Senegal?
Morality is among the furthest from the center: 11.3% Progressive and 88.7% Traditionalist. Read all twelve axes to understand the full combination.
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