Isolationist feudal shogunate
Tokugawa Japan
The Tokugawa shogunate pacified Japan after the Sengoku era with a feudal system of domains (bakuhan), a rigid four-class social hierarchy, official Neo-Confucianism, a ban on Christianity and external isolation (sakoku).

Historical polity · 1603–1868
This profile represents the catalog’s interpretation of a political system, rather than the opinions of all its residents.
Wikimedia Commons · Brasão mitsuba-aoi do clã Tokugawa, símbolo do xogunato; o Japão Tokugawa não tinha bandeira nacional.
Compare your own views01 / The profile
Twelve axes, one perspective
02 / What stands out
Three distinctive positions
52.1pt
Representation
6.7% Democracy, compared with the ideology catalog’s 58.8% median.
Who should govern, and how should they be accountable?
45.8pt
Immigration
95.6% Assimilation, compared with the ideology catalog’s 49.75% median.
How should a society approach migration and cultural difference?
40.7pt
Power
95.7% Security, compared with the ideology catalog’s 55% median.
How far should the state reach into everyday life?
The profile in detail
Government and accountability. Structure: 49.7% Federal, 50.3% Unitary (Balanced); Representation: 6.7% Democracy, 93.3% Autocracy (Very strong Autocracy). 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; Tokugawa Japan sits 50.8 points below it. 100 reference profiles share this band.
Civil power and culture. Power: 95.7% Security, 4.3% Liberty (Very strong Security); Immigration: 95.6% Assimilation, 4.4% Multiculturalism (Very strong Assimilation). 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; Tokugawa Japan sits 36.9 points above it. 95 reference profiles share this band.
Force and foreign policy. Diplomacy: 61.7% Militarist, 38.3% Pacifist (Leaning Militarist); Intervention: 71.7% Non-interventionist, 28.3% 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; Tokugawa Japan sits 22.9 points above it. 203 reference profiles share this band.
Ownership, coordination and trade. Economy: 56.6% Public, 43.4% Private (Balanced); Control: 82.6% Planning, 17.4% Free market (Strong Planning); Trade: 99% Protectionism, 1% Globalism (Very strong Protectionism). These ask three different questions: who owns, how activity is coordinated and how the economy engages abroad. The economic profile of Tokugawa Japan depends on that combination, rather than a single left or right classification. On Economy, the 877-profile catalog median is 53.2% Public; Tokugawa Japan sits 3.4 points above it. 207 reference profiles share this band.
Belief and social norms. Religion: 24.8% Irreligious, 75.2% Religious (Strong Religious); Morality: 26.8% Progressive, 73.2% Traditionalist (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; Tokugawa Japan sits 12.0 points below it. 182 reference profiles share this band.
Technology and limits. Technology: 19.3% Technology, 80.7% Biology (Strong Biology). This adds a perspective on innovation and biological continuity that cannot be inferred directly from the economic coordinates. For Tokugawa Japan, the 30.7-point distance from the center indicates the intensity of this particular position. On Technology, the 877-profile catalog median is 57.5% Technology; Tokugawa Japan sits 38.2 points below it. 60 reference profiles share this band.
03 / Connections
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Which ideology is closest to Tokugawa Japan?
Eco-Fascism has 94.5% compatibility in the catalog. This score combines axis proximity, overall direction, intensity and the largest difference between the profiles.
Which axis stands out for Tokugawa Japan?
Trade is among the furthest from the center: 99% Protectionism and 1% Globalism. Read all twelve axes to understand the full combination.
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