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Thirteen former colonies fought the Crown for independence, government by consent and natural rights, creating republics with written constitutions and elected assemblies, religious freedom in Virginia, gradual abolition in the North and the Northwest Ordinance.
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Leans further toward federal than 96% of the 309 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Immigration, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
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Most compatible among the 273 ideologies
Aristotle's political philosophy, defending a mixed constitution of monarchical, aristocratic and popular elements to avoid both tyranny and radical democracy, reserving full citizenship for those with virtue, property and the education to deliberate.
Tradition of republics made of sovereign provinces or cantons, such as the Dutch Republic and the old Swiss Confederacy, with local self-government, open trade, armed neutrality and deep-rooted Protestant faith.
Platform of the Republican Party, combining border security and deportations, tariffs and industrial protectionism, tax cuts and deregulation, gun rights, Christian values and returning abortion to the states.
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Techno-SocialismRadical Left36%
A French theologian and the main reformer of the Calvinist tradition, author of the Institutes of the Christian Religion, he organized Geneva as a theocratic republic between 1541 and 1564, disciplining public morality and creating the Puritan model.
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Germany's largest federal state, Bavaria combines strong regional identity and Catholicism, historic dominance by the CSU, cutting-edge industry (BMW, Siemens), and active defense of its fiscal and cultural autonomy from Berlin.
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British colonies on the North American Atlantic coast, with assemblies of white property owners, governors appointed by the Crown, established and dissenting churches, trade under the Navigation Acts, slavery in the South and expansion into Indigenous lands.
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