The world's largest democracy, India is a federal parliamentary republic of 1.4 billion people, governed since 2014 by Narendra Modi and the BJP, with rising Hindu nationalism, a fast-growing economy and a foreign policy of strategic autonomy.
Political axes
Leans further toward democracy than 67% of the 283 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 262 ideologies
Current that combines popular sovereignty and democratic institutions with strong cultural nationalism, prioritizing the nation's interests and identity over supranational commitments and multiculturalism.
Nationalism based on shared language, traditions, and heritage rather than race, which values the people's cultural identity and the integration of those who adopt these values, defending the nation's cohesion.
Current that unites traditional values, family, and religion with strong cultural nationalism, defending sovereignty, borders, and the people's identity within democracy, with clear distrust of globalism.
The most distant ideology
GeoanarchismAnarchist30%
Prime Minister of India since 2014 and BJP leader, Modi joins Hindu nationalism, market reforms and digital infrastructure with protectionism and welfare, centralizes power, revoked Kashmir's autonomy and defends India's strategic autonomy.
Closest, by dimension
Other compatible profiles
The most distant
A parliamentary Islamic republic and nuclear power, Pakistan alternates civilian governments with strong army tutelage, with sharia-inspired laws, a mixed economy dependent on foreign aid, and a permanent rivalry with India.
Also similar, by dimension
The most different
An aristocratic republic of antiquity, Rome balanced consuls, Senate, and tribunes of the plebs in a mixed system of elective magistracies, expanding across the Mediterranean through citizen legions and a strong cult of civic virtue.
Also similar, by dimension
The most different