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Under Suharto, Indonesia combined authoritarian military rule, anticommunism, an official party (Golkar) and liberal technocrats, attracting foreign capital and growing fast, with corruption and repression at home and in East Timor.
Political axes
Leans further toward autocracy than 88% of the 308 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Intervention, it sits close to the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 273 ideologies
Conception that defines the nation by shared origin, language and descent, defending a state for the majority ethnic group and the preservation of its identity, which usually implies membership criteria tied to ancestry.
Regime centered on the armed forces as the core of political power, governing by junta or military hierarchy, with centralization, discipline, a high value on order and expansionism, and civilian politics subordinate to military command.
System that unites free enterprise with strong protectionism and state direction, prioritizing industry, jobs, and national sovereignty over global free trade and unchecked foreign capital.
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Anarcho-PacifismAnarchist25%
Indonesian general who ruled the so-called New Order from 1967 to 1998, with the army at the center of the state, an official party (Golkar), anticommunism (the 1965–66 massacres), liberal technocrats and rapid growth, but also corruption and repression.
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An Arab presidential republic, Egypt is governed by an authoritarian regime with heavy military weight, which prioritizes security and stability, controls the opposition, and directs much of the economy through the state.
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Under Park Chung Hee, South Korea combined military-authoritarian rule, rigid anti-communism, social discipline, and state planning aimed at export-led industrialization, building the major chaebols and preparing the country's technological rise.
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