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Between 1955 and 1973, Japan grew far above the world average with a coordinating state (MITI and banks), large conglomerates, industrial protection and strong exports, under a democracy dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party.
Political axes
Leans further toward protectionism than 89% of the 308 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Trade 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 273 ideologies
Doctrine of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk that founded modern Turkey on six arrows: republicanism, nationalism, populism, statism, laicism and reformism, imposing Westernization and state control of religion from above.
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 combines popular sovereignty and democratic institutions with strong cultural nationalism, prioritizing the nation's interests and identity over supranational commitments and multiculturalism.
The most distant ideology
Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian41%
Japanese prime minister from 1960 to 1964, a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat who replaced the debate over the US treaty with the Income Doubling Plan and led Japan to the peak of its economic miracle and the Tokyo Olympics.
Closest, by dimension
Other compatible profiles
The most distant
The largest country in Central Asia, Kazakhstan is a presidential republic with concentrated power, heir to the Nazarbayev regime, with a secular state, an oil and minerals economy and a balance between Russia, China and the West.
Also similar, by dimension
The most different
Under Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazil was a developmentalist democracy that, through its Targets Plan, industrialized the country with state planning, infrastructure and foreign capital, built Brasília and accepted inflation and debt in the name of growth.
Also similar, by dimension
The most different