An absolute sultanate on the Gulf, majority Ibadi, Oman concentrates power in the sultan, who also heads the government, and lives on oil and gas under diversification, with a neutral foreign policy of regional mediation.
Political axes
Leans further toward religious than 82% of the 256 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 262 ideologies
Conservative tradition that accepts social reforms and protection for the poorest to preserve national cohesion, seeing elites as responsible for the people's welfare and for harmony between classes.
Nineteenth-century constitutional monarchy model in which the monarch exercises a fourth Moderating Power above the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, arbitrating conflicts and guaranteeing stability over an agrarian economy.
Political movement advocating a state governed by sharia and Islamic identity, born with Hassan al-Banna's and Sayyid Qutb's Muslim Brotherhood, combining mass activism, religious social welfare and rejection of Western secularism.
The most distant ideology
GeoanarchismAnarchist34%
Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020, Qaboos deposed his father, modernized the country with oil income, ruled as an absolute monarch and adopted a foreign policy of neutrality and mediation, grounded in the Ibadi tradition of tolerance.
Closest, by dimension
Other compatible profiles
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A Hashemite monarchy with an elected parliament, but with the king controlling government, army and foreign policy, Jordan relies on foreign aid and remittances, hosts many Palestinian refugees and has had peace with Israel since 1994.
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The most different
A Nile Valley civilization ruled by pharaonic dynasties through periods of unity and fragmentation. Sacred kingship, temples, and agricultural administration structured society; practices and institutions varied over three millennia.
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