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A state in India's far south, Tamil Nadu is the cradle of the Dravidian movement, uniting Tamil language pride, rejection of Hindi and Brahmin hegemony, welfare populism and defense of federal autonomy, with strong industry and DMK and AIADMK in power.
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Leans further toward federal than 89% of the 283 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Structure 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.
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Combines national self-determination and popular sovereignty with social equality and left-wing economic policies. Its historical expressions range from anticolonial and socialist to developmentalist movements, without a single economic or institutional program.
Political tradition that values popular sovereignty, civic virtue, and the rule of law, defending citizens' self-government, the separation of powers, and protection against tyranny and the corruption of power.
Nationalism based on citizenship and shared values rather than ethnicity, defining the nation by adherence to common laws and institutions, open to all who accept its democratic and civic principles.
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Authoritarian NeoliberalismRight36%
An economist and former mayor of São Paulo, Haddad served as education and finance minister, passing a new fiscal framework and a landmark tax reform; he left the cabinet in 2026 to run for state governor.
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A state in eastern India, West Bengal was ruled 34 years by the left and then by Mamata Banerjee (2011-2026), until the BJP won in 2026. It has a strong Bengali identity, Kolkata as cultural capital, 27% Muslims and a border with Bangladesh.
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A socialist federation led by Tito, Yugoslavia adopted workers' self-management and an independent path from Moscow, uniting diverse peoples under a single party until fragmenting into wars in the 1990s.
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