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King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, Gustavus Adolphus reformed the army with linear infantry and light artillery, made Sweden a Baltic power and entered the Thirty Years' War as a Lutheran champion, dying at Lützen.
Political axes
Gustavus Adolphus leans further toward religious than 97% of the 444 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion is where Gustavus Adolphus stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, Gustavus Adolphus sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Current that preserves order, tradition, and hierarchy through a strong state, restricting freedoms and political participation in the name of social stability, morality, religion, and established authority.
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.
Project that seeks to organize state and society according to the strict interpretation of a religious doctrine, subordinating laws, customs, and politics to sacred precepts and rejecting modern secularism.
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GeoanarchismAnarchist24%
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A Lutheran Baltic power in the Thirty Years' War and the wars of Charles X and Charles XII, the Swedish Empire rested on a fiscal-military state, a monarchy with four estates and the Lutheran Church, until Poltava and Nystad.
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