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The largest US state and one of the least densely populated, Alaska lives off oil, pays every resident an annual dividend from its Permanent Fund, levies no state income tax, and has a strong gun culture, Native corporations and distrust of the federal government.
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Leans further toward federal than 93% of the 325 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
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Doctrine that organizes the state through a constitutional division of power between a central government and autonomous regional units, such as cantons or states, with their own competencies, independent courts, and mutual checks against excessive concentration of power.
A system in which citizens decide laws directly through referendums, popular initiatives, assemblies and recall of officials, instead of delegating to representatives, as in the Swiss cantons and classical Athens.
A doctrine combining a minimal state in taxation, regulation and morals with strong armed forces and an armed citizenry: national defense is the one expanded state function, treated as the condition of civil liberty rather than its exception.
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Pol Pot SocialismRadical Left33%
American comedian and podcaster, host of The Joe Rogan Experience. Anti-establishment populist-libertarian style, unrestricted free speech and institutional skepticism; in 2026 he broke with Trump over the Iran war and ICE policy.
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A global power and presidential federal republic, the United States combines a strong liberal tradition, a dynamic market economy, technological innovation, and a two-party system that polarizes national political life.
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Medieval alliance of autonomous cantons formed from the 1291 Pact, the Old Swiss Confederacy operated without a strong central power, combining direct democracy in local assemblies (Landsgemeinde), independent peasant militias, and weak joint military/diplomatic coordination among the cantons.
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