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In October 2026 Kim Reynolds governs in a Republican trifecta. A fetal-heartbeat abortion law, universal education savings accounts, a 3.8% flat income tax, and official English are in force. The Republican Senate cannot override vetoes alone.
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Leans further toward federal than 80% 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.
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American conservative current associated with Ronald Reagan. It combines lower taxes and a smaller federal economic role with free enterprise, traditional religious values, anticommunism and military strength.
Platform of the Republican Party, combining border security and deportations, tariffs and industrial protectionism, tax cuts and deregulation, gun rights, Christian values and returning abortion to the states.
Branch that combines the defense of individual freedoms and free markets with appreciation for national sovereignty and identity, defending limited government alongside border control and the nation.
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Techno-SocialismRadical Left27%
Founder of Turning Point USA, Kirk organised conservative activism on American campuses defending free markets, Christianity and immigration control, until he was assassinated at a Utah event in 2025.
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In October 2026 Brad Little governs with a Republican supermajority. The state keeps a broad abortion ban, low taxation, and laws restricting gender-related care for minors. The Senate is 29–6 and the House is 61–9.
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The American frontier after the Civil War, with expanding railroads, mining and ranching, wars against Native peoples, local justice and sheriffs, widely carried firearms and little federal presence.
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