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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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Leans further toward federal than 85% of the 325 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Religion, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
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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.
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.
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.
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Eco-AuthoritarianismRadical 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 Patrick Morrisey governs with a Republican supermajority. A near-total abortion ban, no death penalty since 1965, the Hope Scholarship, and a 5% income-tax cut are in force. Morrisey has a 32–2 Senate and a 91–9 House.
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British colonies on the North American Atlantic coast, with assemblies of white property owners, governors appointed by the Crown, established and dissenting churches, trade under the Navigation Acts, slavery in the South and expansion into Indigenous lands.
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