A European semi-presidential republic, France combines a strong republican and secular tradition, a robust welfare state, a mixed economy, and a prominent diplomatic, cultural, and military role in the European Union and the world.
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Leans further toward irreligious than 92% of the 325 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 263 ideologies
A current that sees the unitary, centralized state as the guarantor of individual liberty: uniform law, secularism and single citizenship dismantle the local, clerical and corporate privileges that would oppress the individual without a strong national power.
Militant democracy doctrine, authorizing a democratic state to restrict the enemies of democracy itself by banning anti-system parties, monitoring extremists and maintaining conscription and reinforced security to defend the constitutional order.
Current that unites national sovereignty, economic protection, and popular integration with progressive social reforms, seeking a state capable of defending the nation while expanding rights, equality, and inclusion.
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Anarcho-ConservatismLibertarian38%
First socialist president of the French Fifth Republic, who united the left, abolished the death penalty, implemented historic nationalizations, and advanced decentralization alongside the Maastricht Treaty.
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The largest constituent country of the United Kingdom, England is governed directly by Westminster with no parliament of its own, with an established Church of England, a public health service (NHS), a financial centre in London, a Brexit majority and a growing populist vote.
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Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic united parliamentarism, proportional representation, and intense cultural life, but was undermined by economic crises and political instability that paved the way for Nazism.
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