The world's largest democracy, India is a federal parliamentary republic of 1.4 billion people, governed since 2014 by Narendra Modi and the BJP, with rising Hindu nationalism, a fast-growing economy and a foreign policy of strategic autonomy.
Political topics
Leans further toward planning than 76% of the 325 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Free market is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 263 ideologies
Current that combines popular sovereignty and democratic institutions with strong cultural nationalism, prioritizing the nation's interests and identity over supranational commitments and multiculturalism.
Nationalism based on shared language, traditions, and heritage rather than race, which values the people's cultural identity and the integration of those who adopt these values, defending the nation's cohesion.
Democratic Party current born with Franklin Roosevelt that joins financial regulation, social security, public works and strong unions with civic patriotism, preserved capitalism and international leadership.
The most distant ideology
Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian35%
A poet and three-time prime minister, Vajpayee headed the BJP's first stable coalition, opened the economy with privatizations and infrastructure, tested nuclear weapons in 1998 and sought peace with Pakistan, balancing Hindu nationalism and moderation.
Closest, by dimension
Other compatible profiles
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The world's largest Muslim country, Indonesia is a democratic presidential archipelagic republic, with an expanding market economy, great ethnic and religious diversity, and growing regional weight in Southeast Asia.
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The most different
An aristocratic republic of antiquity, Rome balanced consuls, Senate, and tribunes of the plebs in a mixed system of elective magistracies, expanding across the Mediterranean through citizen legions and a strong cult of civic virtue.
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The most different