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Ruled by the Ba'ath Party from 1968 to 2003, Iraq combined Arab nationalism, state oil and one-party rule. Under Saddam Hussein, the regime intensified repression, fought wars against Iran and Kuwait, and faced international sanctions.
Political topics
Leans further toward autocracy than 90% of the 325 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Representation 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.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 263 ideologies
Ultranationalist doctrine of national rebirth that rejects liberalism and Marxism, exalts the totalitarian state and the leadership of a single chief, sees action and violence as a means of regeneration, and treats the nation as a secular religion, with variants beyond the Italian regime that gave it its name.
Getúlio Vargas's Estado Novo doctrine joining economic nationalism, a centralized state, state-tied unions, labor law and state firms such as Petrobras, against the regional oligarchies and liberalism.
Nationalist and syndicalist current that rejects liberalism and Marxism, advocating national unity, corporatist organization of labor, authoritarian social justice, and popular mobilization around the state.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian24%
Dictator of Iraq for over two decades, Saddam Hussein led the Baath Party, fought the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War after invading Kuwait, violently repressed Kurds and Shiites, and was overthrown by the US-led invasion in 2003 and executed in 2006.
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An Arab presidential republic, Egypt is governed by an authoritarian regime with heavy military weight, which prioritizes security and stability, controls the opposition, and directs much of the economy through the state.
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Under Nasser, Egypt was a nationalist, developmentalist republic that nationalized strategic sectors, led pan-Arabism, and united Arab socialism, agrarian reform, and strong leadership in the Middle East.
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