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A Sikh-majority state in India's northwest, Punjab is the country's breadbasket and a Green Revolution symbol, with a tradition of community and military service, the memory of the Khalistan movement and the Golden Temple massacre, and an AAP government.
Political topics
Leans further toward federal than 83% of the 325 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, 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 rejects the parliamentary and reformist path, betting on the general strike and the mobilising myth: direct union action and proletarian violence should destroy the state and the decadent bourgeoisie.
Current that values community bonds, traditions, and the common good above individualism, holding that justice and identity arise from life in community and the responsibilities people share.
Current that defends workers' interests within democracy, promoting labor rights, social security, strong unions, and income distribution through reforms and the welfare state.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian41%
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.
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An island province of Indonesia, Bali is the only Hindu-majority one in a Muslim-majority country, with a religious culture that organizes life, temples and the calendar, a tourism economy and tension between tradition, migration and overdevelopment.
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A city-state of Ancient Greece, Athens was the cradle of direct democracy, with citizens deciding the polis's course in assembly, although participation excluded women, foreigners, and slaves from political life.
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