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A southern state settled by Azorean and other European immigrants, Santa Catarina has a high human development index, a diversified small- and medium-business economy, and a predominantly conservative electorate.
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Leans further toward federal than 77% 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.
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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.
Doctrine inspired by Malthus that proposes curbing population growth through late marriage, education and family responsibility, replacing poor relief with work incentives and protecting property and national agriculture.
Capitalism of the great industrialists such as Henry Ford, Rockefeller and Thomas Edison, exalting the factory, mass production, invention and the entrepreneur, with a work ethic, traditional family and minimal state interference.
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Techno-SocialismRadical Left34%
Orthopedic surgeon, founder of the agribusiness UDR and governor of Goiás (2019–2026), he is the PSD's 2026 presidential candidate. He pledges a hard line on criminal gangs, a broad amnesty for January 8 defendants, spending control and protection of rural property.
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A southern state with strong agribusiness and European immigrant settlement, Paraná combines a thriving agricultural and industrial economy with a mostly conservative, economically liberal electorate.
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Lutheran German state with pioneering manufacturing and mining, a Catholic dynasty, and parliamentary traditions inside the German Confederation and Empire.
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