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A West African presidential republic, Ivory Coast is led by Alassane Ouattara, has a cocoa and coffee economy, emerged from the civil wars of 2002 and 2011, lives with a Muslim north and Christian south divide and keeps close ties with France.
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Leans further toward pacifist than 70% of the 293 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Diplomacy is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Representation, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
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Current reconciling Islam with electoral democracy through conservative religious parties that run in elections and support a market economy and Muslim values in public life, like Turkey's early AKP and Tunisia's Ennahda.
Nineteenth-century constitutional monarchy model in which the monarch exercises a fourth Moderating Power above the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, arbitrating conflicts and guaranteeing stability over an agrarian economy.
Conservative tradition that accepts social reforms and protection for the poorest to preserve national cohesion, seeing elites as responsible for the people's welfare and for harmony between classes.
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CommunalismAnarchist33%
King of Jordan since 1999, Abdullah II concentrates power over government, army and foreign policy, keeps peace with Israel and the Western alliance and pushes liberal economic reforms, while restricting the opposition and banning the Muslim Brotherhood in 2025.
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A Muslim-majority Central Asian republic, Kyrgyzstan toppled presidents in 2005, 2010 and 2020 and now concentrates power in Japarov, with a restricted press, a remittance and gold economy and reliance on Russia and China.
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A powerful medieval merchant republic, Venice was governed by a commercial oligarchy that dominated Mediterranean trade, uniting stable institutions, a strong navy, and immense economic power for centuries.
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