A Hashemite monarchy with an elected parliament, but with the king controlling government, army and foreign policy, Jordan relies on foreign aid and remittances, hosts many Palestinian refugees and has had peace with Israel since 1994.
Political axes
Leans further toward religious than 83% of the 293 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion 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
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.
Political movement advocating a state governed by sharia and Islamic identity, born with Hassan al-Banna's and Sayyid Qutb's Muslim Brotherhood, combining mass activism, religious social welfare and rejection of Western secularism.
Current advocating a monarch who actually governs, as constitutional head of the executive or absolute sovereign, over a federation of states or regions with broad self-government, as in the German Empire of 1871, the United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia.
The most distant ideology
Anarcho-NaturismAnarchist28%
Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020, Qaboos deposed his father, modernized the country with oil income, ruled as an absolute monarch and adopted a foreign policy of neutrality and mediation, grounded in the Ibadi tradition of tolerance.
Closest, by dimension
Other compatible profiles
The most distant
A Muslim-majority parliamentary republic with a secular constitution, Bangladesh is marked by rivalry between parties and the army, ousted Prime Minister Hasina in 2024 and exports mainly textiles, with large remittances.
Also similar, by dimension
The most different
A Sunni caliphate with its capital in Baghdad, the Abbasids ruled from the Maghreb to Central Asia under a caliph with religious and political authority, with a Persian-style bureaucracy, long-distance trade, and the House of Wisdom in the Islamic Golden Age.
Also similar, by dimension
The most different