A former Dutch colony in South America, Suriname is a multiethnic parliamentary republic of Hindustanis, Creoles, Javanese and Maroons, with ethnically based parties, a legacy of the dictator Bouterse and an economy of gold, offshore oil and high debt.
Political axes
Leans further toward democracy than 71% of the 293 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 263 ideologies
Centrist current that applies Christian values to democratic politics, defending the social market economy, family, solidarity, and the common good as the foundation of free and pluralist institutions.
Defense of monarchy as a symbol of unity and continuity, with the king subject to the constitution and parliament, uniting tradition and institutional stability with representative democracy and the rule of law.
Model associated with Brazil's Workers' Party governments that seeks growth with social inclusion, combining rising minimum wages, popular credit, cash transfers and public banks without breaking with the market.
The most distant ideology
Stalinist SocialismRadical Left39%
A Czech statesman and philosopher, Masaryk was the founder and first president of Czechoslovakia, defending humanist democracy, minority rights, and ethical values as the basis of national political life.
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Other compatible profiles
The most distant
An English-speaking South American presidential republic, Guyana has enjoyed an offshore oil boom since 2019, with among the world's highest growth, politics split between Indo-Guyanese and Afro-Guyanese and a dispute over Essequibo with Venezuela.
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Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic united parliamentarism, proportional representation, and intense cultural life, but was undermined by economic crises and political instability that paved the way for Nazism.
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