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A republic of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus, Dagestan is multiethnic and Sunni Muslim-majority, with strong Sufi religiosity, local clans, dependence on subsidies from Moscow, repression of radical Islamism, and little real autonomy.
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Leans further toward religious than 89% of the 204 countries and regimes in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, it sits close to the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most countries.
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Most compatible among the 253 ideologies
Project that seeks to organize state and society according to the strict interpretation of a religious doctrine, subordinating laws, customs, and politics to sacred precepts and rejecting modern secularism.
Current that preserves order, tradition, and hierarchy through a strong state, restricting freedoms and political participation in the name of social stability, morality, religion, and established authority.
A doctrine that hands the state to the Islamic clergy and makes sharia the supreme law, above popular sovereignty, as in Khomeini's guardianship of the jurist (velayat-e faqih) in Iran and the Taliban emirate in Afghanistan.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian19%
A Turkish statesman, Erdoğan shifted Turkey toward Islamic, nationalist conservatism, combining presidential centralization, an assertive foreign policy, and the erosion of democratic checks.
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A theocratic Islamic republic, Iran combines elected institutions with the supreme authority of the clerics, under the rule of the religious jurist, a state-controlled economy, and strong regional projection in the Middle East.
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Under Muammar Gaddafi (1969–2011), Libya nationalized oil and proclaimed the Jamahiriya's direct democracy. Power remained concentrated in Gaddafi, backed by revolutionary committees and repression of the opposition.
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