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France's Sun King, Louis XIV personified monarchical absolutism by divine right, centralizing power, subjecting the nobility to the court of Versailles, and expanding the cultural and military prestige of the French kingdom.
Political axes
Louis XIV leans further toward autocracy than 98% of the 444 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Representation is where Louis XIV stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, Louis XIV sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Defense of monarchy with unlimited power concentrated in the sovereign, legitimized by tradition or divine right, without a constitution or parliament to restrict the king's authority over state and society.
Authoritarian nationalist movement that emerged in 1930s Brazil, with a Christian and corporatist base, the motto God, Fatherland and Family, mass aesthetics, and frontal opposition to liberalism and communism.
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.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian25%
Roman emperor from 306 to 337, Constantine reunified the Empire, granted freedom to Christians in the Edict of Milan (313), convened the Council of Nicaea (325), founded Constantinople and reorganized the state with a mobile army and fiscal reforms.
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A post-Soviet presidential republic, Belarus is ruled by an authoritarian, personalist regime, with strong state control of the economy, repression of the opposition, and a close political alliance with Russia.
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Founded by the Habsburgs in 1804, the Austrian Empire was a multinational Central European monarchy until the Compromise of 1867. Under Francis I and Metternich, it combined centralized administration, Catholic primacy, and liberal repression.
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