Theocracy on the 12 Axes

In a theocracy, legitimacy comes from divine authority, and law follows sacred texts as interpreted by religious leaders. Historical and current examples include the Papal States, Calvin's Geneva, Tibet under the Dalai Lamas, the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979, with its Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist, and the Taliban's Afghanistan. Theocracies differ in how much they allow elections or markets, but they share the subordination of public life to religion. Human rights groups have documented restrictions on religious minorities, women's rights, free speech and dissent in modern theocracies. Compared with Monarchism, power rests with religious authority rather than a dynasty. Compared with Reactionarism, its aim is not restoring a past order in general but applying a specific religious law.

• Reactionarism 80%Reactionarism seeks to reverse modern political and social changes and restore an earlier order, often with hierarchy, religion and inherited authority in place of democracy.
• Monarchism 71%Monarchism supports a hereditary monarch as head of state, seeing the crown as a source of continuity, national unity and legitimacy that stands above party politics.
• Conservatism 65%Conservatism seeks to preserve traditional institutions, religion, family and national identity, supporting markets, strong defense and public order while resisting rapid social change.
• Distributism 60%Distributism is an economic philosophy rooted in Catholic social teaching that wants property spread widely among families, small farms, artisans and cooperatives, rejecting both big capitalism and state socialism.