12 Axes Results Explained

Your result is 12 percentages, a label on each axis and a closest match. This guide shows how each number is worked out and what every label on every axis means.

36questionsQuick · 5 min 60questionsStandard · 8 min 240questionsFull · 30 min

From Answers to Percentages

1
Each statement leans one way
Every statement in the bank sits on one axis and leans to one of its two poles. Agreeing with a statement that leans to Federal moves you toward Federal; agreeing with one that leans to Unitary moves you toward Unitary.
2
Answers carry weight
Strongly agree counts 2, Agree 1, Partially agree 0.5, Neutral 0, and the disagree answers count the same amounts the other way.
3
The axis total becomes a percent
The total on each axis is divided by the most it could reach with the statements you got, then placed on a 0 to 100 scale. 50 is the exact middle; the two poles always add up to 100.

Every Label on the 12 Axes

Each axis has seven labels. The label depends on your percent toward the first pole: above 90, above 75, above 60, 40 to 60, 25 to 40, 10 to 25 and below 10.

Axis	Labels from one pole to the other
StructureFederal / Unitary	Confederal Federalist Federal Centrist Unitary Centralized Extremely Centralized
RepresentationDemocratic / Autocratic	Liquid Democracy Direct Democracy Representative Democracy Centrist Limited Democracy Oligarchy Autocracy
PowerSecurity / Freedom	Totalitarian Authoritarian Statist Centrist Liberal Libertarian Anarchist
InterventionInternationalist / Nationalist	World Government Internationalist Cooperative Non-Interventionist Anti-Interventionist Nationalist Ultranationalist
DiplomacyMilitarist / Pacifist	Expansionist Militarist Military-Focused Neutral Non-Aggressive Pacifist Anti-War
ImmigrationAssimilationist / Multiculturalist	Ethnonationalist Monoculturalist Assimilationist Centrist Polyculturalist Multiculturalist Cosmopolitan
EconomyEquality / Markets	Communist Socialist Social Democratic Mixed Economy Economic Liberal Capitalist Extreme Capitalist
ControlPlanned / Laissez-Faire	Planned Economy Interventionist Regulationist Balanced Market-Oriented Free Market Laissez-Faire
TradeProtectionist / Globalist	Isolationist Protectionist Limited Trade Moderate Free Trade Globalist Hyper-Globalist
ReligionSecular / Religious	Antitheist Atheist Agnostic Moderate Spiritual Religious Ultra-Religious
CultureProgressive / Traditional	Revolutionary Very Progressive Progressive Moderate Conservative Traditionalist Reactionary
TechnologyAcceleration / Bioconservative	Transhumanist Accelerationist Pro-Technology Neutral Tech-Cautious Decelerationist Primitivist

How the Closest Match Is Picked

Your 12 percentages are compared with each ideology, country and figure profile. The gap on each axis is averaged over all 12, and the smallest average gap is your closest match. A match of 90% means your scores sit 5 points from that profile on average, and 0% means 50 points or more.

36, 60 or 240 Questions

Length	Statements per axis	Best for
36 questions	3	A first look in 5 minutes
60 questions	5	The original short quiz, 8 minutes
240 questions	20	The steadiest result, 30 minutes