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How it is governed

Russia on the 12 axes

COPNPublic Nation-BuilderA strong state building a fairer, modern country.

The data types Russia as COPN, the Public Nation-Builder. Authority is its strongest lean, Strong leader, and the numbers back it up: a Liberal Democracy Index of 0.06 and judicial constraints on the executive of 0.04, both on a 0-1 scale (2025). Foreign policy leans Strength, with military spending at 7.5% of GDP (2025) and universal compulsory service (2025). Ownership leans Public, because the state dominates strategic sectors and much of large enterprise (2026). Structure leans Local, as the country is a federation. Religion, Technology and Culture sit at the centre.

Pakistan is the nearest match at 75%. Pakistan leans Public and Strength like Russia, but it leans Traditional on Morality and Religious on Religion, while Russia leans slightly Progressive on Morality and sits at the centre on Religion. See how its politicians and historical figures compare on the page, or take the test to see how close you are to this profile.

Laws and institutionsData 2026-10
ECONOMYSTATESOCIETYWORLDOwnershipMarketsWelfareAuthoritySecurityStructureMoralityReligionTechnologyCultureTradeForeign
Axis by axis

Where Russia sits

  1. 01Ownership-65
    PublicPrivate
  2. 02Markets-30
    PlannedFree
  3. 03Welfare+5
    SharedSelf-reliant
  4. 04Authority+100
    DemocraticStrong leader
  5. 05Security+55
    LibertyOrder
  6. 06Structure-65
    LocalCentral
  7. 07Morality-15
    ProgressiveTraditional
  8. 08Religion+5
    SecularReligious
  9. 09Technology0
    EmbraceCaution
  10. 10Culture0
    MulticulturalNational identity
  11. 11Trade-10
    GlobalProtected
  12. 12Foreign policy+80
    CooperationStrength

Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built

People

Who is closest to how Russia is governed?

Each percentage compares a person's documented positions with the country's current profile, on the axes both have on record. A high score means their views match the status quo. A low one means they would change more.

Historical figures

  1. Catherine the GreatCatherine the Great1729-1796 · Empress of Russia (1762-1796)71%
  2. Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAleksandr Solzhenitsyn1918-2008 · Novelist and historian, author of The Gulag Archipelago69%
  3. Mikhail GorbachevMikhail Gorbachev1931-2022 · General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985-1991)67%
  4. Boris YeltsinBoris Yeltsin1931-2007 · President of Russia (1991-1999)65%
  5. Peter KropotkinPeter Kropotkin1842-1921 · Geographer56%
  6. Mikhail BakuninMikhail Bakunin1814-1876 · Revolutionary54%
  7. Alexandra KollontaiAlexandra Kollontai1872-1952 · People's Commissar for Social Welfare (1917)53%

Match-ups

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Russia: questions

What is Russia's type on the 12 axes?

Read from its laws and institutions, Russia comes out as COPN (Public Nation-Builder). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.

Which figure from Russia is closest to how it is governed today?

Of the people from Russia profiled here, Catherine the Great sits closest to its current policy profile, at 71% on the axes both have on record.

Which countries are governed most like Russia?

On the 12 axes, Pakistan is closest at 75%, followed by India at 74%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.