Lends a hand, but stays out of your private life
Each letter of the type code stands for the pole this type leans toward · neither pole is better than the other
Type distribution
2.58%As of August 5, 2026
These four axes build on well-established frameworks in political scienceHow we measure
The descriptions below are addressed to someone with this type.
Values even distribution, equality, and redistribution by the state
Everyone doing well together matters to you. You care not only about what markets produce but also about whether the gains are spread evenly, and you believe the state should give solid support to people who are struggling. You hope for a society whose shared safety net is wide enough that no one is left behind.
Values national sovereignty, identity, and interest
You think of your own country's interests and identity before anything else. You believe protecting its sovereignty and security comes before the demands of the international community, and you treasure what has long been safeguarded. You hope your country engages with the world while holding firmly to what is its own.
Values individual freedom, rights, and checks on state power
You see individual freedom and rights as a line the state must not cross. You believe free expression, freedom of assembly, and private life must be protected, and that power must always be watched and held in check. You hope for a society where diversity and personal autonomy have room to breathe.
Values tradition, stability, and proven customs
You give weight to values and customs that have stood the test of time. You prefer a gradual, steady path to abrupt change, and you cherish your community's traditions and pride. You hope for a society that moves forward at a measured pace while holding on to what has proven its worth.
A fun look at real historical figures mapped onto the four axes — not an academic classification
He pursued India's self-reliance and an economy measured by how its poorest fare, resisted unjust power through nonviolent disobedience — and kept faith with the values of the traditional village community to the very end.
Photo: Elliott & Fry, 1931 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Remembered ever since in the words 'Land and Liberty', he fought to return stolen fields to the villages and their farmers, defying the dictatorships of Díaz and Huerta for his homeland's right to live by its own lights rather than any distant design — and found his answer in the ejido, the age-old custom of tilling the land in common.
Photo: Agustín Víctor Casasola, 1914 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
A society where no one close by goes hungry, yet where that help never turns into meddling or control. Where the shop you've gone to for years and the farm down the road don't easily close their doors, and where what's familiar and what we make ourselves come first.
Underneath these hopes is a sense that helping and interfering are only a hair apart. So this stance trusts care that comes from the heart more than care imposed from above. But there is a limit: it is deeply moved by someone nearby whose face it can see, and by the same token slower to act for people far away, or for problems that show up only as numbers.
Progressive on 2 of the four axes, conservative on 2 — each axis can lean its own way.
The progressive–conservative label is a rough guide based on how this test defines its axes.
