The fewer regulations and barriers, the better
Each letter of the type code stands for the pole this type leans toward · neither pole is better than the other
Type distribution
13.55%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 markets, growth, and free competition
You believe that when individuals and businesses are free to act, society as a whole grows. You think competition and achievement should earn fair rewards, and that the state should step in only where it truly has to. You hope for a society where self-reliance and the energy of the market are alive and well.
Values international cooperation, openness, and global solidarity
You see opportunity in cooperation and exchange across borders. You believe problems like climate change and migration are too big for any one country to solve alone and must be worked out together, and you stay open to other cultures and backgrounds. You hope for a world that grows more open and more connected.
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 change, diversity, and reform
You believe society needs change and reform to keep improving. You're open to new values and different ways of living, and you listen to the voices of minorities and the vulnerable. You hope for a society that keeps changing for the better.
A fun look at real historical figures mapped onto the four axes — not an academic classification
He believed free trade and commerce would drive out war, made the case for individual liberty in On Liberty, and championed women's suffrage ahead of his time — liberalism's defining thinker.
Photo: London Stereoscopic Company, c. 1870 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
He praised the liberty of commercial England and lived as a citizen of the world roaming Europe, fighting for freedom of expression and belief while spending his life attacking old privilege and fanaticism — an icon of the Enlightenment.
Painting: Nicolas de Largillière, c. 1724–1725 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
A society where there's little to ask permission for — whatever you sell, wherever you open your doors. Where a border is not a wall that blocks you but a road that carries you, and where the door stands wide open to new cities, new tools, new ways of living.
Underneath these hopes is a single principle: don't interfere with other people's choices, and in return, don't let yours be interfered with either. So this stance trusts each person choosing freely for themselves more than an order handed down from above. But here is the real test: can it stand up for the freedom of someone whose life looks nothing like its own? That is where the true weight of this stance shows.
Progressive on 3 of the four axes, conservative on 1 — each axis can lean its own way.
The progressive–conservative label is a rough guide based on how this test defines its axes.
