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"countries": [
{
"id": "se",
"iso": "752",
"name": "Sweden",
"region": "nordics",
"values": {
"x": 2.4,
"y": 1.8
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
},
{
"id": "dk",
"iso": "208",
"name": "Denmark",
"region": "nordics",
"values": {
"x": 2.3,
"y": 1.2
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy",
"note": "\"Venstre\" (literally \"Left\") is the liberal, center-right party"
},
{
"id": "no",
"iso": "578",
"name": "Norway",
"region": "nordics",
"values": {
"x": 2.1,
"y": 1.4
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
},
{
"id": "fi",
"iso": "246",
"name": "Finland",
"region": "nordics",
"values": {
"x": 1.6,
"y": 1
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
},
{
"id": "nl",
"iso": "528",
"name": "Netherlands",
"region": "western-europe",
"values": {
"x": 2,
"y": 1.1
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy",
"note": "Liberal VVD is the main center-right party"
},
{
"id": "be",
"iso": "056",
"name": "Belgium",
"region": "western-europe",
"values": {
"x": 1.4,
"y": 0.8
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy",
"note": "Language (Flemish vs French-speaking) splits every party family"
},
{
"id": "de",
"iso": "276",
"name": "Germany",
"region": "western-europe",
"values": {
"x": 1.3,
"y": 1.4
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy",
"note": "Liberal FDP = pro-market, low taxes"
},
{
"id": "at",
"iso": "040",
"name": "Austria",
"region": "western-europe",
"values": {
"x": 1.3,
"y": 0.6
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
},
{
"id": "ch",
"iso": "756",
"name": "Switzerland",
"region": "western-europe",
"values": {
"x": 1.9,
"y": 0.7
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
},
{
"id": "gb",
"iso": "826",
"name": "United Kingdom",
"region": "western-europe",
"values": {
"x": 1.8,
"y": 0.3
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy",
"note": "Liberal Democrats sit in the center; Brexit cut across old lines"
},
{
"id": "ie",
"iso": "372",
"name": "Ireland",
"region": "western-europe",
"values": {
"x": 1.4,
"y": -0.4
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "history",
"note": "The two big parties descend from opposite sides of the 1922 civil war"
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{
"id": "fr",
"iso": "250",
"name": "France",
"region": "western-europe",
"values": {
"x": 1.1,
"y": 0.8
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy",
"note": "\"Libéral\" means pro-market, often used as a criticism"
},
{
"id": "es",
"iso": "724",
"name": "Spain",
"region": "western-europe",
"values": {
"x": 1.3,
"y": 0.3
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy",
"note": "Regional nationalism (Catalonia, Basque Country) is a second axis"
},
{
"id": "pt",
"iso": "620",
"name": "Portugal",
"region": "western-europe",
"values": {
"x": 0.8,
"y": -0.3
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
},
{
"id": "it",
"iso": "380",
"name": "Italy",
"region": "western-europe",
"values": {
"x": 0.5,
"y": 0
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
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{
"id": "gr",
"iso": "300",
"name": "Greece",
"region": "eastern-europe",
"values": {
"x": 0.2,
"y": 0
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
},
{
"id": "us",
"iso": "840",
"name": "United States",
"region": "north-america",
"values": {
"x": 1.3,
"y": -0.5
},
"liberal": "left",
"divide": "culture",
"note": "\"Liberal\" = Democrat; the Democrats sit near Europe's center economically"
},
{
"id": "ca",
"iso": "124",
"name": "Canada",
"region": "north-america",
"values": {
"x": 1.8,
"y": 0
},
"liberal": "left",
"divide": "economy"
},
{
"id": "mx",
"iso": "484",
"name": "Mexico",
"region": "latin-america",
"values": {
"x": 0.6,
"y": -1.3
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
},
{
"id": "br",
"iso": "076",
"name": "Brazil",
"region": "latin-america",
"values": {
"x": 0.1,
"y": -1
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy",
"note": "Bolsonaro's party is literally called \"Partido Liberal\""
},
{
"id": "ar",
"iso": "032",
"name": "Argentina",
"region": "latin-america",
"values": {
"x": 0.7,
"y": -0.6
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy",
"note": "President Milei calls himself a \"liberal-libertarian\""
},
{
"id": "cl",
"iso": "152",
"name": "Chile",
"region": "latin-america",
"values": {
"x": 0.8,
"y": -0.3
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
},
{
"id": "co",
"iso": "170",
"name": "Colombia",
"region": "latin-america",
"values": {
"x": 0.5,
"y": -1.6
},
"divide": "economy"
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{
"id": "pe",
"iso": "604",
"name": "Peru",
"region": "latin-america",
"values": {
"x": 0.3,
"y": -1.1
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"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
},
{
"id": "ve",
"iso": "862",
"name": "Venezuela",
"region": "latin-america",
"values": {
"x": 0.4,
"y": -1.5
},
"divide": "none"
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{
"id": "au",
"iso": "036",
"name": "Australia",
"region": "oceania",
"values": {
"x": 2,
"y": 0.2
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy",
"note": "The Liberal Party is the main conservative party"
},
{
"id": "nz",
"iso": "554",
"name": "New Zealand",
"region": "oceania",
"values": {
"x": 2.2,
"y": 0.1
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "economy"
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{
"id": "pl",
"iso": "616",
"name": "Poland",
"region": "eastern-europe",
"values": {
"x": 0.2,
"y": -0.6
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"liberal": "western",
"divide": "culture"
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{
"id": "cz",
"iso": "203",
"name": "Czechia",
"region": "eastern-europe",
"values": {
"x": 0.5,
"y": 1.2
},
"liberal": "western",
"divide": "culture"
},
{
"id": "hu",
"iso": "348",
"name": "Hungary",
"region": "eastern-europe",
"values": {
"x": -0.4,
"y": 0.4
},
"liberal": "western",
"divide": "culture",
"note": "Orbán calls his model \"illiberal democracy\""
},
{
"id": "ro",
"iso": "642",
"name": "Romania",
"region": "eastern-europe",
"values": {
"x": -0.4,
"y": -0.6
},
"liberal": "western",
"divide": "culture"
},
{
"id": "rs",
"iso": "688",
"name": "Serbia",
"region": "eastern-europe",
"values": {
"x": -0.6,
"y": 0.1
},
"liberal": "western",
"divide": "history"
},
{
"id": "ua",
"iso": "804",
"name": "Ukraine",
"region": "eastern-europe",
"values": {
"x": -0.9,
"y": 0.2
},
"divide": "history",
"note": "Politics long split between pro-Western and pro-Russian orientation"
},
{
"id": "ru",
"iso": "643",
"name": "Russia",
"region": "eastern-europe",
"values": {
"x": -1,
"y": 0.6
},
"liberal": "western",
"divide": "none",
"note": "\"Liberal\" = the pro-Western opposition, mostly in exile or prison"
},
{
"id": "kz",
"iso": "398",
"name": "Kazakhstan",
"region": "eastern-europe",
"values": {
"x": -0.6,
"y": 0.4
},
"divide": "none"
},
{
"id": "tr",
"iso": "792",
"name": "Turkey",
"region": "middle-east",
"values": {
"x": -0.6,
"y": -0.9
},
"liberal": "western",
"divide": "culture",
"note": "Main divide: religious-conservative vs secular"
},
{
"id": "ir",
"iso": "364",
"name": "Iran",
"region": "middle-east",
"values": {
"x": -0.9,
"y": -0.6
},
"liberal": "western",
"divide": "none"
},
{
"id": "iq",
"iso": "368",
"name": "Iraq",
"region": "middle-east",
"values": {
"x": -1.2,
"y": -1.3
},
"divide": "culture"
},
{
"id": "eg",
"iso": "818",
"name": "Egypt",
"region": "middle-east",
"values": {
"x": -1.5,
"y": -1.5
},
"divide": "none"
},
{
"id": "ma",
"iso": "504",
"name": "Morocco",
"region": "middle-east",
"values": {
"x": -1.2,
"y": -1.5
}
},
{
"id": "sa",
"iso": "682",
"name": "Saudi Arabia",
"region": "middle-east",
"divide": "none"
},
{
"id": "ng",
"iso": "566",
"name": "Nigeria",
"region": "africa",
"values": {
"x": -0.3,
"y": -1.8
}
},
{
"id": "et",
"iso": "231",
"name": "Ethiopia",
"region": "africa",
"values": {
"x": -0.9,
"y": -1.5
}
},
{
"id": "ke",
"iso": "404",
"name": "Kenya",
"region": "africa",
"values": {
"x": -0.4,
"y": -1.5
}
},
{
"id": "za",
"iso": "710",
"name": "South Africa",
"region": "africa",
"values": {
"x": 0,
"y": -1.2
},
"divide": "history",
"note": "Politics still shaped by apartheid and the liberation struggle"
},
{
"id": "in",
"iso": "356",
"name": "India",
"region": "south-asia",
"values": {
"x": -0.5,
"y": -0.5
},
"divide": "culture",
"note": "Main divide: Hindu nationalism vs secular pluralism"
},
{
"id": "pk",
"iso": "586",
"name": "Pakistan",
"region": "south-asia",
"values": {
"x": -1,
"y": -1.4
}
},
{
"id": "bd",
"iso": "050",
"name": "Bangladesh",
"region": "south-asia",
"values": {
"x": -1,
"y": -1.1
},
"divide": "history"
},
{
"id": "cn",
"iso": "156",
"name": "China",
"region": "east-asia",
"values": {
"x": -0.9,
"y": 1.5
},
"liberal": "western",
"divide": "none",
"note": "\"Liberal\" = pro-Western intellectuals, a label the state treats with suspicion"
},
{
"id": "jp",
"iso": "392",
"name": "Japan",
"region": "east-asia",
"values": {
"x": 0.4,
"y": 1.8
},
"liberal": "market",
"divide": "history",
"note": "The \"Liberal Democratic Party\" is the conservative party in power since 1955"
},
{
"id": "kr",
"iso": "410",
"name": "South Korea",
"region": "east-asia",
"values": {
"x": -0.3,
"y": 1.2
},
"liberal": "left",
"divide": "history",
"note": "Divide is mostly about North Korea, Japan and the US"
},
{
"id": "tw",
"iso": "158",
"name": "Taiwan",
"region": "east-asia",
"values": {
"x": 0,
"y": 1.3
},
"divide": "history",
"note": "Main divide: how close to be with mainland China"
},
{
"id": "vn",
"iso": "704",
"name": "Vietnam",
"region": "southeast-asia",
"values": {
"x": -0.6,
"y": 0.5
},
"divide": "none"
},
{
"id": "th",
"iso": "764",
"name": "Thailand",
"region": "southeast-asia",
"values": {
"x": 0,
"y": -0.4
},
"divide": "history",
"note": "Main divide: monarchy and military vs reformists"
},
{
"id": "my",
"iso": "458",
"name": "Malaysia",
"region": "southeast-asia",
"values": {
"x": -0.6,
"y": -0.9
},
"divide": "culture"
},
{
"id": "ph",
"iso": "608",
"name": "Philippines",
"region": "southeast-asia",
"values": {
"x": -0.2,
"y": -1.4
}
},
{
"id": "id",
"iso": "360",
"name": "Indonesia",
"region": "southeast-asia",
"values": {
"x": -0.8,
"y": -1.2
},
"divide": "culture"
}
],
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"country": "us",
"short": "Dem",
"name": "Democratic Party",
"econ": 4.8,
"social": 3.5,
"note": "The US \"liberals\": near Europe's center economically"
},
{
"country": "us",
"short": "GOP",
"name": "Republican Party",
"econ": 7.8,
"social": 8
},
{
"country": "nl",
"short": "GL-PvdA",
"name": "GroenLinks-PvdA",
"econ": 2.5,
"social": 1.5
},
{
"country": "nl",
"short": "SP",
"name": "Socialistische Partij",
"econ": 1.5,
"social": 5
},
{
"country": "nl",
"short": "D66",
"name": "Democraten 66",
"econ": 5.5,
"social": 1.5
},
{
"country": "nl",
"short": "CDA",
"name": "Christen-Democratisch Appèl",
"econ": 6,
"social": 6
},
{
"country": "nl",
"short": "VVD",
"name": "Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie",
"econ": 7.5,
"social": 5,
"note": "Dutch \"liberals\": market-liberal, center-right"
},
{
"country": "nl",
"short": "BBB",
"name": "BoerBurgerBeweging",
"econ": 6,
"social": 7.5
},
{
"country": "nl",
"short": "PVV",
"name": "Partij voor de Vrijheid",
"econ": 4.5,
"social": 9,
"note": "Radical right on immigration, centrist on welfare"
},
{
"country": "de",
"short": "Linke",
"name": "Die Linke",
"econ": 1,
"social": 2.5
},
{
"country": "de",
"short": "Grüne",
"name": "Bündnis 90/Die Grünen",
"econ": 3,
"social": 1.5
},
{
"country": "de",
"short": "SPD",
"name": "Sozialdemokratische Partei",
"econ": 3.5,
"social": 3.5
},
{
"country": "de",
"short": "BSW",
"name": "Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht",
"econ": 2,
"social": 7
},
{
"country": "de",
"short": "FDP",
"name": "Freie Demokratische Partei",
"econ": 8.5,
"social": 3,
"note": "German \"liberals\": socially open, strongly pro-market"
},
{
"country": "de",
"short": "CDU",
"name": "CDU/CSU",
"econ": 6.5,
"social": 6
},
{
"country": "de",
"short": "AfD",
"name": "Alternative für Deutschland",
"econ": 7,
"social": 9.5
},
{
"country": "gb",
"short": "Green",
"name": "Green Party",
"econ": 1.5,
"social": 1.5
},
{
"country": "gb",
"short": "Lab",
"name": "Labour",
"econ": 3.8,
"social": 3.5
},
{
"country": "gb",
"short": "LD",
"name": "Liberal Democrats",
"econ": 5,
"social": 2.5
},
{
"country": "gb",
"short": "Con",
"name": "Conservatives",
"econ": 7,
"social": 6.5
},
{
"country": "gb",
"short": "Reform",
"name": "Reform UK",
"econ": 7.5,
"social": 8.5
},
{
"country": "fr",
"short": "LFI",
"name": "La France Insoumise",
"econ": 1,
"social": 2.5
},
{
"country": "fr",
"short": "PS",
"name": "Parti Socialiste",
"econ": 3,
"social": 3
},
{
"country": "fr",
"short": "RE",
"name": "Renaissance",
"econ": 6.5,
"social": 4
},
{
"country": "fr",
"short": "LR",
"name": "Les Républicains",
"econ": 7.5,
"social": 7
},
{
"country": "fr",
"short": "RN",
"name": "Rassemblement National",
"econ": 4.5,
"social": 9,
"note": "Economically left of Macron: lower retirement age, protectionism"
},
{
"country": "se",
"short": "V",
"name": "Vänsterpartiet",
"econ": 1,
"social": 2
},
{
"country": "se",
"short": "S",
"name": "Socialdemokraterna",
"econ": 3,
"social": 3.5
},
{
"country": "se",
"short": "C",
"name": "Centerpartiet",
"econ": 7,
"social": 2.5
},
{
"country": "se",
"short": "M",
"name": "Moderaterna",
"econ": 7.5,
"social": 5.5
},
{
"country": "se",
"short": "SD",
"name": "Sverigedemokraterna",
"econ": 5.5,
"social": 9
},
{
"country": "pl",
"short": "Lewica",
"name": "Lewica",
"econ": 2,
"social": 2
},
{
"country": "pl",
"short": "KO",
"name": "Koalicja Obywatelska",
"econ": 6.5,
"social": 4
},
{
"country": "pl",
"short": "PiS",
"name": "Prawo i Sprawiedliwość",
"econ": 3.5,
"social": 9,
"note": "Culturally right, economically left (big family benefits)"
},
{
"country": "pl",
"short": "Konf",
"name": "Konfederacja",
"econ": 9,
"social": 9
},
{
"country": "jp",
"short": "JCP",
"name": "Japanese Communist Party",
"econ": 1,
"social": 3
},
{
"country": "jp",
"short": "CDP",
"name": "Constitutional Democratic Party",
"econ": 4,
"social": 3.5
},
{
"country": "jp",
"short": "Komeito",
"name": "Komeito",
"econ": 5,
"social": 5.5
},
{
"country": "jp",
"short": "LDP",
"name": "Liberal Democratic Party",
"econ": 6,
"social": 7,
"note": "Called \"Liberal\", governs as conservatives since 1955"
},
{
"country": "jp",
"short": "Ishin",
"name": "Nippon Ishin no Kai",
"econ": 7.5,
"social": 6
},
{
"country": "jp",
"short": "Sansei",
"name": "Sanseitō",
"econ": 6,
"social": 9
},
{
"country": "kr",
"short": "Justice",
"name": "Justice Party",
"econ": 1.5,
"social": 1.5
},
{
"country": "kr",
"short": "DPK",
"name": "Democratic Party of Korea",
"econ": 4,
"social": 4.5,
"note": "The \"progressive\" camp, cautious on social issues"
},
{
"country": "kr",
"short": "PPP",
"name": "People Power Party",
"econ": 7,
"social": 7
},
{
"country": "in",
"short": "INC",
"name": "Indian National Congress",
"econ": 4.5,
"social": 4
},
{
"country": "in",
"short": "BJP",
"name": "Bharatiya Janata Party",
"econ": 6,
"social": 8.5,
"note": "Hindu-nationalist, pro-business, big welfare schemes"
},
{
"country": "br",
"short": "PT",
"name": "Partido dos Trabalhadores",
"econ": 2.5,
"social": 4.5
},
{
"country": "br",
"short": "MDB",
"name": "Movimento Democrático Brasileiro",
"econ": 6,
"social": 6
},
{
"country": "br",
"short": "PL",
"name": "Partido Liberal",
"econ": 7.5,
"social": 9
},
{
"country": "ca",
"short": "NDP",
"name": "New Democratic Party",
"econ": 2.5,
"social": 2.5
},
{
"country": "ca",
"short": "LPC",
"name": "Liberal Party of Canada",
"econ": 4.8,
"social": 3
},
{
"country": "ca",
"short": "CPC",
"name": "Conservative Party of Canada",
"econ": 7.5,
"social": 7
}
],
"profiles": [
{
"id": "us",
"center": "Individual liberty and suspicion of government, on both sides",
"fights": [
"abortion",
"guns",
"race",
"immigration",
"religion"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1776",
"label": "revolt against a distant state"
},
{
"year": "1861",
"label": "civil war over slavery"
},
{
"year": "1945",
"label": "wins WWII, superpower"
},
{
"year": "1964",
"label": "Civil Rights Act"
},
{
"year": "1991",
"label": "wins the Cold War"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"assumes its left/right is universal",
"partisan media bubbles",
"little view of other systems"
]
},
{
"id": "nl",
"center": "Coalition consensus (\"polder model\") around a strong welfare state",
"fights": [
"immigration",
"housing",
"nitrogen & farmers",
"EU"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1600s",
"label": "Golden Age, trade empire"
},
{
"year": "1940",
"label": "German occupation"
},
{
"year": "1949",
"label": "loses Indonesia"
},
{
"year": "1960s",
"label": "pillars break, secularization"
},
{
"year": "2002",
"label": "Fortuyn, immigration debate"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"tolerance self-image vs discrimination",
"colonial past taught thinly"
]
},
{
"id": "de",
"center": "Social market economy, fiscal caution, \"never again\"",
"fights": [
"migration",
"energy & climate",
"East vs West",
"debt brake"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1923",
"label": "hyperinflation"
},
{
"year": "1933",
"label": "Nazi dictatorship"
},
{
"year": "1949",
"label": "split + economic miracle"
},
{
"year": "1990",
"label": "reunification"
},
{
"year": "2015",
"label": "refugee crisis"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"debt as moral failing",
"Russian gas as \"just trade\""
]
},
{
"id": "fr",
"center": "Strong central state, laïcité, protest as normal politics",
"fights": [
"pensions",
"Paris vs periphery",
"Islam & laïcité",
"EU"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1789",
"label": "Revolution invents left/right"
},
{
"year": "1940",
"label": "defeat and Vichy"
},
{
"year": "1962",
"label": "loses Algerian war"
},
{
"year": "1968",
"label": "May '68"
},
{
"year": "2018",
"label": "Yellow Vests"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"colorblind universalism hides racism",
"influence in former African colonies"
]
},
{
"id": "gb",
"center": "Pragmatic and market-friendly, but the NHS is sacred",
"fights": [
"Brexit",
"class",
"North vs South",
"Scotland"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1900",
"label": "largest empire in history"
},
{
"year": "1940",
"label": "\"stood alone\""
},
{
"year": "1948",
"label": "NHS founded"
},
{
"year": "1979",
"label": "Thatcher"
},
{
"year": "2016",
"label": "Brexit vote"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"empire taught selectively",
"overrates the \"special relationship\""
]
},
{
"id": "se",
"center": "High-trust, high-tax welfare state; very secular and individualist",
"fights": [
"immigration",
"gang violence",
"private welfare",
"NATO"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1814",
"label": "last war fought"
},
{
"year": "1932",
"label": "Social Democrats' era"
},
{
"year": "1939",
"label": "neutral in WWII"
},
{
"year": "2015",
"label": "record asylum intake"
},
{
"year": "2024",
"label": "joins NATO"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"consensus makes disagreement taboo",
"neutrality myth (iron to Germany)"
]
},
{
"id": "pl",
"center": "Pro-NATO and wary of Russia across all parties",
"fights": [
"Catholic vs liberal",
"abortion",
"rule of law",
"EU"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1795",
"label": "erased by partition"
},
{
"year": "1939",
"label": "invaded by Germany and USSR"
},
{
"year": "1980",
"label": "Solidarity movement"
},
{
"year": "1989",
"label": "communism falls"
},
{
"year": "2004",
"label": "joins the EU"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"victimhood crowds out dark chapters",
"distrust of Germany"
]
},
{
"id": "ru",
"center": "Strong state and great-power status; opposition repressed",
"fights": [
"largely suppressed in public"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1812",
"label": "Napoleon invades"
},
{
"year": "1941",
"label": "Nazi invasion, ~27M dead"
},
{
"year": "1991",
"label": "USSR collapses"
},
{
"year": "1990s",
"label": "chaos and poverty"
},
{
"year": "2022",
"label": "full invasion of Ukraine"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"state-controlled media",
"neighbors seen as sphere of influence",
"Soviet crimes downplayed"
]
},
{
"id": "cn",
"center": "Order, growth and national rejuvenation, led by the Party",
"fights": [
"youth jobs",
"property crisis",
"local corruption"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1839",
"label": "Opium Wars, \"humiliation\""
},
{
"year": "1937",
"label": "Japanese invasion"
},
{
"year": "1966",
"label": "Cultural Revolution"
},
{
"year": "1978",
"label": "reform and opening"
},
{
"year": "1989",
"label": "Tiananmen (unspoken)"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"censorship shapes history",
"criticism read as new humiliation"
]
},
{
"id": "jp",
"center": "Stability and harmony; one party governing since 1955",
"fights": [
"pacifist constitution",
"aging & immigration",
"war memory"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1868",
"label": "Meiji modernization"
},
{
"year": "1937",
"label": "war in Asia"
},
{
"year": "1945",
"label": "atomic bombs, defeat"
},
{
"year": "1947",
"label": "pacifist constitution"
},
{
"year": "1990",
"label": "bubble bursts"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"wartime atrocities taught thinly",
"sees itself as war victim"
]
},
{
"id": "kr",
"center": "Fierce democracy won by protest; hyper-competitive society",
"fights": [
"North Korea",
"Japan",
"gender",
"chaebol power"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1910",
"label": "Japanese colonization"
},
{
"year": "1950",
"label": "Korean War"
},
{
"year": "1980",
"label": "Gwangju massacre"
},
{
"year": "1987",
"label": "democracy"
},
{
"year": "2024",
"label": "martial law crisis"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"US and Japan seen through party lens"
]
},
{
"id": "in",
"center": "Largest democracy; religion, caste and language drive politics",
"fights": [
"Hindu nationalism",
"caste quotas",
"language",
"center vs states"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1858",
"label": "British Raj"
},
{
"year": "1947",
"label": "independence and Partition"
},
{
"year": "1961",
"label": "Non-Aligned Movement"
},
{
"year": "1991",
"label": "economic liberalization"
},
{
"year": "2014",
"label": "BJP majority"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"polarized media",
"reduced to poverty & religion by outsiders"
]
},
{
"id": "br",
"center": "Inequality makes redistribution central; religious society",
"fights": [
"Lula vs Bolsonaro",
"crime",
"Amazon vs agribusiness"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1888",
"label": "last to abolish slavery"
},
{
"year": "1964",
"label": "military coup"
},
{
"year": "1985",
"label": "democracy returns"
},
{
"year": "1994",
"label": "ends hyperinflation"
},
{
"year": "2014",
"label": "Car Wash scandal"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"\"racial democracy\" myth",
"WhatsApp information bubbles"
]
},
{
"id": "tr",
"center": "National pride, strong state, balancing West and region",
"fights": [
"religious vs secular",
"Kurdish question",
"inflation"
],
"timeline": [
{
"year": "1915",
"label": "Armenian genocide (denied)"
},
{
"year": "1920",
"label": "Sèvres, fear of partition"
},
{
"year": "1923",
"label": "Atatürk's secular republic"
},
{
"year": "1980",
"label": "military coup"
},
{
"year": "2016",
"label": "failed coup"
}
],
"blindSpots": [
"genocide denial",
"restricted press",
"Western criticism read as hostility"
]
}
],
"narratives": [
{
"event": "World War II",
"years": "1939–45",
"views": [
{
"country": "us",
"story": "D-Day: democracy beats fascism"
},
{
"country": "ru",
"story": "We broke Hitler, 27M dead"
},
{
"country": "cn",
"story": "Our war began in 1937"
},
{
"country": "pl",
"story": "Liberation became Soviet occupation"
},
{
"country": "jp",
"story": "Hiroshima: we suffered"
}
]
},
{
"event": "End of the Cold War",
"years": "1989–91",
"views": [
{
"country": "us",
"story": "We won: the end of history"
},
{
"country": "pl",
"story": "We freed ourselves"
},
{
"country": "ru",
"story": "Collapse and humiliation"
},
{
"country": "cn",
"story": "A warning: never lose control"
}
]
},
{
"event": "Colonialism",
"years": "1500s–1970s",
"views": [
{
"country": "nl",
"story": "Golden Age trade, now debated"
},
{
"country": "gb",
"story": "Empire, remembered fondly by many"
},
{
"country": "in",
"story": "Extraction and Partition"
},
{
"country": "cn",
"story": "Century of humiliation"
},
{
"country": "br",
"story": "Conquest, then US dominance"
}
]
},
{
"event": "Iraq War",
"years": "2003",
"views": [
{
"country": "us",
"story": "Disarmament, later a mistake"
},
{
"country": "fr",
"story": "We warned you"
},
{
"country": "iq",
"story": "Invasion, then civil war"
},
{
"country": "ru",
"story": "Proof the rules are selective"
}
]
}
],
"sources": [
{
"name": "World Values Survey / EVS cultural map",
"href": "https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSContents.jsp?CMSID=Findings"
},
{
"name": "Chapel Hill Expert Survey",
"href": "https://www.chesdata.eu/"
},
{
"name": "Manifesto Project",
"href": "https://manifesto-project.wzb.eu/"
},
{
"name": "Pew Research Center",
"href": "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/"
},
{
"name": "Natural Earth (map shapes)",
"href": "https://www.naturalearthdata.com/"
}
]
}