Australia is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy of six states and two territories with compulsory voting. It combines a market economy and public health insurance with an official multicultural policy and a security alliance with the United States.
In the 12 Axes register, Australia leans hardest on Assimilationist – Multiculturalist: Multiculturalist 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
Take the test and this line shows how close your twelve scores are to Australia, and the axis where you differ most.
Where Australia sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
Six states and two territories
Representative Democracy
Compulsory voting, elected Senate
Liberal
Liberties protected without bill of rights
Cooperation
US alliance, Pacific engagement
Neutral
AUKUS submarine programme
Multiculturalist
Official multicultural policy
Mixed Economic
Medicare with private economy
Markets
Open, competitive markets
Free Trade
Many free trade agreements
Moderate
Constitution bars established religion
Progressive
Centre-left government agenda
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Australia is at Federal 68%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Militarist – Pacifist
On Militarist – Pacifist, Australia is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Map: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
