India is a federal parliamentary republic of twenty-eight states and the world's most populous democracy. Its current government pursues Hindu-nationalist cultural politics, strategic autonomy abroad, industrial incentives and large-scale digital public infrastructure.
In the 12 Axes register, India leans hardest on Federal – Unitary: Federal 68%; the register median is Unitary 68%.
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Where India sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
States with strong central government
Representative Democracy
World's largest elections
Centrist
Liberties with security and internet curbs
Anti-Interventionist
Strategic autonomy, national assertiveness
Military-Focused
Large army, nuclear-armed
Centrist
Constitutional pluralism, majoritarian politics
Mixed Economic
Mixed economy, welfare transfers
Regulationism
Production-linked industrial incentives
Limited Trade
Comparatively high tariffs
Spiritual
Secular constitution, Hindu-nationalist government
Conservative
Socially conservative governing agenda
Technological
Digital public infrastructure push
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, India is at Federal 68%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Security – Freedom
On Security – Freedom, India 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: Ssolbergj, 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].
