Israel is a unitary parliamentary republic with a proportionally elected legislature and no single written constitution. It has a technology-driven market economy, universal conscription and a 2018 basic law defining the state as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
In the 12 Axes register, Israel leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Nationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
Take the test and this line shows how close your twelve scores are to Israel, and the axis where you differ most.
Where Israel sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Small centralised state
Representative Democracy
Proportional Knesset elections
Statist
Security laws, emergency regulations
Nationalist
Nationalist-led governing coalition
Militarist
Conscription, multi-front military operations
Monoculturalist
2018 Nation-State Basic Law
Economic Liberal
Privatised, high-tech economy
Markets
Liberalised market economy
Free Trade
Open, export-led technology trade
Spiritual
Religious courts govern family law
Conservative
Religious-conservative coalition
Technological
Technology-driven state strategy
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Israel is at Nationalism 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Irreligious – Religious
On Irreligious – Religious, Israel is at Religious 68%, almost the register median of Religious 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Map: Sammy pompon, 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].
