Luxembourg is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy led by a grand duke. It has a high-income financial economy with generous social protection, and is a founding member of the European Union and NATO.
In the 12 Axes register, Luxembourg leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Internationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Luxembourg sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Unitary grand duchy with twelve cantons
Representative Democracy
Proportional parliament, coalition governments
Liberal
Strong press and civil liberties
Internationalism
Founding member of EU and NATO
Non-Aggressive
Small army, NATO commitments rising
Polyculturalist
Near half foreign residents; all can vote locally since 2022
Mixed Economic
Large welfare state, indexed wages
Markets
Open economy with wage indexation
Globalist
Financial hub, open EU trade
Moderate
Church and state separated by convention
Progressive
Same-sex marriage legal since 2015
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Progressive – Traditional
On Progressive – Traditional, Luxembourg is at Progressive 68%. The register median is Traditional 68%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Luxembourg is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: NuclearVacuum, 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].
