FranceNapoleon Bonaparte rose during the French Revolution and ruled France as first consul and then emperor from 1799 to 1814. He issued the Civil Code, centralised the state and fought wars that remade Europe.
In the 12 Axes register, Napoleon Bonaparte leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 95%; the register median is Democratic 68%.
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Where Napoleon Bonaparte sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Extremely Centralized
Created the prefect system for central control
Autocracy
Became emperor in 1804 after plebiscites
Authoritarian
Censored the press and ran a police state
Nationalist
French nationalism and imperial expansion
Expansionist
Waged the Napoleonic Wars across Europe
Centrist
Granted civil equality, restored colonial slavery in 1802
Mixed Economic
Protected property under the Civil Code
Regulationism
Mercantilist state direction of industry
Protectionist
Imposed the Continental System blockade
Moderate
Signed the Concordat of 1801 with the pope
Moderate
Ended feudal privileges but curbed women's rights
Neutral
Introduced metric units, then allowed traditional units in 1812
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Napoleon Bonaparte is at Autocratic 95%. The register median is Democratic 68%.
Collectivize – Privatize
On Collectivize – Privatize, Napoleon Bonaparte 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.napoleon.org
Portrait: Jacques-Louis David, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
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].
