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A Chinese special administrative region and the world's largest gambling center, Macau unites very low taxes, a hyper-open economy of casinos and tourism, a Portuguese Catholic heritage, and a political system controlled by Beijing, without full democracy.
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The Basic Law establishes the Macao Special Administrative Region of China.
Source claims reviewed 2026-10-06.
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This position is 30.0 points from the median of the 204 country and regime profiles in this collection.
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This position is 3.3 points from this collection’s median.
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