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A southern state settled by Azorean and other European immigrants, Santa Catarina has a high human development index, a diversified small- and medium-business economy, and a predominantly conservative electorate.
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This position is 38.8 points from the median of the 204 country and regime profiles in this collection.
This is the largest distance from this collection’s median across the twelve axes. The collection is not a survey of public opinion.
This position is 1.8 points from this collection’s median.
This is the smallest median distance across the twelve axes; it does not establish a historical or political consensus.
Ideological Proximity
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Most compatible among the 257 ideologies
Centrist branch that combines economic moderation and institutional respect with social conservatism, valuing family, religion, order, and gradual change without joining the authoritarian right or populist radicalism.
Political tradition that values order, customs, family, and consolidated institutions, preferring gradual and prudent change over rupture, based on historical experience and skepticism toward utopias.
Pragmatic branch that prioritizes fiscal adjustment, economic stability, and governability through broad coalitions, accepting market reforms and political concessions in the name of short- and medium-term results.
Most distant ideology
Techno-SocialismEsquerda Radical51.8 / 100Scores below are similarity indices out of 100, calculated from catalog coordinates. They do not establish historical influence or endorsement. How the comparison works ↗
A former federal judge, Moro led Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato), Brazil's biggest corruption probe, targeting state oil giant Petrobras, then served as justice minister under Bolsonaro before resigning; now running for governor of Paraná in 2026.
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A southern state with strong agribusiness and European immigrant settlement, Paraná combines a thriving agricultural and industrial economy with a mostly conservative, economically liberal electorate.
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A city-state of the Italian Renaissance, Florence united banking and commercial capitalism, factional disputes among guilds and families such as the Medici, and a patronage that revolutionized the arts, letters, and political thought.
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