France
Centralised semi-presidential republic
France leans hardest toward Assimilationist, Secular and Democracy.
The 12 axes, with receipts
The archetypal centralised Jacobin state run through Paris and its prefects; Corsican autonomy remains contested.
Strong presidency, a technocratic elite and occasional referendums.
Strict drug laws, broad surveillance powers after the 2015 attacks, hate-speech laws and tough policing of protest.
Driving force of European integration.
Nuclear power with a record of interventions in Africa; universal service is voluntary.
Republican assimilation: laïcité, headscarf ban in schools and French as the sole language of the Republic.
Renationalised EDF in 2023, state rail, inheritance tax up to 45%.
Dirigiste tradition: rent caps in Paris, a national minimum wage, state-led industrial plans.
Champion of "economic sovereignty", sceptical of the EU–Mercosur deal and strict on foreign takeovers.
Strict laïcité since 1905, though most private Catholic schools are state-funded.
Same-sex marriage since 2013; in 2024 it wrote abortion into the constitution.
Bioethics law bans genetic modification of embryos; Europe’s nuclear champion is building new reactors.
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