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Historical regime · 1975–1979

Khmer Rouge Cambodia

Agrarian communist totalitarian regime

Khmer Rouge Cambodia leans hardest toward Central, Authority and Order.

MAPVOTEFREEDOMBORDERSWARCULTUREPROPERTYECONOMYTRADERELIGIONSOCIETYTECH
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The 12 axes, with receipts

Map100% central · all in
LocalCentral

Total control by the hidden party leadership ("Angkar").

Vote100% authority · all in
DemocracyAuthority

Pol Pot’s totalitarian rule.

Freedom100% order · all in
LibertyOrder

Mass killing of around a quarter of the population.

Borders100% nationalist · all in
GlobalistNationalist

Sealed the country off from the world.

War100% hawk · all in
DoveHawk

Waged border war with Vietnam.

Culture100% assimilationist · all in
MulticulturalAssimilationist

Targeted ethnic minorities for extermination.

Property95% shared · all in
SharedPrivate

Abolished private property and money.

Economy90% planned · all in
PlannedFree market

Abolished markets entirely.

Trade100% protectionist · all in
Free tradeProtectionist

Total autarky.

Religion100% secular · all in
SecularReligious

Destroyed temples and killed monks.

Society90% traditional · all in
ProgressiveTraditional

Abolished the family and forced marriages.

Tech100% back-to-nature · all in
Tech-forwardBack-to-nature

"Year Zero": emptied the cities for agrarian communism.

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