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Likud and Saudi Religious Monarchy
Measured distance across six axes
The same broad family. They agree within three points on EC, ID. No axis separates them by eight points or more.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Likud | Saudi Religious Monarchy | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +06 | +05 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +06 | +10 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +05 | +10 | 5 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +03 | +07 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +07 | +09 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −03 | −07 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
Each axis runs from −10 to +10; the distance is the straight-line separation across all six at once, out of a maximum of 49.0. How the scoring works →
The evidence behind the widest gaps
A distance figure is worth nothing unless the scores behind it can be checked. These are the artefacts supporting the axes that separate these two most.
Likud · AU +05
Coded +5. The 2023 judicial legislation is the basis; it was partially passed, then struck down.
- Documented act or statuteThe reasonableness standard for judicial review of executive appointments was legislated away in July 2023 and annulled by the supreme court in January 2024.
- Documented act or statuteThe proposals prompted the largest sustained protests in the state's history.
Saudi Religious Monarchy · AU +10
No constitution other than scripture, no parties, no elected national body.
- Programme textThe 1992 Basic Law names the Quran and the Sunnah as the constitution.
- Documented act or statuteThe Consultative Council is appointed, not elected, and cannot legislate.
What this comparison does not establish
Proximity means similarity of stated position. It carries no claim about competence, circumstance, scale of operation, or what either organisation actually did to the people under it. Two organisations can sit close together and produce entirely different histories, because those things are not on any axis and could not be.
Likud
1973– · Israel
Security-first nationalism, settlement of the West Bank, free-market economics, judicial restraint.
Saudi Religious Monarchy
1932– · Saudi Arabia
Dynastic rule legitimated by a strict religious establishment; no parties, no elections, no constitution other than scripture.
Distance is not the whole answer. Two organisations can sit the same distance apart for entirely different reasons, and the reason is the content of any claim about them. Open the comparison in the atlas to weight the axes yourself.
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