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PFDJ
Eritrea · 1991– · Eritrea · Liberation Authoritarian · Held state power · coding confidence low
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
A liberation front that took power in 1991 and has held no national election, ratified no constitution and permitted no other party since.
Economic model
State-controlled mining and remittances, indefinite national service functioning as conscripted labour.
Organisation of powers
No parliament since 2002, no private press, no judiciary independent of the presidency.
Reading note
Among the most closed states in the world alongside North Korea and Turkmenistan. Coded at low confidence because independent access is near zero.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −04
Coded −4: state-controlled mining and indefinite conscription functioning as labour.
- Documented act or statuteNational service, nominally 18 months, has been indefinite in practice since 2002.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +06
Coded +6: only four religious denominations are permitted to operate.
- Documented act or statuteUnregistered congregations have been raided and members detained since 2002.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +10
At the ceiling: the constitution was ratified in 1997 and never implemented.
- Documented act or statuteNo national election has been held since independence in 1993; parliament last met in 2002.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +09
Coded +9: administration by appointed regional governors under the presidency.
- Documented act or statuteThe six administrative regions were redrawn in 1996 to cut across historic ethnic boundaries.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +06
Coded +6: national unity doctrine suppressing ethnic and religious identity.
- Documented act or statuteEthnic political organisation is prohibited.
CH · Method and tempo · scored +03
Coded +3: a thirty-year armed struggle followed by permanent emergency.
- Documented act or statuteIndependence was won by armed struggle in 1991 and confirmed by referendum in 1993.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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