| Term | Definition |
| economic dimension | communist/socialist/liberal/moderate/conservative/libertarian |
| security dimension | liberal/conservative |
| social dimension | libertarian/liberal/moderate/conservative |
| vertical dimension | unitary/federal/con-federal/secession |
| horizontal dimension | parliamentary/semi-presidential/presidential |
| change dimension | radical/liberal/moderate/conservative/reactionary |
| Vertical Dimension | Power between national and unit government |
| Horizontal Dimension | How powerful the National Government is |
| Change Dimension | How much change do you want and how fast do you want it? |
| Social Dimension | Degree that government monitors personal choices |
| economic dimension | how much government is involved in the economy |
| security dimension | initial reaction to threat |
| Societal Dimension | totalitarian/authoritarian/social democracy/libertarian/anarchy |
| Societal Dimension | how much power goes to private sector and civil society? |
| ideology | change, economic, social, security |
| ideology | comprehensive and logically ordered set of beliefs about the nature of people/role of government |
| concentration of power | societal, vertical, horizontal |