Great Britain, 1688–1727 CE
Hybrid Regime · Monarchy · Western Europe · Age of Absolutism era
Post-Glorious-Revolution Britain, a constitutional monarchy with a sovereign parliament, a financial revolution and the 1707 union of England and Scotland.
The 1688 Glorious Revolution established the supremacy of Parliament over the crown, codified in a Bill of Rights, and inaugurated a constitutional monarchy with regular elections, a free-ish press and an independent judiciary. A financial revolution – the Bank of England, a funded national debt – underwrote naval and commercial power. The 1707 Act of Union joined England and Scotland into Great Britain.
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Dominant patterns
- Democratization
- External Expansion
- Militarization
- Great-Power Rivalry
- Regime Stabilization
Political-science factor profile
Each factor 0–100; higher = stronger authoritarian / crisis pole (except institutional stability, where higher = stronger institutions).
| Centralization of Power | 48 |
| Media Control | 32 |
| Repression | 35 |
| Nationalism | 55 |
| Militarization | 58 |
| Economic Stress | 40 |
| External Conflict | 62 |
| Cult of Personality | 35 |
| Elite Fragmentation | 50 |
| Institutions | 72 |
| Social Polarization | 48 |
| Corruption & Patrimonialism | 52 |
| Ideological Mobilization | 45 |
| External Sovereignty | 92 |
Economy & society
| GDP per capita | $2000 (intl-$) |
| GDP growth | +0.5%/yr |
| Population | 7.0M people |
| Share of world population | 1.1% |
| Territory | ~230k km² |
| Capital population | ~600k |
Closest historical twins
The country-eras whose structural profile most resembles Great Britain 1688–1727 CE, by similarity score (0–100).
- Great Britain, 1727–1760 CE – similarity 99/100 · shared: Democratization, External Expansion, Militarization, Great-Power Rivalry, Regime Stabilization
- British Empire, 1868–1901 – similarity 96/100 · shared: Democratization, External Expansion, Militarization, Great-Power Rivalry, Regime Stabilization
- British Empire, 1901–1914 – similarity 96/100 · shared: Democratization, External Expansion, Militarization, Great-Power Rivalry, Regime Stabilization
- United States, 1981–1989 – similarity 93/100 · shared: Democratization, External Expansion, Militarization, Great-Power Rivalry, Regime Stabilization
- France, 1870–1900 – similarity 92/100 · shared: Democratization, External Expansion, Militarization, Great-Power Rivalry
- France, 1900–1914 – similarity 92/100 · shared: Democratization, External Expansion, Militarization, Great-Power Rivalry
- United States, 1945–1968 – similarity 90/100 · shared: Democratization, External Expansion, Militarization, Great-Power Rivalry, Regime Stabilization
- Great Britain, 1783–1815 – similarity 89/100 · shared: Democratization, External Expansion, Militarization, Regime Stabilization
What followed
- Parliamentary supremacy and a bill of rights.
- A durable constitutional settlement.