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= Solution

The class is axiomatizable by the <partial order> axioms together with totality:
$$
\boxed{\forall x\,\forall y\,(x\leq y\lor y\leq x).}
$$
Explicitly, the remaining axioms state reflexivity, antisymmetry, and transitivity. This is the <first-order axiomatization of total orders>.

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