Cameralism
Administrative doctrine of enlightened absolutism that organized the state through a disciplined bureaucracy and centralized finances, promoting industry, population, and revenue as sources of the monarch's power.
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In one sentence
I want a realm served by a disciplined bureaucracy and centralized finances, growing industry, population and revenue for the crown.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Unitary
Structure
- Very strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Leaning · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Leaning · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Balanced
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward autocracy than 99% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 58This ideology 5
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Intervention
On Intervention, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 53This ideology 58
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Frederick the Great
King of Prussia, Frederick the Great made the kingdom a military and administrative power, embodying enlightened despotism and the cameralist state of disciplined bureaucracy, centralized finances, and tolerance.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyGetúlio VargasStatesman91%
SociallyHafez al-AssadPresident of Syria96%
EconomicallyBenito MussoliniDictator98%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsErnesto GeiselMilitary officer and statesman90%
PoliticsJuan Domingo PerónStatesman90%
ReligionConfuciusPhilosopher89%
PoliticsJulius NyerereStatesman89%
Political theoryHoward ScottEngineer89%
ActivismLuís Carlos PrestesCommunist leader89%
BusinessRong YirenIndustrialist and state executive89%
PoliticsMohammad Reza PahlaviLast Shah of Iran89%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Kingdom of Prussia
1701–1918A German kingdom with a strong military and administrative tradition, Prussia united monarchy, a disciplined bureaucracy, and a powerful army, leading German unification and embodying the cameralist state and enlightened despotism.
Other close countries
Cuba
One-party egalitarian socialismA single-party socialist state in the Caribbean, Cuba maintains a planned economy, strong state control, and universal public services, with power centralized since the revolution led by Fidel Castro in 1959.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyVenezuelaStatist-socialist authoritarianism89%
SociallyBelarusStatist-personalist autocracy94%
EconomicallyIranClerical-statist theocracy99%
The most distant
Brazil (Vargas Era)
1930–1945Under Vargas, Brazil experienced a nationalist, developmentalist regime that promoted state-directed industrialization, labor legislation, and the centralization of power, laying the foundations of Brazilian labourism.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyPeronist Argentina1946–195589%
SociallyPersian Empire (Achaemenid)550–330 a.C.95%
EconomicallyAtatürk's Turkey1923–193898%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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