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 100% of the 271 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 61This ideology 5
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Technology
On Technology, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 59This ideology 64
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%
SociallyIbrahim TraoréMilitary Officer and Head of State97%
EconomicallyCharles X GustavKing of Sweden100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsKwame NkrumahPresident of Ghana and Pan-Africanist91%
PoliticsAleksandr LukashenkoPresident of Belarus90%
PoliticsErnesto GeiselMilitary officer and statesman90%
PoliticsFrederick Augustus I of SaxonyKing of Saxony90%
PoliticsJuan Domingo PerónStatesman90%
ReligionConfuciusPhilosopher89%
PoliticsJulius NyerereStatesman89%
Political theoryHoward ScottEngineer89%
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
Kazakhstan
Petrostate presidential republicThe largest country in Central Asia, Kazakhstan is a presidential republic with concentrated power, heir to the Nazarbayev regime, with a secular state, an oil and minerals economy and a balance between Russia, China and the West.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCubaOne-party egalitarian socialism90%
SociallyBurkina FasoSovereigntist pan-African military republic94%
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%
EconomicallyFirst French Republic1792–180499%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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