Cameralism

Cameralism
Basic Information
Aliases	Cam German Mercantilism
Alignments	AuthUnity Culturally Right
Greatest achievement	Becoming a dominant economic system throughout much of northern Europe in the 18th and 19th century.
Ideological Influences
Influenced by	Byzantinism Enlightened Absolutism Mercantilism Utilitarianism
Influenced	Bismarckism Neocameralism Neoreactionarism
Ideological Information
Year	1760's
Region of origin	Germany
Character Information
Likes	Tax Profits, Expansion,

Cameralism (Cam) is an authoritarian, economically centrist, and culturally right-leaning ideology which is the German child of Mercantilism. Cam believes in an economy that is centralized in such a manner that it creates the largest amount of profit for the state.

In relation to Cameralism in the German language nowadays the term Kameralwissenschaft (Cameral Sciences) is usually used to refer to the administration of the state.

History

Cameralism was born in 18th century Germany to Mercantilism, as a way to deal with different conditions of much of northern and central Europe as compared which Mercantilism wasn't suited to as much as those of Western Europe.

Personality

Cam is a rather precise and bureaucratic person.

How to draw

Flag of Cameralism

1. Draw a ball.
2. Divide it into three horizontal stripes; white in the middle and black on the top and bottom.
3. Draw a black state building in the middle.
4. Draw the ball wearing a crown.
5. Add the eyes and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Black	#141414	20, 20, 20
	White	#FFFFFF	255, 255, 255
	Grey	#676767	103, 103, 103

Relationships

Friends

• Mercantilism - Show the economy who it should be serving!
• Enlightened Absolutism - He's literally me.
• Neocameralism & Neoreactionarism - My heir!

Frenemies

• Capitalism - You keep our people fed but your greed is worrisome.
• Absolute Monarchism - You need to give the plebs some breathing space.
• Reactionary Socialism - Based, but why so anti-enlightenment?

Enemies

• Classical Liberalism - There's only one thing worse than a lib! A ClassLib!
• Feudalism - My unenlightened neighbor, he doesn't even know what money is.

Further Information

Literature

• The Cameralists: The Pioneers of German Social Policy by Albion B. Small
• The Practical Imagination: The German Sciences of the State in the Nineteenth Century by David F. Lindenfeld
• Books, Bureaus and the Historiography of Cameralism by Andre Wakefield

Wikipedia

• Cameralism

Videos

• Colbert, Leibniz and Vattel: The Cameralist Roots of the American System by Rising Tide Foundation