Cameralism

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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 order to achieve independence of self-sufficiency, to create material prerequisites for achieving the universal, spiritual good.

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. Cameralism grew out of the relatively backward economic, social and political structure of Germany, which was a result of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). The economic crisis that followed was also a consequence of the deep political split in the state. Cameralism suggested organizing public administration on a functional basis, that is, each institution had to be in charge of its own special area of ​​government. The central link was financial institutions, which were clearly divided into bodies involved in collecting funds, bodies that concentrated these funds and disbursed them for expenses, and, finally, bodies that maintained independent financial accounting and financial control.

All institutions had uniform principles for the form of various types of documents, approved rules for the “movement of papers,” their accounting and circulation in the bowels of the office. F. L. von Seckendorff first wrote about it in his famous work “The German Princely State” in 1656. His ideas were developed by prominent theorists of mercantilism J. Becher, F. Gernig and W. Schröder, who saw the state as the main engine of economic development. They considered the state to be something like an “economic partnership” in a society divided into classes, which was called upon to take care of increasing the population and its well-being.

Beliefs

Cameralism’s beliefs can be described in 3 words. These would be Cameral, Oeconomie, and Polizei. Cameral is the science of public finance, administered for the state’s benefit. Oeconomie designates all that encompasses the relationship between the state and society at large with the goal of achieving certain outcomes (much like Corporatism). Finally, Polizei represents the study of policies the government can enact.

Variants

Folkhemmet

Folkhemmet is a left-wing political model which originated in Sweden. It seeks to find a middle way between Revolutionary Socialism and Capitalism by embracing what it calls Funktionssocialism. Society is viewed as one big family which is why it embraces Welfarist ideals.

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	rgb(20, 20, 20)
	White	#FFFFFF	rgb(255, 255, 255)
	Grey	#676767	rgb(103, 103, 103)

Relationships

Friends

• Mercantilism - Show the economy who it should be serving!
• Absolute Monarchism - You abandon feudal aristocracy and embrace my economics, based! I am the key to strengthening the state!
• Enlightened Absolutism - He's literally me, but also socially pro-enlightenment.
• Industrialism - Industrial expansion!
• Stratocracy - The army and the state must be integrated into one mechanism!
• Centralism - I will centralize the economy around the state.
• Agrarianism - Another pillar of the imperial economy!
• Conservative Corporatism - Another traditional economic system, I am much like you except crown-oriented.
• Imperialism - EXPANSION BY ANY MEANS NECESARY!
• State Capitalism - My modern day equivalent!
• Bismarckism - Decent follower of mine.
• Scientocracy - Science of the state, we must modernize the state and economy to keep competitive!
• Reactionary Modernism - He gets it!

Frenemies

• Capitalism - You should be serving the state.
• Reactionary Socialism - You have good ideas but stop hating on enlightenment economics. They are not that bad, barring free trade.
• De Francism - Unusual how your economic model transformed into me with Solano López.
• Nazism - Please get away from me.

Enemies

• Free Trade, Classical Liberalism & Neoliberalism - Free trade does not strengthen the state!
• Financialism - The economy will be weakened by you.
• Feudalism - My unenlightened neighbor, he doesn't even know what money is. I will consolidate you into my empire.

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

Gallery

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