Prussia
Militarist enlightened absolutism
Prussia leans hardest toward Hawk, Traditional and Authority.
The 12 axes, with receipts
Centralised bureaucratic state.
Enlightened absolutism under Frederick the Great.
Tolerant in belief, strict in obedience.
Raison d’état and power politics.
"An army with a state"; universal conscription.
Welcomed Huguenot and other refugees.
Junker estates and state domains.
State-directed cameralist economy.
Protective tariffs, later the Zollverein customs union.
"Everyone may be saved in his own fashion."
Duty, order and hierarchy.
Pioneer of compulsory schooling and research universities.
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