Mireism
Mireism is the political system of Sokoku, as well as the political and economic philosophy as formulated by the stateswoman Chika Mirei. It characterised by elements of a planned economy and strong anti-colonial and anti-mercantilist stance. As a political system, Mireism has been limited to Sokoku, but as an ideology it has been influential in many post-colonial nations rejecting a free market capitalist or orderist system.
History
Mireism has been formulated as a political and economic philosophy by the Sokokan stateswoman Chika Mirei. During her lifetime, she developed the philosphy while applying it to the federal government of the expanding post-colonial nation of Sokoku. As such, the philosophy is based on the political system that gradually developed in Sokoku. This in contrast to most other political philosophies that were formulated as a theory before getting applied in state government.
There is no single, definitive publication formulating the exact principles of Mireism, but a gathering of scientific publications by Chika Mirei published between 7606 and 7660. The main works include two versions of the Constitution of Sokoku from 7609 and 7643, as well as a more extensive theoretical publication "The justification of the state" from 7654.
During her lifetime, the philosophy was usually called pembenaran or seitouka, in Hallisian often refered to as "the pembenaran state". It was only after her death in 7666 that Mireism as a term was starting to get used for Sokoku's structure of federal and state government as a philosophy that could be applied outside Sokoku as well.
Basic philosophy
Mireisim combines elements like the extended family as a basis for society with economic and individual freedom, all within a framework borrowing elements from socialism and orderism. The meritocratic nature of Kakuri local government has been translated towards the state and federal level, where a high level of participative democracy on the local scale gradually becomes more and more meritocratic in higher levels of government.
The role of the state is the allocation of resources for the benefit of the many. Resources can be in the form of raw material, financing or intellectual; the latter mainly through state owned patents, research and education of the working force. Unlike most other planned economies, production and services are privately owned, most often in the form of extended families (guild), cooperatives and other worker owned constructions. In key industries and services, the state allocates production through public tenders towards the cheapest suppliers meeting the social and environmental standards set for society as a while.
This make the philosophy and system opposite of market capitalism, where passing on economic costs to a different actor is the main way to lower manufacturing costs, thus being competetive on price alone. In the Mireist system, these costs are internalised in order to avoid that a tax collective would have to balance out for the unifocal approach of profit driven companies. On the other hand, the state does not control the means of production, nor does it own and operate large (basic) industries or even essential services like waterworks or healthcare.
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