---
entity_slug: agricultural_improvement_discouragement
entity_type: Institution
vsm_system: S5
type_rationale: Agricultural Improvement Discouragement represents a comprehensive
  system of feudal rules, laws, and social norms (primogeniture, entails, servile
  labor) that governed economic behavior rather than being a physical entity, process,
  or abstract principle.
vsm_rationale: This institutional framework operates at the S5 level because it defines
  the fundamental identity and purpose of the feudal economic system, establishing
  the ultimate authority structures and policy orientations that shaped all lower-level
  economic activities.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T10:40:36.572287'
---

# Classification: Agricultural Improvement Discouragement

## Entity Type

Institution

## VSM System

S5

## Type Rationale

Agricultural Improvement Discouragement represents a comprehensive system of feudal rules, laws, and social norms (primogeniture, entails, servile labor) that governed economic behavior rather than being a physical entity, process, or abstract principle.

## VSM Rationale

This institutional framework operates at the S5 level because it defines the fundamental identity and purpose of the feudal economic system, establishing the ultimate authority structures and policy orientations that shaped all lower-level economic activities.
