---
entity_slug: colonial_economic_system_design
entity_type: Institution
vsm_system: S5
type_rationale: Colonial Economic System Design represents a socially constructed
  governance structure that establishes the rules and norms governing economic relationships
  between colonies and their parent countries.
vsm_rationale: This entity operates at the S5 level because it concerns the fundamental
  policy framework that defines the identity, purpose, and ultimate authority structure
  of colonial economic arrangements.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T10:51:24.469121'
---

# Classification: Colonial Economic System Design

## Entity Type

Institution

## VSM System

S5

## Type Rationale

Colonial Economic System Design represents a socially constructed governance structure that establishes the rules and norms governing economic relationships between colonies and their parent countries.

## VSM Rationale

This entity operates at the S5 level because it concerns the fundamental policy framework that defines the identity, purpose, and ultimate authority structure of colonial economic arrangements.
