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# Colony Economic System Balance

## Definition

The equilibrium between different sectors of the colonial economy, including
agriculture, manufacturing, and commerce, which Smith argues develops naturally
when colonies are allowed to pursue their comparative advantages.

## Source Chapter

Book V, Chapter 3

## Context

Smith discusses how colonial economies achieve balance through natural market
forces rather than through artificial restrictions imposed by metropolitan
economic policy.

## Economic Domain

Accumulation

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