---
entity_slug: natural_course_of_economic_development
entity_type: Process
vsm_system: S4
type_rationale: The natural course of economic development is a temporal progression
  of activities that unfolds over time through the sequence of agriculture to manufacturing
  to foreign trade, making it fundamentally a process rather than a static entity
  or rule.
vsm_rationale: This developmental sequence represents the economy's adaptive intelligence
  system that scans environmental conditions like natural advantages and resource
  availability to determine optimal development paths, embodying S4's function of
  environmental adaptation and strategic intelligence.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T11:17:58.345029'
---

# Classification: Natural Course Of Economic Development

## Entity Type

Process

## VSM System

S4

## Type Rationale

The natural course of economic development is a temporal progression of activities that unfolds over time through the sequence of agriculture to manufacturing to foreign trade, making it fundamentally a process rather than a static entity or rule.

## VSM Rationale

This developmental sequence represents the economy's adaptive intelligence system that scans environmental conditions like natural advantages and resource availability to determine optimal development paths, embodying S4's function of environmental adaptation and strategic intelligence.
