---
entity_slug: colonial_land_abundance_effects
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T04:50:59.337537'
overall_score: 4.4
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition clearly identifies specific economic consequences (low
    land costs, high wages, widespread ownership, agricultural prioritization) that
    flow from land abundance. It avoids circularity and captures a distinct set of
    interconnected effects rather than being vaguely descriptive.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity is directly grounded in Smith's extensive analysis in Book
    IV, Chapter 7, where he explicitly discusses how land abundance creates labor
    scarcity, drives up wages, enables widespread land ownership, and shapes colonial
    economic development patterns. The context accurately reflects Smith's argument
    about monopoly restrictions constraining this natural development.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: '"Production" is the correct domain placement since land abundance fundamentally
    affects how colonies organize their productive activities, factor allocation,
    and development priorities. This is primarily about the structural conditions
    of economic production rather than trade, policy, or other domains.'
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 3.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity has some VSM relevance as it describes structural conditions
    that affect how colonial economies operate (S1) and adapt to their environment
    (S4), but it's more of a background condition than a clear system function. It's
    neither purely VSM-neutral nor clearly mappable to a single system.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity provides strong explanatory power by illuminating the causal
    mechanism through which geographical conditions (land abundance) create specific
    economic structures and outcomes in colonial settings. It explains why colonial
    economies develop differently from established countries, going beyond surface
    description to reveal underlying structural relations.
---

# Evaluation: Colonial Land Abundance Effects

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly identifies specific economic consequences (low land costs, high wages, widespread ownership, agricultural prioritization) that flow from land abundance. It avoids circularity and captures a distinct set of interconnected effects rather than being vaguely descriptive.

## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity is directly grounded in Smith's extensive analysis in Book IV, Chapter 7, where he explicitly discusses how land abundance creates labor scarcity, drives up wages, enables widespread land ownership, and shapes colonial economic development patterns. The context accurately reflects Smith's argument about monopoly restrictions constraining this natural development.

## domain_placement — 5.0 / 5.0

"Production" is the correct domain placement since land abundance fundamentally affects how colonies organize their productive activities, factor allocation, and development priorities. This is primarily about the structural conditions of economic production rather than trade, policy, or other domains.

## vsm_relevance — 3.0 / 5.0

This entity has some VSM relevance as it describes structural conditions that affect how colonial economies operate (S1) and adapt to their environment (S4), but it's more of a background condition than a clear system function. It's neither purely VSM-neutral nor clearly mappable to a single system.

## explanatory_value — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity provides strong explanatory power by illuminating the causal mechanism through which geographical conditions (land abundance) create specific economic structures and outcomes in colonial settings. It explains why colonial economies develop differently from established countries, going beyond surface description to reveal underlying structural relations.
