All merchants/businessmen/etc are able to trade within their nation and with other countries with as little government interference as possible. All factions would benefit from this, not equally though. Not a zero sum economy. Its liberalism (not Democrat liberalism)

Hobbes - I nature all have fear of violent death
Locke - In nature all of us have fear of losing private property and "stuff."
Rousseau - Went even farther into state of nature

Basically, the phiolosphers were trying to base their governments on what humans are in their state of nature. Which they beleived was on what was most reliable. According hobbes, whats a more reliable aspect than a human's fear of violent death.

Zero sum economy. World if full conflicting influences (free traders say we can all work together). Govenrments in countries need forcefully set their economies going in certain directions. In other words, gov. need to decide in what direction gov. will go.

This is NOT socialism, nothing about taxing up the wooza. its more like rampant protectionism. Completely in favor of yourself. Give nothing to other countries. Its what Hamilton did in the birth of our nation and Taiwon did to grow. They protected teir infant industries. Invest craploads into technology (free trader is against that), and basically the govenrment is constantly working with /guiding the industries.

Mercantilism vs. liberalism (free trade)