Not really true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism#History There were lots of artisans, but mercant

Not really true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism#History There were lots of artisans, but mercantilism the early stages already had state-run factories for cannons and other "central" managed technology.