Imperialist Consensus

The Imperialist Consensus refers to a broad political, sociocultural, and religious consensus in Belhavia that emerged after the rise of the Belhavian empire in 1715 following the Great Southern War that God destined Belhavia to build a great empire across the world because of Belhavian Jews' special enlightenment among the world's nations. This societywide paradigm justified a government policy of empire-building, expansionism, imperialism, and colonialism.

The belief ebbed and flowed across the decades as world events, internal Belhavian politics, and ideologies rose and fell. The consensus held until the late 1910s, when the the global anti-colonialist movements from the left began to arise, which led to a protracted political battle over the issue in Belhavia. The issue was decisively decided during the Galarian years in favor of the old consensus due to the state policy of Galarianism, but was discontinued after his fall.

It no longer holds much sway in modern Belhavia, though it has a seen a modest revival among the Belhavian right in light of recent Ulthrannic expansion into Ashizwe and Akkadiya.

Also see

• Grand Colonial Debates
• Galarianism
• Belhavian-Livrichese War