The answer to this question is Prototype.
This concept could take form in all field of technology. Prototype exist after several trial and error that being done in order to perfecting that concept. Companies or researchers usually use the prototype to in order to find a final glitch/bug in a certain concept before releasing to the masses.
The biases of the author are his beliefs, in both practical and religious belief. The way the author might explain happenings in life and the way he thinks might be affected by his belief that God controls everything. His belief will also affect what he thinks will compose a good society.
More food means a larger population. More population means a larger workforce for factories.
Idi Amin Dada was a violent dictator responsible for several atrocities during his reign.