The Incas had a centrally planned economy, perhaps the most successful ever seen. Its success was in the efficient management of labor and the administration of resources they collected as tribute. Economic exchanges were made using the barter system by which people traded with each other for things they needed.
It's not the middle or the west of the US. Because when the US was expanding in the 19th century - and when many regions were initially being named - the “Midwest” was to the west of the main population centers in the “13 colony” states on the Eastern Seaboard
An emerging market economy, states the International Monetary Fund
He meant that the opinion of mass number would prevent a dictator to reign.