In Australia, the most populated region by natives was places like the outback and what is nowadays known as Alice springs. The New Zealand had a more or less equally spread population because of it's much smaller sides, but there was a bias towards the North where there were more people than in the South of the island.
Early mercantilism meant primarily aiming to reduce imports. This issue is related mainly to articles of luxury. The mercantilists believed fact that the foundation of the wealth of the state is a positive trade balance - the dominance of exports over imports. Source of such beliefs lay still in the medieval practice of governance - the monarchs gather financial reserves necessary for an effective policy. <span>However, in the developed theory of mercantilism, welfare of the residents and the strength of the state directly combined with the development of the industry. It is associated with it hopes for economic self-sufficiency of the country. In addition, the mercantilists preached direct relationship between economic power of the country's human potential.</span>
It started over the use of icons.The Romans wanted to use icons while the Eastern Orthodox so it as worshipping a false god. This resulted in the Roman Pope excommunicating the Emperor because he banned icons.