My understanding is they want to become like the United States of America, but in all honestly it began with a perfect storm, and the reaction to it. Napoleon Bonaparte, our reaction to this was to try to break Britians, and Frances economies by not trading with Europe. The reason this didn't blow up in our faces. Is we industrialised. A possible reproduction of this for east African would first make sure you could grow the food to support isolation. Then bring in the people who are trained in starting buisinesses. Then begin isolation