Another aspect of Wichit's nationalist vision concerned the realm of economic activity. This, however, was a subsidiary feature of his thought and not developed in any length. He simply suggested that the government should promote Thai business enterprise and urged consumers to use Thai products rather than imported goods. Irl order for the "people to love the nation", Wichit further asserted that particular human qualities were necessary, which he felt were insufficiently developed among the Thai populace. These were: honesty, perseverance, daring and bravery, compassion, politeness and grace a love of honour, a love of duty, and self-control. Interestingly, Wichit did not think of this list of requisite characteristics himself, but took seven of them from a book on the Japanese warrior code entitled Bushido by Inazo Nitobe, a Japanese professor he had met years earlier in Switzerland The single characteristic not found in Nitobe's book