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Although many countries were moving towards free market capitalism, many continued to plan the economy. Between 1793 and 1794, Maximillian Robespierre and his Committee worked with the sans-culottes, the laboring poor who believed in fair prices and feared capitalists and aristocrats, to form one of the first planned economies. The government set maximum for many goods, especially breads, so that everyone could afford the staples. The government also encouraged rationing so that everyone got equal amounts of food and bakers were only permitted to make the “bread of equality,” which meant that the wealthier citizens did not receive a fancier diet. This led to the beginning of a total war effort during other centuries and led to the rise of nationalism because everyone felt united.
 * __Robespierre's Committe for Public Safety__**

McKay, John P, et al. __A History of Western Societies__. Boston, Massachusetts. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003.