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Today, complete economic autarkies are rare.

A possible example of a current autarky is North Korea, based on the government ideology of Juche ( self-sufficiency ), which is concerned with maintaining its domestic localized economy in the face of its isolation.

However, even North Korea has extensive trade with the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, Syria, Iran, Vietnam, and many countries in Europe and Africa.

Bhutan, seeking to preserve a manorialist economic and cultural system centered around the dzong, has until recently maintained an effective economic embargo against the outside world, and has been described as an autarky.

With the introduction of roads and electricity, however, the kingdom has entered trade relations as its citizens seek modern, manufactured goods.