Exploitation colonialism is the national
economic policy of conquering a country to
exploit its
natural resources and its native population. The practice of exploitation colonialism contrasts with
settler colonialism, the policy of conquering a country to establish a branch of the
metropole (Motherland), and for the exploitation of its natural resources and native population. A colonialist power pursues settler colonialism to relieve the pressures of over-population upon the economy and the national territory of the
motherland, and to extend its territory and culture by reproducing its society in other parts of the
world. A reason for which a country might practice exploitation colonialism is the immediate financial gain produced by the low-cost extraction of
raw materials by means of an
enslaved native people, usually administered by a colonial government.