He principle of mercantilism encouraged nations to keep economics separate from politics true or false

False

Explanation:

The principle of mercantilism does not encourage nations to keep economics separate from politics, on the contrary, mercantilism involves the promotion of governmental economic policies for the purpose of augmenting the powers of the state at the expense of rival nations. Mercantilism involves the introduction of tariffs such as import tariff to frustrate importation of certain commodities and encourage local production which in turn has economic and political implications.  

we both have laws and checks and balances.

answer; i believe its called ; checks   and balances;