These reflect the primary goals of the people. The way the society strives for the goal is reflected in the aspects of the orientation. Different kinds of aspects include tradition, conviction, prevention, acquisition, revolution and stagnation . For example a primitive society could have survival orientation with aspects of acquisition of better hunting lands and conviction of their tribal superiority. A old decadent empire will probably have several orientations fighting over each other, but its primary orientation might be equilibrium with aspect of stagnation of morale and acquisition of pleasure.
Philosophical orientation is something that only changes gradually requiring decades.
An enormous event may create a new orientation very quickly, but unless reinforced, it will quickly give way to the old habits. The techonology of the society can be further defined by the Crafts cultural determinant. Subsistance Subsistence describes how do the people get their living. For an organization subsistence would describe its primary nature, e.g. religion, trade, meditation, research, crime. In case of a nation which gets its living basically off the land, it is useful to describe the characteristics of the environment they live in.