Named after Ramon Hildago de Veracruz, the first Generalísimo of Mexico, modern-day interpretation of Veracruzism by the Mexican state is the result of the gradual evolution of the ideology over time in response to various problems and policies the state endured. Veracruzism follows a heavily modified state capitalist-based economy where the means of production are generally held in private hands but the allocation of credit and investment is determined by the state. Historically an anti-intellectual movement, Veracruzism has been shaped to embrace a meritocratic technocracy form of government within the framework of the centralized Mexican state. Although formerly anticlerical, the Mexican people, who remain predominantly Catholic, are in communion with the state-formed Mexican Catholic C