Ratzel's idea of "Raum" would grow out of his organic state conception. The early Lebensraum was not political or economic but spiritual and racial nationalist expansion. The "Raum-motiv" is a historically driving force, pushing peoples with great "Kultur" to naturally expand. Space for Ratzel was a vague concept, theoretically unbounded just as was Hitler's. "Raum" was defined by where German people live, where other inferior states could serve to support German people economically and German culture could fertilise other cultures. Haushofer would adopt that conception of "Raum" as the central program for German geopolitik, and Hitler's policy would reflect the spiritual and cultural drive to expansion.