Despite "Juche"s conception as a creative application of Marxism and Leninism, some scholars claim it has little direct connection to them. Policies may be explained without a Marxist or Leninist rationale, making the identification of specific influences from these ideologies difficult. Some analysis claim is easier to connect "Juche" with nationalism, but not a unique form of nationalism. Although the WPK claims to be socialist-patriotic, some analysts claim its socialist patriotism would be more similar to bourgeois nationalism; the chief difference is that socialist patriotism is nationalism in a socialist state. "Juche" developed as a reaction to foreign occupation, involvement and influence (primarily by the Chinese and Soviets) in North Korean affairs, and may be described "as a normal and healthy reaction of the Korean people to the deprivation they suffered under foreign domination." However, there is nothing uniquely Marxist or Leninist in this reaction; the primary reason for its description as "communist" is that it occurred in a self-proclaimed socialist state. The WPK (and the North Korean leadership in general) have not explained in detail how their policies are Marxist, Leninist or communist; "Juche" is defined as "Korean", and the others as "foreign". "Juche"s primary objective for North Korea is political, economic and military independence. Kim Il-sung, in his "Let Us Defend the Revolutionary Spirit of Independence, Self-Reliance, and Self-defense More Thoroughly in All Fields of State Activities" speech to the Supreme People's Assembly in 1967, summarized "Juche": The government of the republic will implement with all consistency the line of independence, self-sustenance, and self-defense to consolidate the political independence of the country ("chaju"), build up more solidly the foundations of an independent national economy capable of insuring the complete unification, independence, and prosperity of our nation ("charip") and increasing the country's defense capabilities, so as to safeguard the security of the fatherland reliably by our own force ("chawi"), by splendidly embodying our Party's idea of Juche in all fields." The principle of political independence known as "chaju" is one of "Juche"s central tenets. "Juche" stresses equality and mutual respect among nations, asserting that every state has the right of self-determination. In practice, the beliefs in self-determination and equal sovereignty have turned North Korea into a hermit kingdom.