policy

A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.

Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.

Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.

(now chiefly in the plural) The grounds of a large country house.

The art of governance; political science.

A state; a polity.

A set political system; civil administration.

A trick; a stratagem.

Motive; object; inducement.