  Based on what we know about thermodynamics of synergy, we explored the
relationship between countries socio-cultural order (negentropy), estimated
through their constitutions, indicators of Rule of Law and their academic
development; with countries indicators of Free Energy (amount of useful work,
productivity, socioeconomic health). The analysis of 219 indicators unveiled
strong correlations between estimates of the Rule of Law and the number of
Academic Publications, with the socioeconomic health indicators: GDP, Human
Development Index and Infant Mortality. In contrast, correlations with the
length of constitutions (number of words and of articles), suggest that the
proliferation of legal rules hinders the rule of law and socioeconomic
development, or that under-development and/or the lack of the rule of law
foments the proliferation of legal rules. These findings suggest that not any
order favors productivity (Free Energy) and that excess regulations and state
tutelage increase social entropy decreasing socioeconomic health.
