au·tar·ky or au·tar·chy 
(ôtär′kē)
(ôtär′kē)n. pl. au·tar·kies or au·tar·chies
1. A policy of national self-sufficiency and nonreliance on imports or economic aid.
2. A self-sufficient region or country.
[Greek autarkeia, self-sufficiency, from autarkēs, self-sufficient : auto-, auto- + arkein, to suffice.]
au·tarkic (-kĭk), au·tarki·cal (-kĭ-kəl) adj.