The governments of country A and country B spend the same amount each year. However, the types of spending differ dramatically between the two as the following table shows:

Share of government spending on:	Country A	Country B
functions relating to dealing with market externalities and public goods	25%	75%
the provision of merit goods and efforts to restrict the production of demerit goods 75%		25%

The country whose government is more heavily involved in the economy through economic functions of government as opposed to political functions is

(enter a single letter: 'A' or'B'