The ultimate decision maker for setting economic policy in the command system of the Soviet Union: rested with the Politburo, which was the head of the government. rested with GOSPLAN, the economic planning agency. GOSPLAN instructed the Politburo on what goals should be pursued and the Politburo figured out how to accomplish them. Orested with the Production Ministries since they were directly involved with production rested with the consumer under the principle of Consumer Sovereignty, which states that firms are ultimately force to produce what consumers desire