If God is identical with his own nature and his nature is essentially good, then Leibniz's principle that a perfectly rational will always acts on the best reason entails God necessarily creates the best world.
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The idea that a perfectly rational being (like God) will always choose to act on the strongest or best reasons available, never on weaker ones.
Necessarily
"Necessarily" means something must be true in all possible situations—it's not just true right now, but couldn't be false under any circumstances. For example, "2+2=4 necessarily" means there's no possible way 2+2 could equal anything other than 4. This contrasts with "contingently" true facts, like "it's raining today," which happen to be true but could have been false.
Perfectly rational will(describing how God makes decisions)
A mind or decision-making power that always reasons flawlessly and chooses based on the best logical grounds available.