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Johnny1A.2 · 01-13-2019, 11:12 PM

My world contains a corporate body that became so wealthy in the future, had so much economic clout and social force, that it more-or-less became the skeleton or template for a world-wide (in scope, not universal rule) political empire, the tycoons at the top became hereditary princes, their family power based in their control of that corporation. The corporation and many national governments more or less merged.

After this was done, the result was a weird cross between a state owned enterprise, a super-massive monopoly/oligopoly involved in myriad businesses, and a global-scale family business with a very restricted stock base. In 2100, the company owns/embodies over 50% of global economy, and indirectly controls more.

It's not particularly efficient, but it doesn't always have to be, since it's owned by the government/owns the government (depends on how you look at it...).

01-13-2019, 11:12 PM	#12
Johnny1A.2 Join Date: Feb 2007	Re: Using Megacorporations My world contains a corporate body that became so wealthy in the future, had so much economic clout and social force, that it more-or-less became the skeleton or template for a world-wide (in scope, not universal rule) political empire, the tycoons at the top became hereditary princes, their family power based in their control of that corporation. The corporation and many national governments more or less merged. After this was done, the result was a weird cross between a state owned enterprise, a super-massive monopoly/oligopoly involved in myriad businesses, and a global-scale family business with a very restricted stock base. In 2100, the company owns/embodies over 50% of global economy, and indirectly controls more. It's not particularly efficient, but it doesn't always have to be, since it's owned by the government/owns the government (depends on how you look at it...). __________________ HMS Overflow-For conversations off topic here.