Exmples needed: rise of a Corporate State (Enterprise) from low-tech to TL9

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by Michele

The Hudson Bay Company. Monopoly, own territory (Rupert's Land), own armed forces, own policies, own money.

Since you don't want dystopian examples, I can't cite the most egregious. In general though, it's true they are colonial arrangements in actual history.

I think I remember someone on the forum mentioning a state where instead of paying taxes, people made investments into the state (buying shares), and expected an interest/dividends; having 1 share gave the investor 1 voice in the state's votes, having 10 gave 2, 100 gave 3 and so on. Perhaps a poster might recognize his/her example and name the setting it comes from (and/or give more data)?