The modern man is more than familiar with organizations.

Companies and Governments.

They have different goals and structures, and seem to be easily distinguishable. an organization that creates rules for the benefits of the people living under it, a government. An organization that provides benefits for the people that work for it to benefit a group of people in control of it more, a company. In the world you are familiar with, a company alone can never be more powerful than a nation. Companies are capable of influencing nations behind the curtains, but what if a company wished to distort the line between companies and governments?

A corporation in the EVIS universe. Its early leadership laid the foundation for what would in the future become a near omnipotent entity stretching from the depths of the oceans into the corners of outer space. Using the classic carrot and stick strategy, it used its bioengineering prowess to sway top levels of governments throughout the world, creating nations led by immortals. The other side of the coin, it created ruined nations where the top leadership have been completely wiped out in accidents, terrorist attacks, or even with the fusion of atoms. An argument can be made that is a more efficient government, with coordination so efficient it allowed company negotiators to be on the soil of a capital just turned radioactive wasteland the day before. Compared to the nations that it threatens, the company is not interested in land, religiously following the core tenets of The Founder’s Philosophy, It exerts its dominance in the manufacturing, logistics, weapons, health, pharmaceutical, space, aerospace, finance, maritime, transportation, food, and technology industry instead from massive vehicles. The inhabitants of these vehicles often tend to lack a nationality, to these tenants, a nationality is unnecessary, and they are not necessarily wrong, a person within the company can live very comfortably without ever interacting with a single element outside of the company, one could even say that the standard of living of someone that is fully integrated within the company is orders of magnitude better than those outside. In fact, most would agree that being a registered employee of the organization is much more desirable than being a citizen of any nation.

Of course, the company didn’t start this way. Originally founded as a design company, it simply existed. However, what grew the company was not its excellent designs, but rather the philosophies of The Founder. Those that joined the company lacked skills in design, but had much more talent in other areas. The Founder, realizing the potential of their talent, began to expand the company. The simple design company grew a manufacturing branch, then a research branch, and so on. Within 20 years of the companies creation, what is arguably the turning point for the company took place. In December of the year 223 A.A., the KRIR Biomedical Technology Research and Manufacturing Company (BTRMC) was created, led by one of The Founder’s first followers, Dr. Elizabeth Steele. Under Steele’s leadership, within 5 years of the creation of the company and utilizing the resources of the KRIR group, the BTRMC held 20% of the total biomedical market capitalization. The key product that propelled the BTRMC to this level was the False God series of products which increased lifespans indefinitely, but did not completely stop physical aging.