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** To be more specific, in most Feudal Futures a house owns a planet or an area on a planet, in this game houses only rule planets if they enter the Politics sphere and have one of their members (or more often hired retainers) run for senate. In addition houses can build facilities on any planet within range of their homeworld. When you add that in at least one galaxy [[The Emperor]] is an elected position the eponymous imperium sounds more and more like a Federation run by corporations, like the U.S. except the CEOs have titles like "Duke" or "Marquis" and are allowed private armies.
* ''[[Dystopia (video game)|Dystopia]]'' has Datatrust, a mysterious corporation that has even [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|demonstrated control over the development team]].
* ''[[Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere]]'' features this in the form of General Resource Ltd. and Neucom Inc., who are at war with each other at the start of the game. The series returned to national conflict setup with ''[[Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies|04]]'', but chillingly, ''[[Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War|5]]'', ''[[Ace Combat Zero
** In fact the entire series between ''Electrosphere'' and the [[Continuity Reboot]] with ''[[Ace Combat Joint Assault|Joint Assault]]'' (except maybe ''[[Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation|6]]'') can be safely considered one giant [[Prequel]] to the Usean Corporate War.
** Escalated in ''[[Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown]]'' with mercenaries deployed by General Resources partaking in the conflict, alongside the development of advanced AI technologies, such as Alex.
* The [[Big Bad]] in ''[[Fur Fighters]]'' sent up his own vast Mega Corp at some point and it's shown throughout the game at many points doing many different things. Presumably Viggo got the money for everything from getting advanced technology from the dinosaurs (don't ask) and then decided to bid massive air-craft-carries and submarines to conquer the world.
* The Post-Terran Mining Corporation in ''[[Descent]]''. All they do is mining, but they control dozens (that we see) of incredibly large mines in at least eight star systems (likely more). They also have their own mercenary force, which is large enough that the ''combined Sol System military'' considers it a legitimate threat.
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* [[Your Mileage May Vary|Depending on what you personally believe]], the Church of Scientology can be viewed as an organization that, at least, ''aspires'' to achieve this.
** Some have classified the [[wikipedia:Sea Org|Sea Org]] as a paramilitary organization, keep that in mind.
* In 1967 the Florida legislature granted [[Disney]] the authority to maintain self-governance over the large chunk of land in and immediately surrounding the Walt Disney World Resort (a.k.a. the "Reedy Creek Improvement District") in Florida. According to [[wikipedia:Megacorporation|that other Wiki]], "Within this district, the Disney corporation has the legal authority to establish its own building codes, power plants and utilities, fire departments, and to seize land outside the district under eminent domain." That power plant part ''explicitly'', in two different sections, included nuclear reactors. This special privilege was dissolved by the Florida legislature in April 2022, taking effect June 1, 2023, after Disney executives
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130511060048/http://www.law.fsu.edu/journals/lawreview/downloads/362/emerson.pdf A citation] for those who like such things.
* The Hudson's Bay Company owned the vast majority of the land now known as western Canada up until the late 19th century. It acted as the de facto government for the area, issuing its own currency and enforcing a monopoly on trade. The company survives into the present day, though it's no longer the Mega Corp it once was, being best known as the owner of several Canadian department store chains. It lost its independence after being bought out by the Zucker family in 2006, having lasted for more than ''three hundred and thirty years''.
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