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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 hubristically decided to publicly oppose a (then) new law that prohibited schools from teaching 5 year olds about sex without parental consent despite over two thirds of voters (including majorities in both parties) supporting it.
** [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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