MPS made consumer goods and ITL made real estate, which was, as ever, 
where the real money was. Counted by the hectare, it didn't amount to 
much—just a few strategically placed islands really, counties rather 
than continents—but it was the most expensive real estate in the world 
outside of a few blessed places like Tokyo, San Francisco, and Manhattan. The 
reason was that Imperial Tectonics had geotects, and geotects could make sure 
that every new piece of land possessed the charms of Frisco, the strategic 
location of
Manhattan, the feng-shui of Hong Kong, the dreary but obligatory Lebensraum of L.A. It was no longer necessary to send out dirty 
yokels in coonskin caps to chart the wilderness, kill the abos, and clear-cut 
the groves; now all you needed was a hot young geotect, a start matter 
compiler, and a jumbo Source.