Corporations

Corporations are financial entities representing collections of Trade Guilds that operate on a massive scale. While many Corporations are formed from multiple Guilds uniting into a singular entity in order to corner a market, others arise from singular Guilds that emerged as leaders in their field and found it necessary to divide their operations over diverse fields while maintaining verticle control over their business. Corporations
== Major Corporations ==
=== Wall To Wall ===
Founded: (Wal's) Classic Era by William Waltham
Wall To Wall was originally a simple retail store by the name of Wal's that evolved into a warehouse-style retail chain store with the slogan, "At Wall To Wall, We've Got It All," and provided a diverse selection of home goods and daily necessities. As the business expanded over the years, the Waltham family opened multiple stores throughout The Empire but soon found that they had issues working with the plethora of other Trade Guilds who functioned as their suppliers and soon found that they could provide lower prices at their stores if they themselves became the primary manufacturer of their retailed goods. The Guild slowly expanded into just about every sort of manufacturing field imaginable, and while their store-branded goods were never the most elegant or highest quality products available, they were always robust and affordably priced. 
=== Leviathan ===
Founded: Victorious Era by a 12-way merger between Wright Way Financing, Wilde World Insurance, Starre Light Licensing, Midland Management, Pencil Pushers United, Rentmen Reality, Writer's Workshop, Legalis Aquilae, Souyou Paper Company, Clearre Communications, Conglomerate Holding, and Technical Magic. 
Leviathan is a corporation whose sole purpose is to expand its bureaucracy into as many industries as possible. It began with an unprecedented 12-way merger between vastly different Trade Guilds all operating in different fields. Slowly but surely, they merged with smaller companies and leveraged their influence to force larger companies to abide by their exhaustive bureaucratic standards. While Leviathan quickly rose to notoriety due to their rigid guidelines and generally slow speed and capped efficiency, they nevertheless became well reputed for both their quality and consistency. Their foundational philosophy is captured within their slogan, "Done right is done thoroughly."
=== Maximum Shipping Company ===
Founded: Classic Era by Maximillion Magnacius
Founded by the allegedly psychic Maximillion Magnacius, the Maximum Shipping Company grew quickly in fame for making bulk shipments of valuable goods and undertaking a number of risky ventures that other companies would not dare touch. Over the years, the company expanded into all manner of material logistics and movement.
=== Solar Standard ===
Founded: Victorious Era 
Solar Standard began as a simple Solar Energy company enjoying the postwar boom economy that quickly rose to prominence as they boasted environmentally friendly energy solutions that opened up the world to mass Light Aelectricity. As they expanded over the Eras, Solar Standard entered into the fields of Plasma, Photonic, and Nuclear Energy as well, transforming them into an energy giant that rivaled the stars themselves.
=== CyberSol ===
Founded: Cyber Era
Notable Holdings: Cytech Biomechanics, Cybernetic Soul Foundation
CyberSol got its start in the post-Grand-War World when many folks had become jaded with the harsh truths of reality and were seeking an escape. The company offered a chance to explore a new virtual world of data through its advancements in Aethernet browsing and many users soon found that they enjoyed the virtual world much more than the real one, leading to more and more people to log into cyberspace and reject fleshspace.
=== Omnia Sanguis Corporis ===
Founded: Classic Era by Doctor Finch
Notable Holdings: Reigis Alchemical Fruit Laboratory, Lifeblood Apothecary
Omnia Sanguis Corporis is a biomedical corporation that was started by the Vampire Doctor Finch. The name of the company supposedly utilizes and ancient tongue and roughly translates to "Body, Blood, and All Things."
=== The Chemical Corporation ===
Founded: Classic Era
Chemical Corporation (TCC, Chem Corp.) - "The simplest solutions"
=== Movers Incorporated Poly Technology ===
Founded: Cyber Era
Movers Incorporated Poly Technology began as the research and development department of the Movers Incorporated shipping company but spiraled out of control as they 
(MIPT, Movers Inc...) - Started as a research and development department of a moving/shipping company but moved into physics research when mass manipulation and teleportation proved to be profitable beyond just moving packages.
=== United Universe ===
United Universe (UU) - Cable/Broadcasting company
=== Grand Symphony ===
Grand Symphony (GS) - Music and theater giant - Grand Symphony Records, Grand Studios
=== All Life ===
All Life (AL) - Animal Rights and veterinarian group turned creature creators and xenobiology and xenotech research
=== Imperial Theaters ===
Imperial Theaters (IT) - Acting and Entertainment company that exploded with the invention of the Personal Theater (PT) gaming system
=== The Kabal Company ===
Founded: Classic Era
Notable Holdings: Wizard Tower Broadcasting
The Kabal Company was started by a reclusive band of powerful Wizards who disliked needing to live in crowded city centers to get the best possible scrying on the most extravagant theaters in The Empire and decided to force their apprentices to broadcast Cabal to remote locations over elemental leylines where they had set up their Wizard Towers as part of "discipline training." As more and more Mages wanted in on the arrangement, the Wizards decided to create a formal Trade Guild and expanded from there.
=== Alchemical Industries ===
Alchemical Industries (AI) - Gasoline, Oil, Potions, and soft drinks
=== Miller Textiles ===
Miller Textiles (MT) - Originally small textile and rope company that became clothing giant. Wooly Ghost see-through light fabric. Synthweave
=== Family Farms ===
Family Farms (FF) - Massive agricultural company originally started as a local collective of farmers. In the future is one of the last sources of nonsynth meat, though creatures it produces for butchering are incredibly mutated from genetic modifcation. 
=== Arthureon Foundation ===
The Arthureon Foundation (TAF) - Financing company originally created to manage the Arthureon family's vast fortunes. Traditionally, the head of the Arthureon family has always been the CEO of the foundation but a power struggle between the family and the board of directors ended with the removal of all family members from positions of power. Since then, through long legal battles and clever maneuvering, the family has reclaimed the position of CFO and regained several seats on the board.
=== Eternal Festival ===
Eternal Festival (EF) - Hodgepodge of entertainment and fast food that arose from a troupe of traveling performers
=== Mega Corporation ===
Mega Corporation - (MC, Mega) Corp mainly focused on resource extraction and processing. Produce robust equipment and also mass produce low quality, though durable, consumer goods.
=== Save Corporation ===
Save Corporation- (SC, Save) - Originally banking, quickly became a security company as well. Has subdivisions that focus on activism and environmentalism as well as research into data storage, history, preservatives, and cryogenics.
=== Candymen Incorporated ===
CandyMan Corporation (CMC) - Candy, Bakery, and drug corporation originally started by an illegal narcotics ring
=== Nautilus Foundation ===
Nautilus Foundation (NF) Fishing and boating as well as deep-sea exploration and domed cities
=== Terra Nescio ===
Terra Nescio (TN) Geological surveying, exploration, and vacation corporation
=== Shokudai Media ===
Shokudai Media (SM, Shokudai) originally Newspaper and publisher, Shokudai Press. 
=== Regal Arms ===
Regal Arms (RA, Regal) Originally a jewelry company, expanded into clockwork firearms after successful foray into watch making industry
=== Queen's Treasury ===
Queens Treasury (QT) Finance and luxury company started by a duchess
=== Wuma Incorporated ===
Founded: (Wuma Motors) Conquest Era by...
Wuma Incorporated (WI) originally horseless carriage company
=== Zaibatzu ===
Zaibatzu (Z) Financing and Banking
=== Maverick Motors ===
Maverick Motors (MM) Cars and transport. Mega Milk - Milkshake Bar
=== Holstein Company ===
Holstein Company (HC) Milk, dairy, and fast food
=== Xenium ===
Xenium (X) - originally Xenial Inns, mainly a souvenier, gifting, and hotels
=== DreamWeaver ===
DreamWeaver (DW) - Investment and talent agency
=== The Brotherhood ===
The Brotherhood (TB) - A company centered around organizing and training workers for other companies.
=== Justice Incorporated ===
Justice Incorporated (JI) - a Law firm that decided to get into manufacturing with their "Just Ice" brand ice products. Following their great commercial success, they decided to expand into other industries as well. Ironically, or perhaps completely in line with what one would expect of a company run by lawyers, they abuse their workers to the fullest extent of the law, being notorious for finding legal loopholes that allow them to subject their workers to the most hellish of conditions with the scantest of benefits they can get away with. They lure workers in with what at first appears to be generous pay, but with powerfully binding contracts that have so many terms and conditions that they can barely tell how or why their paychecks seem to shrink every month.
=== LAW ===
LAW (LAW) - Legal Aid & Lobbying
=== Open Arms ===
Open Arms (OA) - A For-Profit company with many non-profit subsidiaries. 
=== Adult Video Conglomerate ===
Adult Video Conglomerate (AVC) - A Loose Organization of Adult Entertainment franchises, the original of which being Horn Pub, which began in the Fantasy era as an elite "Gentleman's Tavern" featuring rare Satyr females and "Unicorn Shows," but soon evolved into an imperial phenomenon with alternate locations catering to all classes and walks of life. More elite focused locations are advertised through displaying golden unicorn horns whereas more middle-class pubs display silver antlers and more commoner ones display ivory bull or ram horns