EqualCorp

Category:Companies
EqualCorp offically The Equal Corporation is a Vandistani conglomerate founded in 2022 as Equal-Portland Company by Yaroslav Equaltoevich in Noshkolm. It is one of the largest corporations in Vandistan and is considered to be akin to a Zaibatsu or a Chaebol.
== Controversy ==
EqualCorp has been named that #1 Evilest Company by multiple different news media outlets, both domestic and international. It has been known that EqualCorp brutally cracks down on any dissidence within its workforce.
=== Slavery ===
EqualCorp, while not officially admitting has been reported to use massive amounts of slave labour in mainly construction and some other unskilled labour jobs. Reportedly EqualCorp imports massive amounts of labourers from India and Pakistan and refuses to allow them to leave.
To date there hasnt been any massive slave revolts that the public is aware of, but a few of these slaves have escaped and claimed that any dissidence would have resulted in them getting shot. According to one slave reporting to a vandistani journalist that some of the slaves would rather getting shot by the guards than continue to work. 
EqualCorp has still yet to even respond to any of these allegations officially, although the CEO has flauntingly claimed they he uses slave labour
=== Strikes and Unions ===
EqualCorp disallows unions, with the exception of the HHL Players Union, and cracks down hard on any employee attempting to organize a union. Its been known that they usually end up missing.
==== The Great EqualCorp Strike ====
In 2023, lead by two employees as well as two communist politicians EqualCorp had to deal with a massive strike in downtown Noshkolm. They crushed them using ruthless methods such as using the Noshkolm Police Force to surround the strikers and crush them into a small area. Other tactics were used which some consider even more harsh than the police brutality. Because EqualCorp owned many of the apartments a lot of these workers lived in, many of them were evicted and fired. The police also forced any store to close during the duration of the strike to hopefully starve them out.
Over the week long strike 15 people died, and 121 were injured. There hasn't been a major strike since the end of the Great EqualCorp Strike
=== Siege of Noshkolm ===
The Cossack Militia was a EqualCorp property until Vandistan banned private military companies. They were turned into the Noshkolm Police Force but still unofficially controlled by EqualCorp. EqualToes, CEO of EqualCorp was given a special order by Glactica to get rid of the Gangs of Noshkolm allowing him to reform the Cossack Militia.
The Cossack Militia used harsh measures to make sure they completed their goals. Despite being careful not to harm any civilians in the cross fire it was eventual that a few were to be killed. Eventually the Cossack Militia gave up and started doing their job mostly indiscriminately. 
By the end of the conflict EqualCrop reformed the Noshkolm Police Force and have claimed that they no longer have any influence over them. Investigations to this claim have failed to show any evidence that this even remotely true 
== Community Outreach ==
EqualCorp has a long history of helping the community, usually through sponsoring events or directly funding them. EqualCorp provides a lot of funding and support in Project Lilac, a nonprofit aimed at giving less fortunate women access to medical resources. 
Despite being a profit driven company most of the profit from its casino branch helps fund a lot of local amenities in South Vandistan especially in Noshkolm, Bellsthatt, and Ratdagapolis. According to EqualToes it was originally to get out of paying any taxes on those profits but has in recent years admitted that helping out the community has filled him with some sense of accomplishment.
=== Sports ===
The vast majority of funds used for community outreach is with sport programs and events. EqualCorp continues to help fund a yearly high school hockey tournament in the summer as well as helping youth get the proper equipment to play in these sports. While the tournament is for the entire country, the Sports Equipment Program has been specially for South Vandistan. 
Because EqualCorp owns the HHL it helps Make-A-Wish Vandistan make sure that any wishes relating to the league can be accomplished. In the Hyperborean Hockey League Hall of Fame it has a room decorated with photos of many children getting their wish who also allowed the photos to be used.
== Subsidiaries ==
Company
EqualCorp Rug Company
EqualCorp Crime Family Company
EqualCorp Napalm Company
EqualCorp Racist Company
Hyperborean Hockey League
EqualCorp Telecommunications
EqualCorp Gambling and Casino Service Company
EqualCorp Aerospace and Adult Film Company
EqualCorp Holiday Company
EqualCorp Automotive Company
EqualCorp Sex and Condom Company
EqualCorp TV and Propaganda Company
EqualCorp Civilian Military Grade Weapon Company
EqualCorp Pharmaceuticals
EqualCorp Sports and Entertainment
EqualBank
EqualCorp Arena Company
EqualCorp Nuclear research and Power Company
EqualCorp Carrier Pigeon Company
EqualCorp Arabic Numeral System Company
EqualCorp Prison and Correctional Centre Company
EqualCorp Shoe Company
EqualCorp Brewery Company
EqualCorp Music Company