Aslock Warm Sea Company

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Part of Trade and Transportation of Otheia
The Warm Sea Company of Aslock is a large public corporation based in the Coastal Realm of Aslock. Boasting a fleet of more than 150 ships, and more than 50,000 men under its employ, as well as a private army of over 10,000 soldiers to ensure the security of its assets. It is the single most powerful non-state organization in Otheia, and is more powerful than some countries. 
Formed in the year 290 by Kara Aules of Aslock, by amalgamating several existing merchant companies operating in the Warm Sea, it is the first joint-stock company in Nomos. Having been originally granted a 15 year, and subsequently a 50 year, monopoly on Aslock trade in the Warm Sea, it came to dominate all Otheiae trade in the south by the time it’s monopoly ended. 
Shares in the company can be bought and sold by any resident of Aslock, and then may be bought and sold in open secondary markets. It is a powerful company, possessing quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to make war, create colonies, negotiate treaties, carry out its own laws, and strike its own coins. 
The WSC has eclipsed all its northern rivals in the Warm Sea trade. It’s amalgamated fleet has made it possible to carry thousands more tons of trade goods than its closest competitor, and it’s large convoys can carry larger sums of goods than even the powerful Moonfleet of the Falkeni can field in a single convoy. The WSC has enjoyed huge profits throughout its monopoly. 
Recently, it’s monopoly expired, and was not renewed by Kara Lindril of Artsby. This has resulted in many other, smaller companies to stake a claim in the Warm Sea trade, and a slight decrease in the company’s profitability. However, it remains the largest single company on the seas, and is still responsible for over 70% of all imports of southern goods to the north.
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