Burns Empire

The Burns Empire was a grouping of businesses and properties owned by billionaire Charles Montgomery Burns. The empire's main icon is the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
==History==
Prior to the 1929 Wall Street crash, Burns invested in Confederated Slaveholdings.
The empire's businesses was enough to make Burns extremely wealthy by 1946, as he was presented as "America's wealthiest (and therefore most trustworthy) citizen"."The Trouble with Trillions" He continued to run his businesses, and eventually came into ownership of a college germ warfare lab by the 1960s."Mother Simpson"
Burns had built the biggest source of wealth to the empire, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, by the time his future employee Homer Simpson was either 12"The Blunder Years" or a senior in high school."The Way We Was"
Today, the Burns Empire is made up of various businesses, including a slant oil driller, the electric company, the water works, a hotel on Baltic Avenue,Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) and Mr. Burns' Casino. It also briefly included the Little Lisa Recycling Plant, but sold it to a fish stick corporation for $120 million. At times it is referred to as the Burns CorporationMarge Gets a Job, and at one point, it owned a powerful financial institute named Burns Worldwide.Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
At times, Burns has lost his fortune, and subsequently, his empire (once due to bad investmentsThe Old Man and the Lisa, twice due to rivals swindling his fortune from him),"The Seemingly Never-Ending Story"The Great Phatsby and he has often utilized his business skills to rebuild it, buying back his former empire's businesses in the process.
Over the course of the show, some people have contributed to the empire, including Burns's assistant, Waylon Smithers, nuclear safety inspector Homer Simpson, and former accountant Jack Marley. 
==Owners==
* Mr. Burns
* Jay G (formerly)
* Rich Texan (formerly)
* Lenny Leonard (formerly)
* Homer Simpson (formerly)"C. E. D'oh"
==Businesses Run==
* Springfield Nuclear Power Plant - Nuclear power provider
* Burns Slant Drilling Co. - Slant oil drilling operation, possibly shut down
* Mr. Burns' Casino - Casino, demolished
* Little Lisa Recycling Plant - Recycling center, sold
* Springfield Monorail - Monorail
* Mr. Burns Basketball Stadium - Basketball Arena, shut down
*BurnsoDyne - Road construction company
* Burns Worldwide - Financial corporation, sold
* Burns Media - Media conglomerate, shut down or sold
* Confederated Slaveholdings - Slave auction company, invested in
* Amalgamated Spats - Company, invested in
* Transatlantic Zeppelin - Blimp manufacturer, invested in
* U.S. Hay - Hay maker, invested in
* Baltimore Opera Hat Company - Dressing company, invested in 
* Burns Recycling Inc. - Recycling organization, shut down or sold
==Trivia==
* Other contributions to Burns's wealth and empire include his mansion, his limousine, the Hounds, and the Springfield Excitement basketball team.
==Behind the Laughter==
Burns owning the electric company, the water works, and the hotel on Baltic Avenue are references to property that can be owned in the Monopoly board game in the United States.
==Citations==
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