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The SCC is the official "Goverment" of the Sol System and it's colonies. It is a business entity that exists only to enforce and mantain the status quo of corporate control over Humanity, the most powerful corporations directly controlling all facets of the SCC, from public works to taxation. | |||
As one would expect from such a system there is nothing that could truly be called "public": healthcare, water, energy, roads, even the military. All privatized and designed to exploit the citizens of Sol to the maximum extent. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
A | The SCC is a relatively recent development, but one that people saw coming for centuries. In the late 20th century, as technology advanced in the fields of cybernetics and computing, global society underwent radical changes, increased by "The Collapse" in the late 90s, a worldwide economic crisis that ended with the permanent weakening of the United States and the transformation of the Soviet Union into a Capitalist State. | ||
Global Instability and the weakening of the Nation State led to the empowering of the Corporation, adquiring what services could no longer be mantained by countries, starting with Policing and Healthcare. Corporate backed politicians actively fought back against attempts to end the crisis, stalling for long enough to establish a new status quo for when order was restored. | |||
Three decades afterwards the world was similar yet different. Your local beat cop wore the logo of Lone Star Security or Minutemen Policing, the bus you took to work was operated by Ford-GM Transit Division, you pay for your morning Continental Brands branded Soycaf by transferring over some Zurich-Orbital Bank Credits using your neural implant before stepping into your office at MetaCorp, considered to be extranational territory where US regulations don't apply. You put on your VR headset and get to your 12 hour workday before getting off and repeating the process 6 days of the week. | |||
Of course, corporations are predatory things, always wanting to spread and grow like cancer cells. This led to what has come to be called the "First Corporate War" in 2038, between Exxon-BP and SovOil over the adquisition of Brazialian Oil giant Petrobras after the discovery of deep oil fields under the Amazon Plains. | |||
The War was waged directly by private military assets of both corporations and indirectly through hiring of other companies. The fighting took place in corporate raids, sabotage, assasinations, terror attacks and outright destruction of facilities and corporate towns. They fought on land, air, sea, space and the digital realm. Utilizing the armies of south american nations against eachother and going do far as to depose goverments to install their own puppets | |||
By the end of the war five years later both companies had lost around 65% of their total assets and neither had manged to adquire the Brazilian company. Massive amounts pollution had been released due to the destrucyion of offshore oil rigs... and the companies of the world had been shown that they could just take over countries if they wished to. | |||
This started a trend that lasted all the way until the formation of the SCC in 2179, upon which 6 further Coprorate wars occured. Each one erroding the already small power of nations until all that remained were banana republics. | |||
The 7th Corporate War lasted betwee 2168 and 2179. A full 11 years of warfare ended by a limited nuclear exchange between alliances led by the Jovian Energy Company and SinoChem respectively, leading to the destruction of multiple orbital habitats and of the City of Guangzhou, ending the lives of millions of people and causing untold economic losses. | |||
That was what lead to the creation of the SCC, the paper thin nation states and useless UN being all destroyed with a wave of a hand and their faculties being given to the new Entity to act as a regulatory, arbitral and governamental and body over all human corporations and territories. | |||
To ensure that it would actually work and not be ignored the SCC was given controlling shares over the five largest banks, merging them into the Zurich-Luna Bank and granting it the sole authority to set interest rates, manage the currency supply and to somewhat regulate the market. | |||
The SCC itself acts as a corporation. 51% of it's shares to be held in pertuity by itself while the rest are given to any corporation that manages to seat a representative in the Corporate Council that governs the entity, one transferable share for each one of the 200 most powerful companies that are able to secure a seat. | |||
The SCC has managed to avert any corporate "hot" wars in the 30 years of it's existance and rule. And with the discovery of FTL 22 years ago has managed to lead the way in the exploration and colonization of Alien worlds. | |||
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==Government== | ==Government== | ||
===Political System=== | ===Political System=== | ||
An overview of the political structure of | An overview of the political structure of | ||
===Legal System=== | ===Legal System=== | ||
An overview of the legal system of the nation. | An overview of the legal system of the nation. | ||
Revision as of 18:55, 1 September 2024
The SCC is the official "Goverment" of the Sol System and it's colonies. It is a business entity that exists only to enforce and mantain the status quo of corporate control over Humanity, the most powerful corporations directly controlling all facets of the SCC, from public works to taxation.
As one would expect from such a system there is nothing that could truly be called "public": healthcare, water, energy, roads, even the military. All privatized and designed to exploit the citizens of Sol to the maximum extent.
History
The SCC is a relatively recent development, but one that people saw coming for centuries. In the late 20th century, as technology advanced in the fields of cybernetics and computing, global society underwent radical changes, increased by "The Collapse" in the late 90s, a worldwide economic crisis that ended with the permanent weakening of the United States and the transformation of the Soviet Union into a Capitalist State.
Global Instability and the weakening of the Nation State led to the empowering of the Corporation, adquiring what services could no longer be mantained by countries, starting with Policing and Healthcare. Corporate backed politicians actively fought back against attempts to end the crisis, stalling for long enough to establish a new status quo for when order was restored.
Three decades afterwards the world was similar yet different. Your local beat cop wore the logo of Lone Star Security or Minutemen Policing, the bus you took to work was operated by Ford-GM Transit Division, you pay for your morning Continental Brands branded Soycaf by transferring over some Zurich-Orbital Bank Credits using your neural implant before stepping into your office at MetaCorp, considered to be extranational territory where US regulations don't apply. You put on your VR headset and get to your 12 hour workday before getting off and repeating the process 6 days of the week.
Of course, corporations are predatory things, always wanting to spread and grow like cancer cells. This led to what has come to be called the "First Corporate War" in 2038, between Exxon-BP and SovOil over the adquisition of Brazialian Oil giant Petrobras after the discovery of deep oil fields under the Amazon Plains.
The War was waged directly by private military assets of both corporations and indirectly through hiring of other companies. The fighting took place in corporate raids, sabotage, assasinations, terror attacks and outright destruction of facilities and corporate towns. They fought on land, air, sea, space and the digital realm. Utilizing the armies of south american nations against eachother and going do far as to depose goverments to install their own puppets
By the end of the war five years later both companies had lost around 65% of their total assets and neither had manged to adquire the Brazilian company. Massive amounts pollution had been released due to the destrucyion of offshore oil rigs... and the companies of the world had been shown that they could just take over countries if they wished to.
This started a trend that lasted all the way until the formation of the SCC in 2179, upon which 6 further Coprorate wars occured. Each one erroding the already small power of nations until all that remained were banana republics.
The 7th Corporate War lasted betwee 2168 and 2179. A full 11 years of warfare ended by a limited nuclear exchange between alliances led by the Jovian Energy Company and SinoChem respectively, leading to the destruction of multiple orbital habitats and of the City of Guangzhou, ending the lives of millions of people and causing untold economic losses.
That was what lead to the creation of the SCC, the paper thin nation states and useless UN being all destroyed with a wave of a hand and their faculties being given to the new Entity to act as a regulatory, arbitral and governamental and body over all human corporations and territories.
To ensure that it would actually work and not be ignored the SCC was given controlling shares over the five largest banks, merging them into the Zurich-Luna Bank and granting it the sole authority to set interest rates, manage the currency supply and to somewhat regulate the market.
The SCC itself acts as a corporation. 51% of it's shares to be held in pertuity by itself while the rest are given to any corporation that manages to seat a representative in the Corporate Council that governs the entity, one transferable share for each one of the 200 most powerful companies that are able to secure a seat.
The SCC has managed to avert any corporate "hot" wars in the 30 years of it's existance and rule. And with the discovery of FTL 22 years ago has managed to lead the way in the exploration and colonization of Alien worlds.
Government
Political System
An overview of the political structure of
Legal System
An overview of the legal system of the nation.
Military
A description of the military structure and capabilities of the nation.
Society
Social Structure
A description of the social structures within the nation.
Culture
A summary of cultures and customs within the nation.
Religion
An overview of the religions practiced within the nation.
Economics and Trade
A description of major industries, key exports and imports, as well as any significant trade arrangements.