Spiegel Corporation

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Founded shortly before the collapse of the Republic of Germany by an eccentric billionaire named Karl Henssler, the Spiegel Coporation was a merger of many different companies such as Heckler and Koch.

Using his wealth, influence, and to be completely frank, a large supply of guns and ammunition, he managed to wrest control of a fair portion of the German army from the now-defunct government. Using them, he declared martial law over a sizeable portion of Germany. While nations all over the world suffered from looters, Spiegel Corporation controlled regions could live much the same way that they did before the collapse, albeit with rationing laws and surveillance by the Corporate Police.

There were much whispering within the populace, however, that Spiegel Corporation actually caused more instability within the German government, causing them to collapse faster and allowing the Spiegel Corporation to cease control of the Thorium Reactors before they were damaged beyond repair by the inefficient German government. These whispers, in time, died away.

After the enclaves of wealthy citizens appeared all around Germany, Spiegel Corporations approached them with offers they could not refuse. Spiegel Corporation would supply them with reliable source of electricity and industrial goods as long as they offered the Spiegel Corporation their loyalty and adhered to a certain set of rules. This led to the creation of the ETC, an organization that, in theory, had the power to regulate trade and economy in Europe. It was, however, mostly controlled by the Spiegel Corporation Board of Directors. This eventually led to some bit of animosity between the citizens of the outlying agricultural enclaves and the citizens of the technocratic capital.

Eventually Karl Henssler died in 2087 due to a heart attack. His vision is still carried out by those who were loyal to him in his life. There used to be rumors of many babies being snatched from the hospital to be used in some kind of an "experiment" to train Karl Henssler's successor before long time ago, but nobody knows if he had ever succeeded.

Merger with Prussia
Recently the ETC agreed to a merger between Prussia and the Bavarian Trade Conglomerate.