History Main / OneNationUnderCopyright

* [[AnarchyisChaos Anarchists]] and left Marxists say that so-called "socialist" or "communist" states are nothing of the sort, instead terming both them and fascist regimes National Capitalist, because they become this. In fact, both Marx and Lenin ''admired'' large monopolistic business for increasing efficiency! Basically, they just did this with the state, coming at it by the opposite route. This seems true, because workers are for damn sure ''not'' in control of those states. Fascism, meanwhile, was explicitly identified this way. Mussolini even ''called'' it corporatism and the fascist corporate state.

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* ''{{Rollerball}}'' (The 1975 version).

* The Vector corporation in the ''Xenosaga'' series fits this trope to a T. Almost to the degree of being ridiculous, given certain revelations in the third game [[spoiler: such as the fact that Vector's CEO is the head of a religious organization hell-bent on Vector's destruction too]].

* Both Beowulf and [[BigBad Mesa]] in {{Honorverse}} are run along the corporativist lines, which is hardly surprising, as Mesa was settled essentially by a group of rogue Beowulfers. Both are controlled by the board of directors, with votes arranged corresponding to the owned stock, though Mesa muddles the water a bit, [[spoiler: being secretly run by the AncientConspiracy]]. Manticore initially was also envisioned in the same way, though it mutated into thw [[TheKingdom something else entirely]]. It's also mentioned that such political arrangement isn't anything unusual in the galaxy.

* The Sollustan homeworld, Sollus, in ''StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' is this: The Sorosubb corporation owns the planet and employs most of it's inhabitant. Unlike most examples, Sorosubb is depicted as rather benign, working to for the well being of the Sollustans.

* ''Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg'' features the AlgOstAsien GmbH, a German corporate consortium which controls the southern half of China as a de-facto government.

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* ''OpenBlue'' has the Grand Duchy of Remillia, which is ruled by a Council of Merchants, and the equivalent of political parties are a pair of rival {{Mega Corp}}s.
* This is essentially the premise of Remy's ''Northern Corporate Dominion'' universe, although from the point of view of the slaves.
* In the webcomic ''[[http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/god/ God(tm)]]'', the intellectual property of God and all related characters is owned by a [[http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/god/01/GOD01_12.htm corporation]]. Later on, a marketing campaign is created to [[http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/god/01/GOD01_23a.htm rebrand religion]] into something hip and cool.
* The Maytec Consortium of ''{{SSDD}}'' owns the [[DividedStatesOfAmerica Californian government]] and claimed the entire planet Mars for mining (up until the anarchists showed up).
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* The Czerka Corporation from {{Star Wars}}: {{Knights of the Old Republic}}, while functioning like a normal mega-corporation in Republic Space, actually has complete control over at least two known planets, Tattooine and Kashyyyk, in the first game.

* The Caldari State, one of four playable races in EVEOnline, is a conglomeration of Mega Corporations. They outright call themselves a corporate state, and the company rivalries are so deep-seated the only thing that really bands them together is the fight to reclaim their homeland.

* With the possible exception of ArmoredCore 2 and it's sucessor, Another Age, the world is dominated not by one, but multiple corporate states.
* In {{Mass Effect}} the whole planet of Noveria is a conglomerate of corporations. The planet is exempt from all but the [[TheFederation The Citadel's]] most anti-catastrophic laws. Corruption is rampant and generally ignored as long as it doesn't impede regular business. Also arguably the Volus species which are like the Ferengi but with morals. A variant in the Turians, who are instead of a nation corporation are a nation military, to the point the advancement in military rank is an advancement as a citizen as well.
* The X series of games (X: Beyond the Frontier, up to X3: Terran Conflict) have the Teladi, a race of [[PettingZooPeople anthropomorphic lizard-people]] with [[PlanetOfHats an almost religious devotion toward profit.]] They even refer to their race as 'The Teladi Company' and their ruler's official position is chairman.

* Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg features the AlgOstAsien GmbH, a German corporate consortium which controls the southern half of China as a de-facto government.

* [[BananaRepublic República del Plátano]] all the way!

* [[AnarchyisChaos Anarchists]] and left Marxists say that so-called "socialist" or "communist" states are nothing of the sort, instead terming both them and fascist regimes National Capitalist, because they become this. In fact, both Marx and Lenin ''admired'' large monopolistic business for increasing efficiency! Basically, they just did this with the state, coming at it by the opposite route. This seems true, because workers are for damn sure ''not'' in control of those states. Fascism, meanwhile, was explicitly identified this way. Mussolini even ''called'' it “corporatism� and the fascist corporate state.
* In the USA in the 19th century, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town Company Towns]] were commonplace. They had their own money (chits,) their own stores, and their own lenders, among numerous other things. Their excesses helped fuel the rise of Labor Unions. And inspired the song "Sixteen Tons" (with a part of the chorus going ''"St. Peter don't you call me/'Cause I can't go/I owe my soul/To the Company Store."'') They were forcibly publicized after one entire company town (Pullman, Illinois) disrupted pretty much the entire rail industry during its riotous strike.

* In the webcomic [[http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/god/ God(tm)]], the intellectual property of God and all related characters is owned by a [[http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/god/01/GOD01_12.htm corporation]]. Later on, a marketing campaign is created to [[http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/god/01/GOD01_23a.htm rebrand religion]] into something hip and cool.
* The Maytec Consortium of {{SSDD}} owns the [[DividedStatesOfAmerica Californian government]] and claimed the entire planet Mars for mining (up until the anarchists showed up).

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* The emirate of Dubai is run very much like a business enterprise based around tourist industry.

* The Maytec Consortium of {{SSDD}} owns the [[DividedStateOfAmerica Californian government]] and claimed the planet Mars for mining (up until the anarchists showed up).

* ''OpenBlue'' has the Duchy of Remus, which is ruled by a Council of Merchants, and the equivalent of political parties are a pair of rival {{Mega Corp}}s.

If taken to the extreme by the government owning ''everything'', [[FridgeLogic raises the question]]: "What's the difference between these and DirtyCommies?"

* Both Beowulf and [[BigBad Mesa]] in {{Honorverse}} are run along the corporativist lines, which is hardly surprising, as Mesa was settled essentially by a group of rogue Beowulfers. Both are controlled by the board of directors, with votes arranged corresponding to the owned stock, though Mesa muddles the water a bit, [[spoiler: being secretly run by the AncientConspiracy]]. Manticore initially was also envisioned in the same way, though it mutated into thw [[TheKingdom something else entirely]]. It's also mentioned that such political arrangement isn't anything unusual in the galaxy.

* [[AnarchyisChaos Anarchists]] and left Marxists say that so-called "socialist" or "communist" states are nothing of the sort, instead terming both them and fascist regimes National Capitalist, because they become this. In fact, both Marx and Lenin ''admired'' large monopolistic business for increasing efficiency! Basically, they just did this with the state, coming at it by the opposite route. This seems true, because workers are for damn sure ''not'' in control of those states. Fascism, meanwhile, was explicitly identified this way. Mussolini even ''called'' it “corporatism” and the fascist corporate state.

* Interestingly the actual political concept of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism Corporatis]] is something completely different.

** [[BananaRepublic República del Plátano]] all the way!

* ''GalacticCivilizations'': The Korx would sell you their own mothers, but they've already sold them to someone else.

* On the [[OlderThanTheNES old]] BBC Micro there was a game called ''{{Elite}}''. This featured some planets that were corporate states.

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