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INCORPORATED
"To spell Business, one must first spell Sin."



Society has changed.

It all began in the early 2000s when the stock markets crashed and global inflation ran wild, heralding the "Great Collapse". Unemployment skyrocketed to over 80% world wide as common goods were out of reach for all but the wealthiest of individuals and crime skyrocketed. People waited in bread lines for hours and shelters had reservation lists with many dozens if not hundreds waiting. The number of homeless rose dramatically as the streets became clogged with desperate people begging and whoring themselves out just for scraps of food or money. Protests in the streets turned into violent riots as governments found themselves unable to run as society descended into chaos and nations big and small collapsed on themselves.

In the power vacuum left behind in the Great Collapse, corporations found themselves free of the regulations which bound them and quickly took the place of governments as de facto leaderships as they grew into massive, powerful, multinational megacorporations with no one to oppose them but each other. Some simply use the name of old nations as a front and play games with government and democracy while others feel no need to hide behind dead husks. Some have christened the rise of these megacorporation-nations as "the return of order and the apex goal of the free-market", others have called this new era the rise of "Capitalism Incarnate" and do not believe that any good can come from those who care only for their bottom line. Regardless, the one point everyone agrees on is that megacorporations run things very, very differently than former governments.


Welcome to a new age.

Welcome to INCORPORATED, a RP that takes cues from the show of the same name and various other similar media like Bioshock, 1984 and 3%. This RP will be revolving around business or more specifically, megacorporations if you couldn't tell. If you're looking at this and thinking "Wait, a business-based RP? That means number crunching doesn't?" I am going to tell you that will not be the case; this RP will be freeform with some simple traits, I don't expect nor want you to figure at what price to sell product X to get Y percent profits while taking into account tax rate Z. Which means on the flip side, if you wanted to number crunch or you actually know business/economics and are very serious about it, I'm sorry but this RP might not for you. If you are also a very, very hardline believer in that the free market is the best thing ever, well you might get triggered by this RP.

The overall feel for this RP would be something of futuristic dystopian setting. Players would be attempting to expand their influence and increase their profits and me as the GM would be sprinkling in some events. Maybe one industry is doing well or maybe some event has caused an increase in the demand in one type or good or one university seems to be putting out high quality peoples or there's stock market fuckery. You can do anything to try and get an edge (so long you run your devious scheme by me first) but consequentially you must be willing to get played as well; no risk, no reward. (Although there are ways you can keep playing even if you go under or get assimilated into another company like trying to find a way to break free).

One major difference I would like to point is that while this will be based on NRPs, it will not strictly follow NRP guidelines. First off, its obviously more character-based as most of the action will be done through CEO/leaders and their group of helpers, secretaries, mistresses, researchers, and managers and whatever other employees you can think of, even can have posts form the view of a normal pencil pusher who don't know jackshit of what going on up top. Second, there will be less a focus on military strength and more on influence and guile as having your "security force" storm a city isn't good PR. Third, you're playing a company not a government, your priorities should be making money and using said money for whatever the hell you want (so yes, expect mature/dark themes in this shitck) since who said business couldn't include fun and games; the only rules that are left are the ones you make and enforce yourself and ethical morals tend to get in the way of profits. That said, you could try and be a saint, just remember that you are first and foremost a business, not a charity.



Putting the "resource" in "human resource".

Here is the app guides (delete the . in the [.hr] code to make it work), feel free to customize and personalize them as you see fit in your own style, I enjoy looking at what kind of formats people make. Should you have any question, feel free to ask.

I will be putting up my own NS/CS soon for examples for those who need them.





Breaking company policy is punishable by law.

RULES:
  • Standard Guild Rules
  • Do not powerplay or god mod
  • If you are going to do an action against another player as in some elaborate plot, you must tell me; it is optional wether or not you tell your target but I as GM must be aware of whats going on.
  • In relation to the rule above, you must be willing to "loose" if you are to play although there are still ways you can still play even if your company goes under/leadership killed.
  • I will allow for darker themes and events in posts but you should all know the limits of what you can and cannot post.
  • My word as GM is absolute and I reserve the right to go back on my word; if you don't like how much power I have then simply don't join. That said, I will try and not use GM god powers.
  • OOC disputes are to either be settled within PMs or dropped out right.
  • Do remember the overall vibe and theme while posting, this is a corporate NRP, not a nation based one. Your profits and, public image and prestige, do not just start attacking people left right and center with your armed personnel; while war can be profitable, there's other ways to make money and get resources.
  • Do not PM me Sheets, I only judge and review them in the OOC.
  • Have fun :)
  • Make money and profit off of anything you can, no matter what, money more than ever is what rules the world now.




"Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will
do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone."
John Maynard Keynes
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I hence forth claim Austria and parts of southern Germany. :v
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What kind of picture wouldja like for the sheet?

Guess I'll have to claim metallurgy as the original industry, with firearms and quantum computing R&D as the children.
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I hence forth claim the fields of pharmacology, biotechnology and chemical processing as my own. :v


You don't really claim industries/fields, only territory. Other people can have similar industries if not the same, makes things interesting if you have a competitor.

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What kind of picture wouldja like for the sheet?

Guess I'll have to claim metallurgy as the original industry, with firearms and quantum computing R&D as the children.


Picture for what?
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Ha, yeah. I was going to start an NRP called Warfare Incorporated that was similar to this, just set on another planet in the distant future. I stopped when I realised that I head no prior experience in NRPing. This is probably going to be my first one.

Probably claiming Canada as my territory.
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[@Clocktowerechoes] For the Leadership's sheet, what kind of picture would you have us use for appearance? Anime-like, or more realistic, or...?
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@Hostile Well then, welcome aboard, hopefully you end up liking NRPs ^^

@Verdaux I'd say either a photo or realistic art should do fine.
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Put up my company, the Gouya Corporation, located in Eastern China/Southeast Asia, in the chars tab for an example in case you need help, will work on CEO CS tomorrow.
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@ClocktowerEchos This looks absolutely fantastic! Just one question, for our origin company, would you care for fictional companies or companies that exist today, or does it matter?

*EDIT* I'm also claiming the American states of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. I am also claiming the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.
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As an addendum, I will actually be claiming Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic for my nation. Juuust in case.
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...and the Czech Republic for my nation. Juuust in case.


There goes the hot Czech singles living near my area...
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Australia, Tasmania and NZ for me please; we're going spleunking babies!
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<Snipped quote by Asura>

There goes the hot Czech singles living near my area...


We can still export. :v
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Ok, 'official' land claim. I'm taking a chunk of PNG because Australia basically owns that anyway, and this is an ANZAC conglomerate.

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...also claiming the American states of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. I am also claiming the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.


I'll be taking every other American state, plus Baja California, plus Canada...or is that too big?
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<Snipped quote by King of Spades>

I'll be taking every other American state, plus Baja California, plus Canada...or is that too big?


If we go by modern populations...

King of Spades ~48.7 million
Verdaux ~319.3 million
Aussie d00d ~35 million
Myself ~100.2 million
Clocku ~Billions of asians

Considering somebody else wants Canada, why not just carry on with just America? o:
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Well, that takes things into perspective. How about all the coastline states from Baja to Alaska, while cutting a strip through Canada to make the whole Alaska-Canada border issue not so awkward?

But then again Clocku has BILLIONS JESUS
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@Asura

Well, that takes things into perspective. How about all the coastline states from Baja to Alaska, while cutting a strip through Canada to make the whole Alaska-Canada border issue not so awkward?

But then again Clocku has BILLIONS JESUS


I don't many people, I just have ALL THE LAND!
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This looks at least a little bit interesting. I might get involved.

I notice there's a lot missing from what few concepts I've seen thus far. I will be trying to address those issues that I've seen, in my own sheet, to be posted later.
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