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URL: https://perryjones.medium.com/3-000-corporations-maf-starfleet-battles-47e38f868399 Published: May 9, 2023

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Stats: 3,000+ corporations, 700+ planetary countries, 200+ starnations and STCs combined. Photo caption: "Looking out of Hotel Rasmosen, northern sector of Kila Vas, Rwechyn Oasis."

Glossary (as originally stated):

  • Corporation: any organization/association, incorporated or not, for-profit or public-benefit.
  • Planetary Country/Nation: a nation-state with clearly defined borders, a political structure, active military and/or police, judiciary, and economic system all bound within those borders. May be pre-space or have space access; if it has space access, generally no permanent inhabited space structures and no established space program beyond occasional satellite/research launches.
  • Space-Traveling Civilization: a planetary nation with an active space program, but no more than 3 permanent inhabited space stations and/or no more than 3 non-planetary spacecraft (atmosphere-incapable).
  • Starnation: a nation with no less than four permanently inhabited space stations AND four permanent non-planetary spacecraft AND habitations within no less than two solar systems. [NOTE: this figure of "four" stations conflicts with "So You Want to Buy a Country?"'s figure of two — creator has since designated 2+ as canon; preserved here as originally published.]
  • HD: Helvatica Dollars. 1,000,000 HD = $1.00 USD.

3,000 Corporations section: Several hundred of the 3,000+ corporations are for sale to players at any time. Corporations span mining, construction, deep sea fishing, pipelines, cruise lines, airlines, aircraft manufacturing, vehicle manufacturing, weapons manufacture, casinos, hotels, banks, mom-and-pop stores, bakeries, coffee shops, mall kiosks, sports stadium concessions, bars, nightclubs, restaurants, pet stores, fashion stores, large retailers, and interstellar trading companies. Income from purchased businesses is paid to owning players once a month in real-world time. Businesses for sale are organized into four Tiers by Return on Investment:

  • Tier 36 (smallest): annual income < HD 100,000 to HD 5,000,000; priced at 36× monthly earnings. Example: "Joe's Teas," annual revenue HD 100,000, stated real-world income "1 US cent per year" (0.008333/month), purchase price $0.30 USD.
  • Tier 30: annual income HD 5,000,001–100,000,000; max monthly income HD 8,333,333; priced at 30× monthly earnings. Example: HD 100,000,000/yr → $8.33/month real income → $250 USD purchase price.
  • Tier 20: annual income HD 100,000,001–500,000,000 ($167–$500 USD annually); priced at 20× earnings.
  • Tier 12 (biggest): annual income HD 500,000,001 to over HD 1,000,000,000,000; real-world income $41.67/month ($500/yr) up to over $83,333.33/month (over $1,000,000/yr); example purchase price $1,000,000 USD.