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The Imperial Cronan Plantation Company was chartered in [[1578]] in [[Kartika]] by a group of investors seeking to grow, trade, and otherwise profit off exploitation of {{wp|kola nuts}} as discovered in [[Crona]]. The kola nut craze in [[Kiravia]] lasted from approximately 1560 to 1590, during which time many schemes were devised to profit off the new import. As part of a collaborative effort with the government, the colony of [[Paulastra#Axerka_Dáltaskáma_(Farpoint_colony)|Farpoint]] was established in [[Crona]], laying the foundations for the modern Paulastran state. The Company directly governed the colony until 1621, when the cost of maintaining the colony as a whole became too expensive; it sold the colony to the Kiravian state but continued to maintain the plantations with specific deference from the colonial government. | The Imperial Cronan Plantation Company was chartered in [[1578]] in [[Kartika]] by a group of investors seeking to grow, trade, and otherwise profit off exploitation of {{wp|kola nuts}} as discovered in [[Crona]]. The kola nut craze in [[Kiravia]] lasted from approximately 1560 to 1590, during which time many schemes were devised to profit off the new import. As part of a collaborative effort with the government, the colony of [[Paulastra#Axerka_Dáltaskáma_(Farpoint_colony)|Farpoint]] was established in [[Crona]], laying the foundations for the modern Paulastran state. The Company directly governed the colony until 1621, when the cost of maintaining the colony as a whole became too expensive; it sold the colony to the Kiravian state but continued to maintain the plantations with specific deference from the colonial government. | ||
====Beverage creation==== | ====Beverage creation==== | ||
Since their earliest exploitation in [[Paulastra|the Songun Colonies]], kola nuts had been used in various forms of beverages. However, what would become the signature product of the Imperial Cronan Plantation Company and later Imperial Cola was invented in 1784. Recent technological discoveries had made {{wp|carbonated beverages}} possible. It was noticed that a blend of kola nut extract, sugar, and carbonated water produced an extremely pleasant flavor. The Plantation Company patented the blend and began to manufacture it in small quantities, as mass production of carbonated beverages was not possible before industrial manufacturing. It was popular among colonial elites as well as visiting dignitaries from [[Kiravia]], and efforts were made to ramp up production. By 1810, a not-insignificant portion of the Plantation Company's total operations related to beverage manufacturing, and it was one of the first {{wp|finished goods}} ready for export made in what would become [[Paulastra]]. | |||
During the transition from a plantation company to a beverage company, Paulastra became an independent state. The Imperial Cronan Plantation Company became a method for [[Kiravia]] to still extract wealth and impose economic influence over the fledgling nation, and the presence of the Company played a large role in Kiravia's decision to abandon the pretense of military and political control over what would continue to be a profitable region. | |||
During the transition from a plantation company to a beverage company, | |||
====Nationalization==== | ====Nationalization==== | ||