Burgoignesc North Levantine Trading Company: Difference between revisions

Following the [[Levantine Catholic Church|Catholic]] victory in the [[Great Confessional War]] and flush with their new formal assimilation into the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Imperial]] system the enriched and enobled [[Bergendii]] elite of the [[Dericania]]n coast looked to reestablish their maritime prowess. The newly ordained [[Duchy of Martilles]] ordered the establishment of the Martillien North Levantine Trading Company (MNLC) to bolster trade in Northern [[Levantia]] with the homelands of the mercenary soldiers with whom [[Duchy of Martilles|Martilliens]] had recently fought against the Protestant nobles. The charter gave the company the power to control the trading interests of Martillien merchants from "the borders north of the upper reaches of the [[Kingdom of Dericania]] unto the lands at the zenith of the His terrestial orb (read [[Kiravia]])".  

=History=

==Collapse of Kirosocialism==

In, [[2005]] [[Levantine Calendar|AD]] ([[21185]] in Anno Kiroalternative (AKa)) with the collapse of [[Kirosocialism]] the [[List_of_Government_Agencies_Defunct_after_Kirosocialism|National Warehouse & Granary Administration]] was abolished. In the susequent years the [[Kiravia]]ian National Redistribution Plans sold off many of its national warehouses, no less than 100 of various capacities were purchased by the BNLTC. These warehouses remain the backbone and conduit of [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] trade coming into and out of [[Kiravia]]. They were given special dispensation to conduct [[Revenue Guard|Customs]] protocols at these warehouses in the early 2020s which has made trade between [[Burgundie]] and [[Kiravia]] incredibly efficient. One of the unintended consequences is that it has led to the rise of criminal gangs, particularly the [[Kiravian Mafia]], attempting to alter shipments after they have passed customs to smuggle contraband to their branches in [[Burgundie]] and to the [[Martillian Mafia]]. This has led to a sub-industry of contract security to protect these shipments which has, by the mid 2020s, led to an increase in consumer prices in [[Burgundie]] for [[Kiravia]]ian goods. The BNLTC and [[Revenue Guard]] work in close cooperation with the [[Kiravian Littoral Force]] to mitigate this criminal activity but it is known to be on the rise as the [[Kiravian Mafia]] allocates more resources to exploiting any vulnerabilities in the security protocols.