Freethinker Defence Industries

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Freethinker Defence Industries
Headquarters: Navarre, The Freethinkers
Nationality: The Freethinkers
Specialty: Arms Manufacturing, Shipbuilding and Oil Production
Storefront: http://s7.invisionfree.com/FDI

Overview

The largest privately owned corporation in The Freethinker Commonwealth, employing over four million people worldwide and boasting annual sales in excess of 3 trillion Mintels. The company is in fact a conglomerate of many different companies and firms, each with a specialised function, and the result is a company that can, in the words of Managing director Sir Alan Talbot, provide and implement any and every solution to any and every problem you could present to us, as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Domestic Subsidiaries

Blackwatch

Location
Navarre, Freethinker Mainland
Product/Expertise
Security Services
Personnel
125,000

Navarre Naval Shipyards

Location
Navarre, Freethinker Mainland
Product/Expertise
Full Maritime Engineering and Research/Development
Personnel
450,000

Thompson Engineering

Location
Navarre, Freethinker Mainland
Product/Expertise
Military/Civilian Engines, Power Plants and Research/Development
Personnel
55,000

International Subsidiaries

Heraclitus Group

Location
Hengolo, Knootoss
Product/Expertise
Full Maritime Engineering, Full Aerospace Engineering, Research/Development and IT & Services
Personnel
322,000

Relationship with the Government

Controversies

Domestic Competition and Monopoly Laws

The sheer size and marketing power of the FDI conglomerate have bought many enquiries from the Office of Fair Trading into just how much of a monopoly FDI holds in its competing markets.

Government Lobbying

Security Force

Perhaps the most controversial aspect of the company is the large, paramilitary security force known as the Blackwatch.