From the lore database, compiled by Indexer from forum posts.
The Way Sun Cooperation is a corporate-dominated republic with capital Deonec (Volostal Lake; presidential residence Volostal House), other cities Polograd (naval base), Novono, Kisenyev (space centre). Legislature: Senate, later "the Velgrad". Security: CID (Central Intelligence ... headed by Doctor Harold Styne), CDF (Cooperate Defence Forces), NWCOM nuclear command, Civil Defence Bureau. Megacorporations: Devlon Holdings, Politka Arms, Helios Conglomerate/Corp; earlier Kelson Manufacturing Conglomerate (KMC) and Serene; corporate wars ended by the Vanik Agreement and Triumvirate Pact. Currency: Kredit (Kredit Union). Media: The Observer, Vanguard Report, Breaking News, "Boots on the Ground" series. President Richard Dawson (3rd President, ex-CEO of KMC) came to power after the "bloodless" coup following the 2002 Economic Crisis.
Full-pass additions: History: the 2001 Kelo Nuclear "Incident" and the 2002 Economic Crisis led to soldiers arresting President Wayke and the Speaker in the Senate; a council made Dawson president with emergency powers to "crush the communist threat" 42600504. The Cooperation helped found TIDE (Treaty for Industrial Defense and Economics) and joined the Kredit Union with neighbours Nedea and Nation M. Corporate history 43067920: Devlon Holdings (founded 291 AI by Arnold Devlon, Deonec; CEO Jason Peletov), Politka Arms (founded 399 AI by James Manstred, HQ Polograd; CEO Nikova Manstred/Manstrad), Helios Conglomerate (formerly Helios Pharmaceuticals, founder John Adler, HQ Grep; CEO Anastasia Harold(s)). Corporate Wars: "Foundation" (290–300 AI), "Pharma" and "Disruption" wars, followed by the Vanik Agreement and Triumvirate Pact. Military chiefs (Nov 2025): Generals Stepanova and Volodin, Admiral Krylova, Commander Hadrian (Directorate for Public Order, the CID's paramilitary arm). Dominant pre-crisis party: the Unity Party. The Labunsk is a landmark/government building in Deonec (site of a past "Labunsk bombing").