Political Fantasies 3: Company Rule in Fact & Fantasy
Political Fantasies is a series that takes names for governments and plays around with them to see how far they can be pulled. In the tradition of Strange Nations¸ the results of each exploration can be dropped into your setting with little-to-no adaptation required.
This volume explores corporatocracy¸ or "rule by corporations." The first chapter¸ Market Analysis¸ explores the ways that "corporatocracy" can apply in real life: banana republics¸ company towns¸ governments that are a little too friendly to business interests¸ and so on. It is followed by Case Studies¸ which discusses some historical corporatocracies¸ such as the Dutch and British East India Companies. Finally¸ Wild Speculation has a few fictional corporatocracies that you can drag and drop into your setting with little no adaptation required.