Giga-corporation

A giga-corporation, often called a gigacorp, is an immense privately-owned commercial entity that operates not only on a planetary scale but also across the broader Solar Cluster, controlling large portions of one or more key markets. These corporations have grown to become the most powerful and influential institutions in Vexian society, often overshadowing the former nation-states and governmental structures. With their enormous financial and infrastructural resources, gigacorps are central to the operation of Vex’s economy, pseudo-political landscape, and the daily lives of its inhabitants.

Gigacorps gave birth to the concept of hypercapitalism, the operating ethos of the Post-Sovereign Economic Phase (PSEP).

Gigacorps are the dominant power structures of Vex — privatized entities that superseded governments, nations, and legacy institutions. Each gigacorp operates independently, enforcing its own legal architecture while adhering to the planetary standard of Universal Contract Law (UCL).

UCL compliance ensures trust, enforceability, and accountability across the decentralized economic landscape. Corporate formation is a rigorous process, often requiring up to a year of legal onboarding. Contractual breaches are met with systemic penalties classified under Malignant Corporate Conduct; consequences can be severe.

Characteristics of a GigaCorp

Gigacorps are the dominant power structures of Vex — privatized entities that superseded governments, nations, and legacy institutions. Each gigacorp operates independently, enforcing its own legal architecture while adhering to the planetary standard of Universal Contract Law (UCL).

UCL compliance ensures trust, enforceability, and accountability across the decentralized economic landscape. Corporate formation is a rigorous process, often requiring up to a year of legal onboarding. Contractual breaches are met with systemic penalties classified under Malignant Corporate Conduct; failing to cooperate can result in severe consequences against the offending party.

GigaCorp Variation

See also: GigaCorp Variations

There are many known variations on the concept of the gigacorp. The most notable and well known is the milcorp. A milcorp is known to own and operate private military personnel and assets.

Another well known variation is the bancorp. While the nomenclature may be outdated, as banking is considered an obsolete Sovereign Phase practice, a bancorp owns and operates infrastructure related to the Consolidated Asset Grid (CAG). Typically, a bancorp is a premier lender of CU, among other proprietary functions or corporate organizational structures.

A devcorp is a gigacorp primarily involved in infrastructure or property development on a massive scale.

There are no official distinctions of what makes up a gigacorp variation other than the structure and wording of the gigacorp's Corporate Charter.