Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:06 pmI know that the general opinion around here is that Combat Reform is full of shit but does this article have any merit to it at all?
Gallia- wrote:How vertically and horizontally integrated are various NS MICs?
Ever since the 1870's or so (not sure on the timeline yet, but it's post 1870 and pre 1890) Purpelia has had what is essentially an arsenal system but not really. Basically, each duchy is obliged by the constitution to maintain one government lead arsenal that handles R&D and acts as a proofhouse as well as handling all acquisitions of everything from field guns to bullets within that duchy. The basic idea is that when the military places an order for something that order will be divided up among the duchies based on capacity and making sure everyone gets a piece of the pie.
But as for actual manufacturing that's where we get into a pickle because it's all state owned privately. That is to say it's all private businesses that happen to be owned by the ducal families that also own the duchies. And when they outsource, which some do and some don't those business often happen to be owned by the dukes or their families also.
So like, on one hand you do have complexes like Windir Heavy Industries that literally do own everything from the mine to the assembly line. But even in other duchies where that is less pronounced it's usually the same board of directors sitting in for all subsidiaries. So it's like not one company but it might as well be.
Purpelia is like that really. The dukes are the largest most rich capitalists that own half the industry. Their families tend to own the rest.
