Ascelonian Consolidated Industries

[Ascelonia]

Ascelonian Consolidated Industries

Ascelonian Consolidated Industries is a global manufacturing and production conglomerate spanning the world. It is the Imperial Federation of Ascelonia's (IFoA) official armaments and munitions manufacturing center. It is also the largest corporation in Ascelonia. It grew from a small holdings firm opened in the 1890s by Lawrence Rudekker into a colossal megacorporation monopolizing all aspects of Ascelonian society.

ACI has outcompeted almost every other industry operating in Ascelonia. Now it seeks to work with other industries and governments rather than to continue outcompeting the corporations of other nations. ACI's Overseas Operations export/import products and raw materials based on three operating arms with one being run by the government.

The Perdica Civic Conglomerate is one of the world's premier manufacturer of all things related to peacetime and improving the general lifestyle and living conditions of countries around the world. It was founded in Perdica in the 1930s in a merger between several companies in many different markets. Over the years, through vertical and horizontal expansion, PCC became one of the largest manufacturers of products and goods within Ascelonia until it was bought out by Ascelonian Consolidated Industries.

Arkadica Industries is ACI's crown jewel when it comes to the manufacture of armaments and munitions. Most of Arkadica Industries' products and contracts are kept secret. The corporation only operates domestically due to the threat of reverse engineering. However, Arkadica Industries is facing pressure from the Ascelonian Government to release some of their older equipment and military goods unapproved by the IFoA due to increasing unemployment in some former manufacturing centers within Ascelonia and within some of her allies. Arkadica Industries was founded by a group of military contractors in the 1940s and, ever since then, it has blossomed into one the most vital defense contractors operating within Ascelonia.

The Ascelonian Strategic Resource Management Organization was founded in the 1980s to protect and secure Ascelonian interests in regions rich with raw materials, labor, fertile land, oil, and more. Since then, it has taken a larger role in Ascelonian foreign and domestic policy. In fact, it is a driving force behind many moves made by the Ascelonian Government. ASRMO is run by the government, but is chaired by many ACI goodwill representatives. Nowadays, they seek to build symbiotic relationships with other countries.


Investing and Expansion

Ascelonian Consolidated Industries needs more investors to continue operating in the future. As of now, ACI (including their workers, the managers, and the executives) and the people of Ascelonia owns approximately 66.53% and the government owns exactly 10% of the conglomerate, itself. Largely, ACI and the people of Ascelonia are willing to sell their shares down to owning only 55% of the corporation (each percent is worth 2.5 trillion dollars).

Current Ownerships of Ascelonian Consolidated Industries
- ACI Executives/Management [22.35%]
- ACI Workers/Laborers [23.65%]
- Ascelonian Private Investors [20.53%]
- Ascelonian Government [10%]
- Issued Shares (Public and open to sale) [23.47%]


Not only are we open to investment, but we are also interested in investing in other businesses or countries. If you wish for us to buy part of your business or to have our Overseas Operations move into your country to bring prosperity to your people (we do not believe in sweatshops [unless you want us to]; we mostly invest in developing a skilled workforce and relying on advanced modern industrial equipment to produce commodities faster and cheaper than other businesses). If your nation wishes to have an ACI Goodwill Ambassador there or if your business(es) (we only invest in stable and reliable companies) is looking for a little boost to get going, then please feel free to contact us.

Nations/Corporations ACI has invested or developed in


(OOC: Storefront under construction. Feel free to purchase anything you see on the market.)

[Ascelonia]

Perdica Civic Conglomerate

Perdica Civic Conglomerate (PCC) is a worldwide company owned and operated by ACI. It manufactures, chiefly, commodities and luxuries as well as providing basic needs for third world countries. PCC promotes the goodwill of ACI and of the Imperial Federation of Ascelonia. We make the highest quality and best priced products around.


Agriculture

Restaurants
Endikar Traditional Foods (specializes in traditional Endikaran cuisine)
Ascelon Eatery (specializes in traditional Ascelonian cuisine)
Fire Grill (specializes in spicy foods)
Imperial City (specializes in Asiatic buffet and cuisine)
Mediterranican Garden (specializes in a variety of Tyrrhenian cuisines)
Food for Thought (specializes in cooking decent meals for poor families)
ACI Goodwill Soup Kitchen (food distribution center for third world countries)

Each restaurant chain moves into your country free of cost (if you are open to investment by ACI) or for one million dollars (if you are seeking to open up a franchise operated by your government or by one of your businesses) plus ten thousand dollars every year and maintenance costs. By and by, each restaurant is worth a million dollars and can feed/entertain/satisfy tens of thousands of your people every year.

If you are open to investment, we can move in thousands of each kind of these restaraunts to feed your people or, alternatively, we can construct food distribution centers in your country for initial fees of five hundred thousand dollars per food distribution center. Alternatively, if you cannot afford to keep your people fed, we can work out some other form of payment. Most likely, you should open up another sector of your economy for ACI investment, which will largely benefit your nation more than cause it harm.

Summary
Restaurants (run by ACI) - Free
Restaurants (run by your government/other investors) - 1,000,000 ASD plus 10,000 ASD per year plus maintenance costs*
Food Distribution Center (staffed by volunteers/humanitarian aid workers) - 500,000 ASD

*Price is negotiable. We can downgrade our restaurants (since most of them are high-quality and top notch eateries) to lower the costs.


Drinks (They are usually bought and sold in packages of a thousand or ten thousand for the needs of world leaders. For the general population at least a million cases needs to be bought before a shipment of the product will be sent.)

Cool™ (regular soft drink) - 1.50 per bottle/1.00 per can
Lulz™ (hilarious mind-altering drink; the official drink of Tyrrhenia) - 1.75 per bottle/1.15 per can
Epic Lulz™ (more potent version of the Lulz™) - 2.00 per bottle/1.35 per can
Win™ (energy drink) - 2.50 per bottle/2.15 per can
Epic Win™ (hardcore energy drink; drink responsibly) - 3.00 per bottle/2.50 per can
Fail™ (a generic brand of soft drink; ingredients are secret) - 1.00 per bottle/0.50 per can
Epic Fail™ (an extremely generic brand of soft drink; drink at your own risk) - 0.65 per bottle/0.40 per can


Produce

1 ton of Processed Foods -



Communications

Electronics

Civilian Self-Defense Equipment

Taser


Transportation

Construction

Industrial Equipment

Necessities

Solarica Power

St. Arthur's Healthcare

Ascelonian Education System

By and by, education is the most important part of any nation. We offer a number of educational services. All of these schools can be modifiable. They can be downgraded for cheaper prices or upgraded. The maintenance costs can be paid by forcing kids to pay tuition.

University
Costs
25,000,000 ASD
50,000,000 ASD per year
Ages 18+

College
Costs
7,500,000 ASD
7,500,000 ASD per year
Ages 17+


High School
Costs
4,500,000 ASD
7,500,000 ASD per year


Ages 14-18


Middle School
Costs
2,500,000 ASD
7,500,000 ASD per year
200 Staff
2,500 Students
Ages 11-13

Middle School is an important part of the Ascelonian Education Program. It's in this part of their lives, that they will learn the basic necessities for moving onto High School and gaining a higher education.


Childhood Development Centers
Costs
750,000 ASD
750,000 ASD per year
30 Staff
350 Students
Ages 7 to 10

Realizing that children are the most essential resources for the future. We start educating them early on and preparing them for the learning experience. The Childhood Development Centers, or ChDCs, seek to build strong foundations for learning in the future. They promote creativity and intuitiveness, as well as engendering the seeds of good behavior and conforming to the acceptable social norms (Social norms may vary based on your political ideology.). By and by, the ChDCs have improved the performance of children in the future by a letter grade. Though, a nation may be forced to buy many ChDCs, each purchase will be a purchase for the future.


Infant Care Center
Costs
7,500,000 ASD
8,000,000 ASD per year
200 Staff
1,250 Infants
Ages Birth to 6
Registration Fee:

Children need to be indoctrinated at an early point in their lives. The first year of an child's life is the most defining moment of their emotional and mental health. The Infant Care Center or, ICC, operates by psychologically conditioning infants at an early age. It's expensive, but well worth the cost. The ICC keeps children away from all sorts of troubles such as kidnappers, child molestors, negligence, and abusive parents. ICCs dominate Ascelonia's Early Educational Programs.

[Ascelonia]

Arkadica Industries

Arkadica Industries offers only the best for the Ascelonian Military. Unfortunately, it refuses to export the high-quality military items that has graced the Ascelonian Imperial High Command. We are now exporting to third world countries, tin pot dictatorships, and countries that just can't afford to buy quality.

Soldier's Equipment

Wilderness Survival Kit (includes the following) - 150 ASD
- Cheap compass
- Sharp Plastic knife/Switchblade (Depending on whether you want the additional $10 per kit to upgrade to a switchblade)
- Duct Tape
- Cloth/Gauss (Depending on whether you want the additional $20 per kit to upgrade to actual gauss)
- Wilderness Manual
- Recycled Map Paper
- Canned Food (enough to last for a few days)
- Backpack (it carries all of these items)


Communications
IMC-11 Passenger Pigeon (Rare and specially bred pigeons that carry messages from here to there) - 50 ASD
IMC-13 Megaphone - 125 ASD
IMC-14 codebook (WWII-era; must be read in Ascelonia; can be translated for greater expense) - 25 ASD
IMC-15 Walkie-Talkies - 150 ASD for a set
IMC-23 Cheap Loudspeaker Systems (installed on vehicles/in buildings to communicate en masse to your minions) - 500 ASD
IMC-27 Model 3 Radio (Vietnam war-era) - 50 ASD
IMC-29 "Enigma II" code machine (old Ascelonian code machine) - 250 ASD
Cellphones - 100 ASD (plus 20 ASD per month)


Domestic Production Rights
DPRs can range from 50 million to 250 million dollars. Once you buy it, you can go hog wild producing our products and designs. However, exporting our products from your nation will be considered an act of war. We will rescind such DPRs and we will repossess any Ascelonian products bought from our storefront or made by your nation.

[Ascelonia]

Ascelonian Strategic Resource Management Organization

Recognizing the need to secure resources at home and abroad. The ASRMO is an official representative of the Ascelonian Government in securing economic interests overseas. We are looking to trade for and to import massive amounts of raw materials. We will also be happy to export Ascelonian finished products to foreign countries in exchange for these imports. Though, we would be glad to import such items, we would be even happier if we could gain drilling/mining/farming rights in your country for the greater benefit of the Imperial Federation of Ascelonia.

Imports

@Denotes preferrance for usage of convoys
^Denotes preferrance for usage of highly-secured convoys
*Denotes preferrance for usage of pipelines

Iron/Steel (we are constantly building things and the demand for iron/steel [we can refine the iron into steel, but we will be glad to buy steel] is incredibly high)^
Uranium (we can enrich it ourselves, but we are glad to take enriched Uranium; we are looking for as much uranium as possible)^
Coal (slightly increased demand for coal due to increased usage of zero-emissions carbon capture coal-fired power plants)^
Petroleum (we mostly need oil to fuel our armed forces and also to run some transportation systems)*
Natural Gas (demand for this is rather low; we operate a few zero-emissions Natural Gas power plants)*
Hydrogen (must be shipped in secured containers; we will transfer the money to Endikaran banks and they will transfer it to your country once the shipment is confirmed in our ports)*

[Noders]

(To Noders:

You have won the rights to the oil field, since bidding stopped when Griffincrest threatened us.

Oh, and get your forces here ASAP, Griffincrest may destroy them in transit.

--Prime Minister of Spredronia) viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13850&start=50
i am wiling to sell you oil how much do you need?

[Ascelonia]

To the Allied States of Noders:

We have carefully reviewed the ongoing situation and we regret to inform you that we deem it unprofitable and unwise to participate in such a conflict. We wish your nation the best of luck in the future and we will be glad to trade with it in the future.

[Escafin]

The People's Confederacy of Escafin, in an attempt to stimulate the economy, would like to encourage, and facilitate, the growth of Ascelonian Consolidated Industries in the Confederacy of Escafin.

Requests to Perdica Civic Conglomerate (PCC), private control:

Escafin would like to encourage your access to food-related commercial markets in the following cities with the benefit of national tax breaks (you will receive a 1% income tax as opposed to the regular 4%) and local tax exemption. The only requirements to meet are the employment of local employees for reasonable minimum wage of .50 Escafos ((ooc: this is similar to Puesos; the workforce is almost free, you're just keeping them alive and might get them a small car and a crappy apartment-share deal)) per hour, and build facilities in the following major cities:

City - Priority for construction
Hajalikun (capitol)- Extremely High
Daraklis - High
Iholia- High
Oyl - High
Kharat - Considerable
Galicopia- Considerable
Laru- Low
Other, less major cities, encourage development as well.

The following are encouraged meal plans for the general populace:

[Primarily] Mediterranican Garden (specializes in a variety of Tyrrhenian cuisines)
Food for Thought (specializes in cooking decent meals for poor families)

[In slums] ACI Goodwill Soup Kitchen (food distribution center for third world countries)

Restaurants (run by ACI) - Free


ASCELONIAN EDUCATION, private control:

Universities
Hajalikun - 1 University
Costs
25,000,000 ASD
50,000,000 ASD per year (tuition)
Ages 18+

Colleges
Hajalikun-3
Daraklis;Iholia;Oyl;Kharat;Galicopia;Laru-1 each
67,500,000 ASD
7,500,000 ASD per year (tuition)
Ages 17+

High Schools-108 (paid for by the state)
Costs
486,000,000 ASD
810,000,000 ASD per year
Ages 14-18


Arkadica Industries, state military control:

Wilderness Survival Kit (includes the following) - 160 ASD
- Cheap compass
- Switchblade
- Duct Tape
- Cloth
- Wilderness Manual
- Recycled Map Paper
- Canned Food
- Backpack
One million troops/survival kits-160,000,000 ASD

150,000 IMC-13 Megaphone - 18,750,000 ASD
50,000 IMC-23 Cheap Loudspeaker Systems - 25,000,000 ASD
250,000 IMC-27 Model 3 Radio (Vietnam war-era) - 12,500,000 ASD


*Note: for private control, you will maintain some level of control over your industry. For High School systems, however, Escafin will pay tuition for students.

[Ascelonia]

(OOC: Wasn't expecting a reply to this topic. It's rather old and I kind of gave up on this storefront after a while. However, I guess I can revive it.)

Ascelonian Consolidated Industries Official Reply

Your order has been accepted. We will begin work on construction and development immediately. We would also be willing to build temporary factories in your country to manufacture construction equipment/materials and the military equipment you have requested. However, these factories will only be temporary.