In universe explanation: The Weiss corp is known for having suppression of unions. also for interns.. it doesn't treat workers well.. not to mention the shady deal with dictatorships.
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Anyways, what companies are the 10 biggest in 2005 and how did they become so ? I know Douhang, DB, Weiss Industries, and Picardie would be among them but aside from that?
Investment bankers and holding companies rarely invest in something specific. So Grau's investments are dispersed across the whole economic spectrum. Don't keep your eggs in one basket, pretty much.
Fair enough. And what about a rough list of the 10 biggest companies in the world right now (in TSK)?
If alt-Blake Belladonna is to be believed, the
Depends on what you count as corruption, if it is strictly illegal acts or do legal influences like lobbying also count.
Well, those companies you mentioned, and Santarvė, are all in there. That's a rough list.
Fair enough. Anyways, how rich is the current head of Santarve? Is he/she more or less wealthy than Jacqueline Plessner-Weiss (who is the 14th richest person in the world with a net worth of about 30 billion thalers)?
I would love to see what would happen if a portal opened between TSK!2005 and OTL!2018. It would be quite fun, IMHO.
So, you head Santarve (as you made yourself the Democrat in the list of major world leaders)?
Anyways, who is the current leader of Oceania? Is he a descendant of Harold Stassen much like the Kim Dynasty of the DPRK? And speaking of Stassen, when and how did he die?
So, when did "The Black Griffon" die and what is modern Crimea like?
He died on 24th of December 2003.
As for modern Crimea, well it has been quite unstable since the beginning of the 21st century as the members of the old absolutist regime have been dying off for the last decade and a half, which has led to the weakening of the authoritarian government and slow transformation from a pseudo-constitutional monarchy (a structure which was enforced by Germania and Three Bogatyrs after the territorial conflicts between Slavs and Crimeans were resolved by the creation of the autonomous region of Tartary) to a true constitutional monarchy. While this slow progress shouldn't be that destabilizing, it's the quite unfortunate for the Crimean government fact that with a lot of controversial information about quite a few illegal and horrible actions performed by the previous regime, quite a few foreign powers and influential individuals abroad and inside the country have been quite critical towards the Khan, which leads to quite high tensions as newer generations of Crimeans don't posses the same adoration and fanatic faith in the monarch and his regime as their parents and grandparents.
Crimea is also still quite diplomatically isolated as many of the European powers, while not openly aggressive, don't have a very positive opinion towards Crimea. One of the main reasons for this animosity is the fact that due to the agreement between Three Bogatyrs, Crimea and Circassia the Khanate is in a military alliance with the three Slavic states and is considered to be part of the East Slavic sphere. And while this, on it's own wouldn't result in such reactions, it's the fact that even after Tartary autonomous region technically came under their control, the Khanate of Crimea didn't demilitarize. It's this that prompted the Germanian attempts to break the connection between the Crimea and the slavs, which in fact was one of the reasons for the formation of East Slavic Federation. The Germanian attempts resulted in failure as they didn't really have a way to properly push the Khanate into their own sphere, while the Slavs still hold all the way to force Crimea to do their bidding in the form of Tartary. And this fact is what scares Western European politicians, as ESF, a nation which has openly shown their antagonism towards United States, possesses not only a substantial armed force by themselves, but also what many call "An army with a state".
Of course the close bond between Crimea and Corcassia still exists, in fact the countries have become even closer, and with them technically having a land border due to the autonomous regions inside ESF and their nobilities being quite intermarried some quite prominent individuals are promoting the idea of Crimean-Circassian union.
One country of the United States that has somewhat friendly relations with Crimea is Lithuania, mostly due to the connections between various Lipka and Crimean Tatar businesses and cultural organisations. It's actually these friendly relations that are causing Crimea problems with East Slavic Federation, who thinks of Lithuania as their enemy number one.
At least the Crimean economy is in a somewhat good position. The peninsula itself is quite the favored vacation spot for many people in Europe, despite political tensions, which brings a lot of income. Of course the various industries of the Khanate produce many products which are mostly exported into East Slavic Federation, the Caucasus nations and Middle East. There is also of course the massive production and export, both legally and not, of various types of Crimean produced weapons and military equipment. Many military forces and various other armed groups can be found using Crimean equipment.
Is this enough?
You know what?
I should probably write a chapter about Crimea and Circassia in modern day actually.
Well, how are Crimean relations with China and India and does the Crimean government have any ties to Weiss Industries?
Well China has quite the negative opinion of Crimea as the East Asian hegemon is part of the United States and thus perceives Crimea and their allies as countries which could create instability and conflict in Europe and beyond. Similarly Crimea sees most members of the United States as their enemies, states which want to weaken them and make them weak again. This means that the relations between China and Crimea are less than stellar.
India on the other hand, has quite positive and open relations with the Khanate of Crimea due to how the governments of both states share disdain towards the United States and some of the ideals that they stand for. However, while both countries trade with each other and their governments have shown open friendliness towards each other, this can't grow to anything more than friendship between states as the treaties that Crimea signed forbid them from joining or creating economic or military blocks without the permission of Germania and East Slavic Federation, and the former is staunchly against helping India expand their power.
Officially there are no Crimean companies, private or owned by the government, that have ties with the Weiss Industries. In fact, even attempting to establish such connections could result in quite the negative effects for both parties due to the tensions between Germania and Crimea. However, some politicians and journalists suspect that the government of the Crimean Khanate and Weiss Industries are sharing research into various technologies and leasing each other military and other assets in order to sustain their positions of power in their respective spheres.