Eldham Trade Company

The Eldham Trade Company (Batu language: Ailot́e'ećhe Auka H́otumue) was the political and economic organization that would replace the Batu Kingdom following the coronation of King Kilustme.

The Eldham Trade Company would be known for the controversial connections it would have to the Second Bardonian Empire, and would see its collapse following the Battle of New Dorasterrock, when Batu Nationalists would overthrow the company and re-establish the Khaganate.

Founding and Early Days
The Eldham Trade Company would be founded after a coup against the Batu Kingdom which saw King Kilustme deposed on the day of his coronation. The company would establish an executive board to administrate the territories of Batu, composed half of Bardonian members and half of Batu native members. The company would first ensure its control over the territories of Batu, and would then work on fomenting the market dominance of Amavos, a market owned at the time by a board member.

Collapse
The Eldham Trade Company would collapse following the Battle of New Dorasterrock, after rumours of a global coalition in Eldham dedicated to the destruction of the ETC would surface, leading to Batu nationalists to feel the need to collapse the company so as to save their nation from the destruction that a coalition war would have brought to their cities.

Government
The governance of the territories under the administration of the ETC was left up to the Governor-General of the company, with a Lieutenant-Governor serving as the second in command and an Executive Board facilitating the matters of governance. During the time the ETC was present, Crezyman (player Crezy) would be the Governor-General, with Marius Dandelion (player TheRealYuca) serving as the Lieutenant-Governor. The Executive Board would be composed of Arugo Modirov (player ArugoKotei), Jacob Owl (player Jacob_Owl), Ceibi Dandelion (player Ceibichiiii), and Lodod Ironshield (player Wildbull).

Controversies
The times of the Eldham Trade Company saw many controversies surface. Chief among them was the plans the company had for dominating the Eldham market, through aggressively taking down competing markets. The only instance in which this came to violence would be in the Horse War, when the ETC would join on the side of the defending Grand Farencians in the hope of using military assistance from their shareholders in Bardonia so as to defeat the Drak Yamar attackers and force Drak Yamar to close down Dragon's Perch, at the time the biggest competing market to Amavos.

As the leaders of major Eldham nations all suspected the ETC's motives, secret talks were held, hosted by Drak Yamar, so as to form a world coalition against the ETC, primarily in the form of a market alliance wherein markets would help defend each other from the aggressive actions of the ETC. The Eldham based coalition would later collaborate with the Third Coalition in Rathnir so as to destroy Bardonia, and along with it the ETC.