MATACORP

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MATACORP (MATA), is the last country of what remains of the world. MATACORP was the de-facto winner of the World-Corp-War, which lead to the destruction of the planet.

History

Mint tea ltd.

MATA was founded by a Slovakian entrepreneur Matej Kozlovský in the beginning of the 21st century. The company specialized in drop-shipping mint tea from Sri Lanka. Following its unprecendented financial success, it branched out into the tech world, becoming the largest supplier of technology to the European Union and United States.

Corporate republic

Sometime during the second half of the 21st century, due to an outstanding debt to the European Union, the country of Slovakia went bankrupt. MATA bailed out the nation and subsequently purchased 51% shares of its government. After the next election, Slovakia was transformed into the first corporate republic in the world with the MATA CEO as its first ceo-president.

UCSEA

In the year 2036, after a brief military conflict between the European Union and the United States, with MATA supplying both sides, the warring nations reached an agreement to join the two nations for the benefit of the consumers. The following year the United Corporate States of EurAmerica were formed.

State of turbulence

Following MATA's example, former states and countries of the USA and European Union began transitioning into corporate republics.

UCSEAA v CUOTROTW

During the World-Corp-War, MATA acquired the entirety of the UCSEAA. After the war, which resulted in a major destruction of the planet, albeit with MATA as the sole ruler of Earth, MATACORP elites retreated into underground bunkers where they remained for several generations, slowly dying out.

The Three Brothers

The last of the MATACORP finally left their bunker with a goal to re-establish themselves and reclaim the remains of the destroyed planet. Bearing long lost information and technology, they quickly spread, establishing large walled-off Metacities spread about the world, and declaring themselves the sole rulers of analognowhere.

Step by step, the GovCorp banned the use of free software, development of open hardware and slowly took steps towards removal of all knowledge of computing from its subjects' minds. This resulted in what is only known as the Corpo-Foss war. A last ditch effort of the proponets of machine freedom to maintain their independence. While the war ended inconclusively, it further diminished the free people's will to oppose the global corporate power.

Official MATA map of the world

MATA and MilTek

MATA acquired MilTek after the latter's failure to develop an alternative to firearms, causing MilTek's market value to plummet rapidly. Much of MilTek's then secret projects were subsequently repurposed for the general consumer market. Infamously MATACORP MATA_BOTS were realized thanks to MilTek's research into full machine sentience and bipedal machines.

Products

MATABOT

Matabots currently form the bulk of MATA's military and police force. The semi-sentient bi-pedal automatons are considered desecration of the machine spirit, but often hold valuable components to the crafty techno-mages.

MATAMAID

Matamaids are semi-sentient companions produced for the consumer market.

MATABROWSER

Matabrowser is an internet browser. It is the only official way of accessing the internet in MATA controlled regions and Metacities. Made a de-facto standard through conquest.

MATAMATE

A wearable semi-sentient AI companion built into a necklace.

MATA Jack2Head

A commercial adaptation of Mata_Brain_Bus for the masses. As opposed to its military counterpart, Jack2Head's foremost advertised features were the ease of access and interconnectivity with other MATA products.

While it was never made mandatory, many work opportunities in MATA regions require job applicants to have Jack2Head installed.

In recent years, MATA has released an addon to Jack2Head, named Jack2Head Visor, offering Jack2Head users a Heads-up-Display. A feature which has existed with OpenWellington a century prior.

MATA Energy

MATACORP ENERGY is a subsidiary of MATA. Its mission is to provide energy for MATA operated facilities and Metacities.

MATA Energy found success in energy R&D applications to WMDs and became a militant super power.^[1]