Niiz K Corporation

The Niiz K Corporation is a massive industry, the largest HILT company in the space era.

Background
The Niiz K Corporation was developed shortly after the Maelstrom. The same researchers who were used to discover the use of the Object afterward returned to Northgate (led by Neltith, a survivor of the original mission there) and they salvaged as many relics and pieces of technology as they could.

Using this technology, they created a Research & Development company, inventing and patenting things as quickly as possible so no one else could profit off of them. Soon they became the top supplier of tech to the world and all nations, as they sold their wares equally with no political ties.

Eventually they became so rich that when humanity left for the stars, they bought their own solar system and have become a full fledged nation. On the surface they remain a corporation, but are now a little more careful about who they sell to, and what they sell exactly.

They've carefully split the political side, with a President and Vice President, from the business side, with the CEO and his advisors. Critics however, continue to lobby accusations that the president is simply a figurehead meant to distract everyone so nobody bothers checking who's actually making the decisions.

Government
President of Niiz K: Lincoln Speers

Vice President: Akari Kawamoto

These two are perceived as the chief executive powers, with six further departments functioning beneath them. Health, education, communication, and justice/prison systems are all privatized, for-profit industries.
 * State Department, responsible for foreign policy and international relations
 * Defense, responsible for border defense from outside forces
 * Law Enforcement, who handle criminal investigation and defense from inside forces
 * Treasury, who maintain supply of government funds
 * Agriculture, ensuring adequate food supply for citizens
 * Interior, management of land, natural resources, and newly colonized worlds

Commercial
CEO of Niiz K: Heinrich Gates

Six departments function under CEO Gates and see to the industrial, financial, and otherwise commercial aspects of Niiz K.
 * Invention (with three subdivisions)
 * Technology, hardware
 * Technology, software
 * Medicine
 * Application
 * Manufacturing
 * Advertising
 * Distribution
 * Public Relations

Demographics
Niiz K is known for the highest standard of living (among the rich) and the greatest levels of equality (among the rich) and justice (among the rich), not to mention the greatest level of satisfaction (among the rich).

Obviously there are unsavory elements to any society, so with a few simple precautionary measures (namely constant surveillance and oppression of the poor), the levels of happiness and security are guaranteed.

... among the rich.

Planets
The Niiz K solar system has eight inhabited planets, among them...
 * Ademar, the capital planet, center of both the Political side and Commercial side of Niiz K
 * Jaakobah, a carefully cultivated and maintained world for visitors and foreign embassies
 * Farra, the third nicest world with a good balance of comfort and work available for citizens
 * Salma, a desert world in the process of being terraformed
 * Nidal, the most overlooked and generally ignored planet in their system

Notable Citizens

 * The Dagger (Attorney and Head of the Legal Department)
 * Heinrich Gates (CEO)
 * Akari Kawamoto (Vice President)
 * Ilsa Kunig (Head of the Public Relations Department)
 * Mila Landa (Secretary to Heinrich Gates)
 * Melvin Marbles (generic tech support guy)
 * Oskar Pavelic (Head of the Distribution Division)
 * John Smith (disputed)
 * Lincoln Speers (President)