East Indian Trading Company

The East India Trading Company, otherwise referred to as the East India Company or abbreviated as EITC, was a British joint-stock company and megacorporation formed for pursuing and monopolizing trade with the Indian subcontinent and East Indies, and later expanded to China and the Caribbean. The East India Company traded mainly in cotton, silk, indigo dye, salt, saltpetre, tea and opium. The Company was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600. Shares of the Company were owned by wealthy merchants and aristocrats. The government owned no shares and had only indirect control. The Company eventually came to rule large areas of India with its own private armies (including Indian sepoys and British soldiers), exercising military power and assuming administrative functions.

History

The English East India Trading Company was established by British explorers who discovered the exotic riches of the East Indies, particularly India, during their initial voyages to the region. With trading voyages sponsored by English merchants hoping to profit from gold, silver, ivory, silk and spices, the company grew in size and power. It began to expand into the Caribbean when the attention of the company's leaders turned to the area's rich plantations. The company ultimately expanded so much that any threat posed to it was a threat to Great Britain itself.
Though true history debates the existence of the East Indian Trading company in the Caribbean, it is very much alive and at work in these waters.

Ideology

Greedily charged in its own interests, the East Indian trading company is a ruthless economic power wherever its stock workers set up shop. With their near unlimited resources and significant advances in armed forces, the East Indian Trading Company acts as a bastion. It will hunt, imprison, and kill whoever gets in its way. Pirates and other thieves who target the EITC are punished the hardest, and the company has started its own wars in the Caribbean against the likes of privateers and sailors who take a stab at stealing their well earned riches or supplies. Yet, the company often hires freelance sailors to go on expeditions for them.
Despite its cutthroat methodologies, the East Indian Trading company invests significantly in local infrastructure and support of the places it lives in. It will build orphanages, courthouses, forts, taverns, all "free of charge" in exchange for political favors. Despite the sometimes underhanded intentions, the actual investments do support the locals wherever the company is.
At its heart, the East Indian Trading Company seeks to make a profit, and it will do whatever it can to receive high return on investments wherever that may be.

Symbols and Trademarks

The East India Trading Company utilized a well-known trademark which it stamped, stenciled and painted on all cargo loaded aboard transports. The design featured the Company's initials separated by triple crosses, making the overall design resemble an anchor, and also featured on the flags of the Company's merchant and warships. It served as both a guarantee of quality and to ward off thieves and pirates. Objects bearing this logo reached as far afield as the cannibal island of Pelegosto.

The Company also maintained a coat of arms: a gold-on-maroon design featuring waving English pennants and sea lions supporting a shield of ships and roses. The Company's Latin motto was displayed beneath. This symbolized the Company's scope and grand goals.