Trade Federation

The Trade Federation is a large organisation created by King John of Kandarin and the Imperial Navy in 162 when a large amount of trade vessels were not making it to their destinations because of pirates, wrecks and sometimes even mutiny. The King decided to resolve the issue by creating a Federation to secure the trade routes in and around Kandarin's seas. The company was orginally called the 'West Karamjan Trading Company' because Kandarin had control, and still does today of the Western and Southern coast of Karamja. The company put laws in place that meant all free ships that traded in Kandarin's seas had a special protection from pirates and if any were to attack the ships would be repaid for their goods, and the pirates would be destroyed. After a while piracy stopped in Kandarin's seas and a massive boom in trade happened. With almost double the amount of money coming in to the ports different companies allied with the WKTC and sold shares of there businesses to them for protection, until the company was almost as powerful as the Imperial Navy itself. With Pirates moving across into Asgarnian sea routes especially Asgarnia decided to request to the Companies board of directores to join the WKTC. Now the small businees of guarded ships that traded between Kandarin to Karamja had quadroupled in trade and had expanded across the world with a fleet of about 100 ships. One of the most senior traders in the WKTC was called Stanly Clausin and as captain of many of the companies ships he seconded the internationalising of the company and on the 17th of Wintumber 167 the company internationalised and the King renamed it the 'Trade Federation'.

Federation Laws


 * One quarter of Trading profit shall be given to the Federation
 * All ships in the Federation have legal protection and if wished can have Federation Guards of up to 10 men
 * All ships in the Federation have legal protection from and Pirates
 * All ships in the Federation have legal rights to carry up to 10 weapons
 * All ships in the Federation have legal rights to dock in any port in Kandarin, Asgarnia and Karamja for up to 2 days without paying port tax to the Federation.
 * All ships in the Federation can dock at Port Khazard to be prepared and the charge is 200 coins per 10 planks and 20 nails