The Alain & Sons' Fruit Company is a Núr Dhánaenni company which specializes in the production and sale of various tropical fruits, an industry that it has a monopoly on, though its flagship product is orange.
History[]
Founding[]
The company is quite old, founded by the retired adventurer Alain síl Sorwyn in 1578 as the Alain & Sons Oranges Company. A few years before founding the company, Alain found a plain deep in the East Effelai that produced oranges that was prime orange-growing land, writing in his diary that the wild oranges found there were the most delicious fruit he had ever eaten. When he retired, Alain returned to that plain and used his earnings as a adventurer to buy the land from the government and set up a plantation.
Growth[]
His business quickly grew, and when he died his sons took over the business. By 1750, Sorwyn oranges were the most common type of orange in the world, and half of all oranges grown in Aelantir originates from A&S plantations. In 1823, the company expanded beyond just oranges and into other tropical fruits, and renamed itself to simply Alain & Sons' Fruit Company, but continues to sell oranges under the name of Alain and Sons' Oranges.
Monopoly over Fruit Industry and Involvement in Foreign Politics[]
As of now, the company still remains highly successful and has expanded beyond simply fruits, as they are actively building infrastructure for new plantations and the countries where they are located, especially in Taychend.
The company has recently triggered massive riots throughout Taychend after the government of Clematar approved a plan by A&S to build railways in the country in exchange for huge swathes of fertile land for orange plantations, effectively giving the company near-total control over Clematar's economy and infrastructure. In addition, they have also been accused of sabotaging other corporations in the fruit business, sometimes even using violence, and have also been accused of forcing their laborers into what is basically indentured servitude.
Regardless of these scandals, the people of Núr Dhánaenn are still proud of their oranges, ships full of fruit still sail to distant Cannor, and A&S's stock prices remain stable.