WHO: Tropicorp is a quasi-governmental corporation created to conduct Research, Development and Production activities primarily on behalf of the Tropics of Vilita.
WHY: Major corporations and media outlets are often mistrusted by the Vilitan public. Additionally, a desire to preserve and protect the 'natural beauty' of the Vilitan environment and health of the Vilitan population, particularly after the effects of the Radiation from the collapse of Sorthern Northland, forced many Vilitan production facilities to cease operations or search for a place to conduct their business on foreign soil.
Realizing that the departures of major corporations would not only have the potential to harm the Vilitan economy, but also leave the Tropics at a technological disadvantage should it have to start importing basic goods like paper and wood despite the plethora of trees in the Island Nation, the Vilitan government identified the opportunity to utilize a region of long-lost Vilitan lands on the primary Atlantian Oceania of Calania to re-locate and resume the industrial activities that no longer seemed welcome on the Vilitan mainland.
In addition to simplicities like wood and rubber, however, Tropicorp's location away from the mainland Vilitan population would also allow it to conduct Research and Development activities on new and potentially dangerous technologies - allowing the engineer's and scientists within the organization to take more risks with more land and resources to utilize without the fear of protests by or danger to the general population.
WHAT: Tropicorp has quickly become the leading supplier of Wood to the Tropics of Vilita, with much of the earlier wood production coming from the inital clearing of lands required to build the primary facilities to support research and development activities within Tropicorp. From there, Tropicorp's first development effort came in the world of high-performance racing Tyres. After developing their first high performance tyre, nicknamed the "Sifaka" - Tropicorp invested with Vilita & Turori Motorsports to create an entry in the NationStates Super Formula Championships. The investment would prove to be well placed. Tropicorp driver iBen Toralmintii would be crowned the series champion after winning the final race of the circuit and the Tropicorp Sifaka tyre was the top performing tyre on the season, quickly resulting in orders for the high-performance tyre from Auto-Racing teams from throughout the multiverse.
After their initial successes, Tropicorp is looking to continue its progress and emphasize its Research & Development capabilities by creating a regional center of excellence where Engineers & Scientists from throughout the Atlantian Oceania region could come together and have the freedom to work on new and innovative ideas, capabilities, inventions and products.
While its exclusivity agreement with the Tropics of Vilita remains, the regional center of excellence on Tropicorp grounds has already been approved by both Tropicorp and Vilitan officials.