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Meridian International
Group: #GoI-XXX "Meridian International".
Membership: ~20 million worldwide.
Resources: $21.2 billion per annum, capabilities unknown.
Status: Active.
Key individuals: Angela Meridian.
Overview
Meridian International, founded 29 July 1971 is the modern public face of an organization (henceforth referred to as "The Organization") that is far older, enabling its public face, the means with which it acquired its international presence — both financially and politically.
Foundation
The name 'Meridian' was derived from the family of British immigrants who had arrived in South Africa in the years following World War II. Initially having immigrated to the country to pursue a life in agriculture, fortunes changed when while digging a well, diamonds were discovered in 1960. While keeping the location of where the diamonds had been discovered a family secret, the Meridian family sold the rough diamonds, using the proceeds to finance the beginnings of what would become Meridian Mining Company.
Later in 1970 when the Meridian Mining Company passed to Angela Meridian, she began the acquisition of several local small-scale mining companies throughout South Africa, before setting her eyes on South West Africa, Botswana, Angola, Australia, and the Soviet Union. After securing the acquisition of South African heavy machinery corporation, Van Vollenhoven Industries, the Meridian Mining Company rebranded as Meridian International on 29 July 1971. Within the decade, Meridian International began an effort to diversify and expanded into engineering, gemstones, hydrocarbon exploration, oil, oil refining, petrochemicals, precious metals, rare-earth elements. Over the succeeding decades, Meridian International increased its portfolio with ventures in asteroid mining, chemical products, civil and military aerospace, commercial air transport, commercial vessels, construction engineering, space exploration, transport aircraft, satellites, software engineering, and spacecraft.
Observation
Meridian International by itself outwardly appears to be your average run-of-the-mill corporation elevated to its current position of power through sheer luck, although through indirect observation, one can glean that there is more behind this organization than just corporate greed. In various attempts at interviews with employees of various levels in the corporation, all have been polite however, refraining from answering questions deemed sensitive, with the explanation of having signed a binding NDA1 upon hire.
