Koutei-Sakaguczi Consolidated

Koutei-Sakaguczi Consolidated (Fengese: 洪亭坂口合團, : Koutei-Sakaguczi Goudan), or simply KS Consolidated or KS, is a Fengese multinational headquartered in KS Park, Szuto, Fengjiang. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the KS brand, and is the second largest Fengese combine - only below the PKT Group of similar Fengese affiliation. Wielding immense economic and political influence through its position as a key powerbroker in Fengese combinial politics, it is among the most influential companies in history, being the second-most.

KS Consolidated in its modern form was founded from the namesake Koutei and Sakaguczi clans, when both merged their family-affiliated combines to form the KS conglomerate in preparation for the Fengese invasion of Arsytia in 1943. After the war, it was instrumental in the reconstruction of much of South Fengjiang, eventually participating in the Fengjiang Ten conspiracy to dissolve and unite the various constituent statelets of contemporary Fengjiang under a singular political body in 1960 - being the Combinial Forum, then headed by the F10. Since then, Fengese society and politics has seen a drastic and utter degree of corporatization, in which KS Consolidated played a key role and benefited immensely from. As Fengjiang emerged as a on the world stage in the ensuing Cold War, the conglomerate's influence would be magnified to one equivalent to entire nations - perhaps even greater. As of 2022, KS Consolidated accounts for a sizable portion of the Fengese GDP, dominating every facet of society and economy in the country's south.

Nowadays, the conglomerate continues to operate at massive scales in accordance with Fengese corporatocracy, having its hand in practically every industry in the world economy - such that it would be termed as a "corporation pretending to be a nation" like many of its combine counterparts. It leads a bloc of southern Fengese conglomerates descended from the Daiszu Commonwealth of old, acting as a prominent leader in the Combinial Forum. Compounded by its significant military and nuclear capabilities, its economic and political influence is on par with that of a major, even if independent of its deep ties with the rest of Fengjiang.