History
Thucydides
History is Philosophy teaching by examples.
In an act aimed at strengthening the power of the EIC, King Charles II granted the EIC (in a series of five acts around 1670) the rights to autonomous territorial acquisitions, to mint money, to command fortresses and troops and form alliances, to make war and peace, and to exercise both civil and criminal jurisdiction over the acquired areas.
This is so weird to think about. I want to imagine an alternate history where these companies declared independence and became powerful company-nations.
