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The Business Registry lets you found your own company, recruit employees and run a shared company treasury. Companies are the civilian way to organize as a legal business, not to be confused with Groups, which are the PvP/gang system and interact with the Rules. Every player can only be a member of one company at a time.

Founding a company

Companies are founded at the Business Office. When founding, you define:

A unique company name (up to 32 characters)
A description (up to 1,000 characters, shown publicly in the registry)
A logo icon (choose one of 16 designs)

Founding a company is free of charge. Daily operating costs only start once your company has been approved.

Approval by the team

A newly founded company is not active right away. Every application is reviewed by the team first:

Status	What it means
Pending approval	Your application is waiting for review. The company is not listed in the public registry, cannot receive job applications and the treasury is locked. You can withdraw the application at any time.
Approved	Your company appears in the public registry, the treasury opens up and the daily operating costs start.
Rejected	The team declined the application (usually because of the name or description). You can withdraw the rejected application and found a new company with adjusted details.

While a company is pending or rejected, the management screen only shows its status and the option to withdraw the application – everything else stays locked until approval.

Editing name, description and icon

An approved company can still be renamed and its description rewritten, but these changes go through the same team review as a new founding. While an edit is under review, the registry keeps showing the old, approved texts.

The icon is the exception: it can be changed freely at any time without any review.

Roles and rights

The founder owns the company and has full control. New members join without any rights; the following rights can then be granted individually:

Right	What it allows
Edit Info	Change the company name, description or icon
Manage Members	Accept or decline job applications and remove members
Manage Rights	Change the rights of other members
Manage Treasury	Withdraw money and configure the paycheck system
Contact	Be listed as the contact person in the public registry
Disband	Dissolve the company

Nobody can kick the owner or touch the owner's rights. Ownership can be handed over to another member if the owner wants to step down.

Members

Players apply to a company through the Business Registry app on their Smartphone. Members with the Manage Members right review the applications and accept or decline them.

A company can have up to 20 members (the owner counts towards this limit).

Treasury and paychecks

Every company has a shared treasury with a limit of $100,000,000.

Deposits: Every member can deposit money once the company is approved.
Withdrawals: Only members with the Manage Treasury right can withdraw money.

Companies can also pay automatic paychecks: a configurable amount (up to $100,000 per member) is paid out of the treasury every 5 minutes to every member who is currently online. A configurable treasury reserve can be set as a floor – as soon as the treasury would drop below it, paychecks pause automatically until the balance recovers.

Daily operating costs

An approved company pays $25,000 per member per day out of its treasury. If the treasury cannot cover the fee:

The company is suspended: it disappears from the public registry, but all data, members and settings are kept.
You have 3 days to top up the treasury – depositing enough money revives the company automatically.
If the treasury is not refilled in time, the company is permanently dissolved.

Keep an eye on your balance: more members means more income potential, but also higher daily costs.

The public registry

The Business Registry app on the Smartphone is the public directory of all approved companies. There you can:

Browse all companies with their name, icon, description and member count
Rate companies with 1 to 5 stars
Apply for a job at a company
Call the contact person directly, if one is set and currently online

A good description and a solid star rating are your company's business card – they decide whether applications come in.

Disbanding

Members with the Disband right can dissolve the company at any time.

Warning: Any money left in the treasury is lost when the company is disbanded. Empty the treasury first if you want to keep the funds.

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-'''!!! Work-In-Progress !!!'''
+The '''Business Registry''' lets you found your own company, recruit employees and run a shared company treasury. Companies are the civilian way to organize as a legal business, not to be confused with [[Groups]], which are the PvP/gang system and interact with the [[Rules]]. Every player can only be a member of '''one company at a time'''.
+== Founding a company ==
+Companies are founded at the '''Business Office'''. When founding, you define:
-The '''Business Registry''' is a cross-server directory of player-run companies. Citizens can found their own company, recruit members under a flexible role system, fund a shared treasury and pay out wages, while everyone else can browse, rate and contact those companies straight from their [[Smartphone]].
+* A unique '''company name''' (up to 32 characters)
+* A '''description''' (up to 1,000 characters, shown publicly in the registry)
+* A '''logo icon''' (choose one of 16 designs)
-Companies are purely about organisation and roleplay: there are no forced transactions, deals are still made between players. Think of it as an official "business card" for your operation, be it a taxi firm, a security company or a farm.
+Founding a company is '''free of charge'''. Daily operating costs only start once your company has been approved.
-Being in a company does '''not''' change the server rules in any way. In particular, sharing a company does '''not''' give you permission to fight alongside one another, the normal rules of engagement still apply to every member individually, exactly as they would for any other player.
+== Approval by the team ==
+A newly founded company is not active right away. Every application is reviewed by the team first:
-''Like the [[Auction house]], the registry stays synchronised across the [[How-to-join|servers]], so a company you found is visible and manageable on every server.''
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Status !! What it means
-==Founding a company==
+|-
-[[File:Company office menu.png|thumb|Founding and managing a company at the office]]
+| '''Pending approval''' || Your application is waiting for review. The company is not listed in the public registry, cannot receive job applications and the treasury is locked. You can withdraw the application at any time.
-Companies are created and managed at the '''Business Office''' NPC.
+|-
+| '''Approved''' || Your company appears in the public registry, the treasury opens up and the daily operating costs start.
-<!-- TODO: list the in-world office location(s) once finalised -->
+|-
-''Office location: to be confirmed.''
+| '''Rejected''' || The team declined the application (usually because of the name or description). You can withdraw the rejected application and found a new company with adjusted details.
+|}
-To found one, open the office menu and fill in:
-*A '''company name''' (must be globally unique, no other company may use it).
-*A '''description''' (your public profile text).
-*A '''company icon''' to represent your business in the app.
-Each citizen can belong to a maximum of '''3 companies''' at the same time, whether as a founder or a regular member.
+While a company is pending or rejected, the management screen only shows its status and the option to '''withdraw the application''' – everything else stays locked until approval.
-''Note: company names and descriptions may be reviewed by the team before they appear publicly, so keep them appropriate.''
+== Editing name, description and icon ==
+An approved company can still be renamed and its description rewritten, but these changes go through the '''same team review''' as a new founding. While an edit is under review, the registry keeps showing the old, approved texts.
-==Managing your company==
+The '''icon is the exception''': it can be changed freely at any time without any review.
-[[File:Company management.png|thumb|Member list and rights]]
-The founder (owner) automatically holds '''every right''' and cannot be kicked or have their rights changed by other members. The owner can, however, voluntarily '''hand the company over''' to another member (see ''Transferring ownership'' below). The owner and any member with the matching right manage the rest of the company from the office menu.
-===Member rights===
+== Roles and rights ==
-Rights are assigned per member and can be freely combined, a member can hold any mix of them:
+The founder owns the company and has full control. New members join without any rights; the following rights can then be granted individually:
 {| class="wikitable"
-!Right!!What it allows
+! Right !! What it allows
 |-
-|'''Edit Info'''||Change the company name and description
+| '''Edit Info''' || Change the company name, description or icon
 |-
-|'''Manage Members'''||Accept or reject applications and kick members
+| '''Manage Members''' || Accept or decline job applications and remove members
 |-
-|'''Manage Rights'''||Change other members' rights
+| '''Manage Rights''' || Change the rights of other members
 |-
-|'''Manage Treasury'''||Withdraw from the treasury and set member wages
+| '''Manage Treasury''' || Withdraw money and configure the paycheck system
 |-
-|'''Contact'''||Be listed as a contact person, reachable via the Contact button
+| '''Contact''' || Be listed as the contact person in the public registry
 |-
-|'''Disband'''||Disband the entire company
+| '''Disband''' || Dissolve the company
 |}
-A member can never edit their own rights, so there is no way to promote yourself.
+Nobody can kick the owner or touch the owner's rights. Ownership can be handed over to another member if the owner wants to step down.
-===Joining & recruiting===
-Players join by '''applying''' to a company from the Business Registry app. A member with the '''Manage Members''' right then reviews the applications at the office and accepts or rejects them. The same right is used to kick members (the owner is protected).
-===Leaving a company===
-Any member can '''leave''' a company they belong to at any time, from the management menu at the office. Leaving immediately gives up your membership and every right you held in that company, and frees up one of your 3 company slots.
-The '''owner cannot leave directly''', because a company always needs an owner. To step away, the owner must first '''transfer ownership''' to another member (see below) and can then leave like any other member, or '''disband''' the company entirely.
-===Transferring ownership===
-The owner can hand the company over to another member. In the member list at the office, the owner selects a member and chooses '''Make owner'''. That member instantly becomes the new owner and gains every right, while the previous owner is demoted to a '''regular member''' with no special rights (the new owner can re-grant rights afterwards if they wish).
-This is the only way for a founder to step down without deleting the company: '''transfer ownership first, then leave'''.
-===Treasury===
-Every company has a shared '''treasury''':
-*'''Any member''' can deposit their own cash into the treasury.
-*Only members with '''Manage Treasury''' can withdraw from it.
-*The treasury can never go negative, a withdrawal larger than the balance is refused.
-A red warning is shown in the management menu while the treasury drops below '''100,000''', and members who can manage the treasury get a reminder after spawning so the company fund does not run dry.
-===Member wages (paychecks)===
-Owners (and Manage Treasury holders) can set up automatic '''wages''' for the whole company:
-*A '''wage amount''' paid to each member per cycle, up to a maximum of '''100,000''' per member.
+== Members ==
-*A '''treasury floor''', wages pause automatically while the treasury is below this amount, so the fund is never drained completely.
+Players apply to a company through the '''Business Registry app''' on their [[Smartphone]]. Members with the ''Manage Members'' right review the applications and accept or decline them.
-Online members are paid roughly '''every few minutes''' as long as the treasury stays above the floor, with a notification when the wage lands. Setting the wage to 0 turns it off.
+A company can have up to '''20 members''' (the owner counts towards this limit).
-<!-- TODO: confirm exact payout interval / example wage values for players -->
+== Treasury and paychecks ==
+Every company has a shared treasury with a limit of '''$100,000,000'''.
-==The Business Registry app==
+* '''Deposits:''' Every member can deposit money once the company is approved.
-[[File:Business registry app.png|thumb|Browsing companies on the smartphone]]
+* '''Withdrawals:''' Only members with the ''Manage Treasury'' right can withdraw money.
-The '''Business Registry''' app on the [[Smartphone]] is where everyone else interacts with companies:
-*Browse the full list of companies (icon, name and star rating).
+Companies can also pay '''automatic paychecks''': a configurable amount (up to '''$100,000 per member''') is paid out of the treasury '''every 5 minutes''' to every member who is currently online. A configurable '''treasury reserve''' can be set as a floor – as soon as the treasury would drop below it, paychecks pause automatically until the balance recovers.
-*Open a company to see its description, its contact persons and its rating.
-*'''Apply''' to join a company.
-*'''Contact''' a company (see below).
-*'''Rate''' a company from 1 to 5 stars.
-===Ratings===
+== Daily operating costs ==
-Companies carry a public '''1 to 5 star rating''', shown as an average plus the number of votes. Anyone can leave a rating '''except members of that company''' (no self-boosting). Each player has one vote per company, and voting again simply overwrites your previous score.
+An approved company pays '''$25,000 per member per day''' out of its treasury. If the treasury cannot cover the fee:
-===Contacting a company===
+# The company is '''suspended''': it disappears from the public registry, but all data, members and settings are kept.
-The '''Contact''' button rings one of the company's contact persons (members with the '''Contact''' right) directly as a phone call. Because phone calls are handled per server, only contacts who are currently online '''on the same server as you''' can be reached, if none are available, the call is cancelled with a hint.
+# You have '''3 days''' to top up the treasury – depositing enough money revives the company automatically.
+# If the treasury is not refilled in time, the company is '''permanently dissolved'''.
-==Upkeep==
+Keep an eye on your balance: more members means more income potential, but also higher daily costs.
-Running a company is not free. A '''daily fee''' is charged to the treasury to keep the business active:
-*If the treasury cannot cover the fee, the company is '''suspended''' and hidden from the registry (it is not deleted).
+== The public registry ==
-*A company that stays suspended for too long is automatically '''disbanded'''.
+The '''Business Registry app''' on the [[Smartphone]] is the public directory of all approved companies. There you can:
-Keeping a healthy treasury balance (and a sensible wage floor) is therefore important to keep your company alive.
+* Browse all companies with their name, icon, description and member count
+* Rate companies with '''1 to 5 stars'''
+* '''Apply for a job''' at a company
+* '''Call the contact person''' directly, if one is set and currently online
-<!-- TODO: fill in the real daily fee amount and grace period once configured -->
+A good description and a solid star rating are your company's business card – they decide whether applications come in.
-''Daily fee and grace period: to be confirmed.''
-Disbanding a company (manually or automatically) removes it completely, '''including any money left in the treasury''', so withdraw your funds first.
+== Disbanding ==
+Members with the ''Disband'' right can dissolve the company at any time.
-==Important Points & Restrictions==
+'''Warning:''' Any money left in the treasury is lost when the company is disbanded. Empty the treasury first if you want to keep the funds.
-*A citizen can belong to at most '''3 companies''' at once.
-*Company names are '''globally unique''' across all servers.
-*Member wages are capped at '''100,000''' per member per cycle.
-*You '''cannot rate''' a company you are a member of, and you get one vote per company.
-*The Contact button only reaches contacts online on '''your current server'''.
-*Any member can '''leave''' a company at any time; the '''owner''' must transfer ownership or disband instead.
-*The owner cannot be kicked or have their rights changed by others, but '''can transfer ownership''' to another member. Members cannot edit their own rights.
-*Companies do '''not''' affect the rule set, being in the same company does '''not''' allow you to fight together; the normal rules of engagement apply to everyone individually.
-*Names and descriptions may be subject to review.