These companies control the various strata of Cryptonnoria society, mainly the factories and metavers.

The race for power and wealth is constant in this environment, as is the rivalry.

There are dozens of corporations within the city, some controlling a district, others a whole area, making it difficult to share a piece of the cake, even if it is enormous, covering thousands of kilometres and home to billions of people.

Espionage operations are commonplace, and alliances are formed to prevent one from getting too far ahead of the others, even if it means ruining it completely.

The sites are ultra-secure, with private militias and employees subject to strict confidentiality policies. If some of them break the rules, the consequences will be terrible for her and those around her.