Rheinland and Liberty

[ryeguy146]

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When Liberty corporations muscled into Rheinland space following the defaulted loan of 668 AS, I understand that many industries were bought up. Synth Foods for instance moved in on the Stuttgart system. At least, that's what I've gathered from my reading.

If this is the case, why doesn't Rheinland exile the Liberty companies and replace them with their own, nationalize them maybe. It doesn't make sense to me that they would put up with their presence. Is it that lasting corruption in the Rheinland government allows them to stay? I'm curious and the further explanation would help me quite a bit in RPing one of my characters.

Furthermore, if anyone would be interested in speaking about the war and it's causes, I'd love to hear it. I've read what the wiki has to offer and understand some of the reasons, but not everything. I get that Rheinland published an embarrassing report on Liberty's involvement with alien technology that resulted in a ban on inter system commerce between the nations. But how did the embargo grow into a full scale war?
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