Before going into further detail about the Freedomes and the Symposium that leads them, we ought to spend some words on the Corporations, as no other nation of the Household has ever seen such a close relationship between trade and the public, administrative, and military spheres.
A Corporation is an association of professionals, either from the same industry or across industries, who cooperate to work toward or safeguard their common interests. As examples, in each Room of the Free Dominions you will find at least one Architect Corporation, one Merchant Corporation, one Medical Corporation, and so on and so forth.
This means that the Medical Corporation of the Bathroom is completely separate from the Medical Corporation of the Master Bedroom, as the Merchant Corporation of Beddingham is separate from the one Rosevault.
Some corporations, can further unite in larger and more powerful associations called Consortia, for example creating the Building Consortium of the Master Bedroom, consisting of the engineer, architect, and mason corporations.
Corporations and Consortia are actually a reality throughout the Household, but usually act more like unions, tasked with maintaining the standards of quality for products and services and keeping unfair com petition at bay. In the Free Dominions, on the other hand, Corporations own about ninety percent of the nation’s wealth, and their level of power and prestige are on par with the Realm’s nobility.