We associate nomads with chaos, societal collapse, technological backwardness... And for good reason! But there are always exceptions to the rule, and for the nomads, that exception are the Meta – more specifically, MetaCorp.
Unlike other nomad groups that deal in smuggling and raiding, the Meta are strictly law-abiding. MetaCorp, formally registered in the Western Corporate states, is a majority stakeholder in numerous shipping companies, including the rapidly-growing DTR (Decker, Tanaka & Rogers), which handled 53% of all of America's transport last year.
The story of MetaCorp is a story of American entrepreneurial spirit and confidence in the future – two things that not even a nuclear war could destroy. Indeed, MetaCorp only proves that a new order can rise out of entropy, that the rustle of eurodollars is capable of civilizing even the most savage barbarians.
Last month I had an opportunity to visit the company's headquarters in MetaKey, the mobile island currently anchored in the Gulf of Mexico. There I met Victoria Meta, the corporation's nomad CEO and granddaughter of MetaCorp's founder, Jonathan Meta. Victoria had clearly inherited his steely gaze... and enterprising mind.
