West Pahadan Rail

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The West Pahadan Railway Company & The Automata Arms Corporation
c.1906 - 1951
Flag of West Pahadan Rail
Flag
Motto: 'Crown, Company, Commerce'
Anthem: Anthem of the Clockwork Empire
WPR (purple), its vassals (striped) and the Clockwork Empire (orange)
WPR (purple), its vassals (striped) and the Clockwork Empire (orange)
Capital
and largest city
Nakashigawa
Official languagesOnghiri, Pahadan
Ethnic groups
Xian, Shihoki, Taebong, Zhuyeian, Sangam and Rukhanan
Demonym(s)Korrukan
GovernmentColonial Stratocratic Corporatocracy
• CEO
Zhang Xieren
• Chairman
Liang Yating
LegislatureRegional Unity Committee
Colonial Corporation
1906 - 1910
1910
1912
1912 - 1921
Population
• 1918 estimate
38,912,331 (within WPR)
84,074,512 (within its vassals)
• 1920 census
122,986,843
Currencyleyi (¤; LY) (LY)
Time zoneIMT 0
Date formatyyyy.dd.mm
Driving sideright
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Various Pahadan Kingdoms
Imperial Federation
Republic of Western Pahadan

The West Pahadan Rail Company, officially called The West Pahadan Railway Company and Automata Arms Corporation and often referred to by the initialism of WPR, was a colonial corporate and military holding of the Clockwork Empire in Western Pahada. Spanning from the steppes of Tungnir to the tropical forests of central Pahada, the colonial holding was regarded as 'the most powerful company in the world', as it played an integral role in every aspect of civilian life within it.

It was formed on the onset of Clockwork's Second Initiative in an attempt to better accommodate Korrukan investment in the region, predominantly railways and telecommunication lines. Early into its operation it became a conglomeration with 'Automata Arms', an Imperial arms manufacturer that had defaulted on its debts.

Whilst its original and primary function was the operation of the railways and telecommunications, WPR soon came to dominate every aspect of civilian, military and economic life within its territories once noted military officer and Grand Commandant Zhang Xieren became CEO in 1912. During this period it underwent aggressive industrialisation of the Pahadan coast, forced reallocation of ethnic groups, ethnic colonisation and would go on to conquer numerous Pahadan states that would become its vassals.

WPR was noted for its own highly trained security force, its permitted status to control Imperial armies in the region, its aggressive campaign for Korukkan nationalism with its influence back at home and its disregard for international treaties against the Empire, which culminated in the company producing and operating its own maritime fleet.