Shin-Ra

In the video game Final Fantasy VII, the , or simply the is a ruthless mega-corporation which controls most of the world . Shin-Ra is named after the family that runs the corporation. Originally a small weapons development company, Shin-Ra grew into a multi-conglomerate and de facto world government when mako power was developed. Mako Energy is created through the process of extracting a green etheral substance called "Spirit Energy" from the Lifestream and out of the Planet via mako reactors where it is then condensed into a liquid and processed into a source of fuel and electrical energy. During an international war that had lasted several years, Shin-Ra Works developed the means of manufacturing mako and its by-product materia, small spheres that allow their wielders access to magical abilities. Investing in the marketing of this substance and the mass-production of a line of elite military units called "SOLDIERs" (individuals showered in mako and injected with the cells of... full article at wikipedia