The Hallowed Governance of Electrical Infrastructure

, also called "The Governance" is a centuries-old enterpise that has had an absolute monopoly over the telecommunications infrastructure for the past 128 years. It was, and is, by far one of the most powerful forces in the determination of technology.

History
Founded in 1881 by a female Dorkugese penguin addressed as Saint Alexia Graham Cracker Belle the Magnificiant, was created to "properly and respectfully administer the Telegraph and all of its successors for the benefit of penguin-kind". Alexia assumed the position of leader, and after donning some snazzy garments, she and her new administration seized all control over the new invention. As technology grew, so did the Governance, continously seizing every cable-based item that came up in the world. She died in 1902.

After the invention of usable electricity and later the telephone, the current leader of the Governance at the time, Ben John Edict, realized that one penguin couldn't run it alone. By signing the Juvoinopiapluspopuliutlaborcummea Edict (Latin, literally meaning "Help, I need more people to work with me!"), he established the modern Hiearchy, giving himself the title of Patriarch of Phone-based Expansion, or P.O.P.E. for short. Along with the title came new responsibilites, P. Ben John Edict was now in charge of a huge group of folks of all walks of life, each of which administered a portion of the grid.

Sadly, Ben died a month after the Edict was created, in 1903. The next successor, P.O.P.E. Pieus I (pronounced Pie Us), bought some land and created a palace to work out of. He called it Centriepistula (Latin, literally center of communications). The palace was built near what was going to become the seat of the Snowman Empire.

After the fall of Snowme, IBM-style computers appeared in remote Olde Antarctia government buildings and universites. The Governance expanded its power by routing power lines and dial-up cables from place to place.

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When PCs became huge in business during the dawn of Colonial Antarctica, the Governance gained more power, to the point of totalitarian control. The P.O.P.E. who reigned in the early 1990s, P. Pieus II (pronounced Pie Us), encouraged the workers in the Governance to focus on helping and working with the people instead of just telling them what to do. He feared totalitarianism and was highly conservative, looking back at various old-school Governance traditions such as Tech-Time with Bishops which began fading after the invention of the radion and television. Seeking to have some fun with the commoners, Pieus II reestablished Tech-Time as a major event every Wednesday. Bishops (a lower rank) would come out and share what they know about technology, where the people would respond with questions and other such things.

The current reigning P.O.P.E. is P. Bobzin, who routinely speaks out against Darktan, calling him a "weenie Nubcake who couldn't use a radio". Darktan doesn't dare attack a penguin of the Governance, it's too risky.

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