KNH

The Kunglig Nordiska Handelsföretag or KNH (Royal Nordic Trading Company) was formed in 1585 as the property of the Crown of Arendaal under the patronage of Queen Adeliza I of Arendaal. The trading company was granted a monopoly of trade entering and leaving Arendaal, and soon Scania at large, and provided immense revenue for the Aren Kingdom. It secured its powerful position as one of the wealthiest and most influential companies in Europe immediately after its founding by also securing the patronage of the Emperors of Jizhou, now Keida, in the wake of the famous Voyage of Tang Lei, when a fleet led by Tang Lei landed in Arendaal and prompted the establishment of the Sino-Aren alliance. The KNH continues to be one of the most significant and richest European companies to this day.

Historically, the colonial company has had trading posts in:


 * Keida (then Jizhou) - Kaochang (est 1585)
 * Franken - Erlangen (est 1585), Würzburg (est 1586)
 * Olmolungring - Issverth (est 1586)
 * Breotonia - Lunden (est 1587) and Porton (est 1590)
 * Engellex - Dulwich (est 1588), Hammersmith (est 1589)
 * Vistrasia - Threveburg (est 1589)
 * Éireann - Átha Cliath (est 1589), Port Láirge (est 1591), Corcaigh (est 1605)
 * Wiese - Augsburg (est 1592), Pressburg (est 1727), Karlsruhe (est 1830), Darmstadt (1850)
 * Eiffelland - Lübeck, Sauerland (est 1593) Weissenfels, Sauerland (est 1690), Bremen (est 1730), Starnberg (est 1775)
 * Coronado - Cartagena (est 1593), Vigo (est 1594), Laredo (est 1597)
 * Lorraine - Toulon, Province of Vaucluse (est 1594), Saint Raphaël, Duchy of Auvergne (est 1595), Soisson, County of Soisson (est1597)
 * Frescania - (est 1602)
 * Kryobaijan - Derjiste (est 1601)
 * Międzymorze (Greater Sarmatia) - (est 1610)
 * Oikawa - Fuyazaki (est 1622)
 * Vangala - Chingrikhali (est 1649), Kilkila (est 1658)
 * Nicosia - Syracuse (est 1650)
 * Wendmark - St Gallen (est 1655), Zahringen (est 1655)
 * Axifloan Empire - Acropolis (est 1665)
 * Serbovia - Kingdom of Pomornia (est 1670), Kingdom of Serbovia (est 1690)
 * Cantigny - Vesper at Port Fidelity (est 1701)
 * Cornavia - Järnmark-Pohjola (est 1750)
 * Akwesasne - Mont-Nouranda (est 1764)
 * Shinryeo - (est 1787)
 * Khalistan - Mangalore (est 1815), Hyderabad (est 1830), Barisal (est 1850)
 * Sinhai - (est 1840)
 * Denisova - Aleksandra (est ?)