Institutions, agencies, companies, and informal groups that shape the worldline structure of the setting — from SERN's overt particle-physics research down to the dojin circle meeting above the Radio Kaikan building. Some entries here are public-facing institutions; others, like the Committee of 300, are conspiracies whose existence is only ever inferred from paper trails and secondhand accounts. Treat anything sourced to a single informant — living or otherwise — with appropriate skepticism. #lore
For the people who staff, found, infiltrate, or oppose these bodies, see Category: People.