Trans-Siddarmarkian Railroad

The Trans-Siddarmarkian Railroad or TSRR was a joint private-government enterprise in the Republic of Siddarmark.

In the Year of God 910, it was created to construct a network of rail lines to connect every major Siddarmarkian city and stretch from Siddar City itself through Lake City in Tarikah Province and the Border States to the city of Zion in the Temple Lands.

The task was a monumental undertake with the stretch between Siddar City and Lake City requiring more than two thousand miles of track.

Lord Protector Klymynt Myllyr supported the TSRR because it would direct millions of marks into employment and expand the Republic's domestic steel industry. While seventy percent of the corporation's initial capital was provided clandestinely by Emperor Cayleb and Empress Sharleyan of Charis through Delthak Enterprises, the rest of the corporation's capital came from Siddarmarkian investors and government bond issues.

The corporation's General Board was heavily staffed in the Republic's favor, with only two of the board's seven seats held by Charisians. The Lord Protector of the Republic appointed the Board's chairman, vice chairman, and non-voting secretary-treasurer.