Explanation: After the Great Meritocratic Revolution in 2113, much of the Middle East became enthralled in corporate hegemony and hostile takeovers, resulting in a handful of wealthy families declaring themselves the 'Emirs of what was to Come,' and forming a corporation, with themselves as the board of shareholders. Instead of a CEO, their leadership was for life, an elected Monarchy or 'Malikate' (the Arabic term for Kingdom) that drew it's legitimacy and authority from what they deemed the 'Ummah' or the religious community, turning the Islamic faith into a corporate loyalty, and selling themselves as the representatives of Allah in the material world. Thus, the religious community became a corporation, with the Malik becoming what is essentially a Caliph in all but name. To partake in the Ummah, and thus be a devout Muslim, one had to swear absolutely loyalty to Allah and his Regent, the Malik, whose title rather than personhood became the manifestation of the final Imam. This created an autarchic entity whose power not only rested in financial and material wealth like other corporations, but in also the perceived power to grant (and withdraw) salvation, and upending the already fragile balance of power struck after the Great Meritocratic Revolution. 

By 2140, Venus was regarded as one of the most valuable planets in the system, due to its hostile atmosphere and abnormally rich lithosphere. The sheer amount of opportunity Venus presented meant that conflict was inevitable, and the Malikate struck, claiming Venus officially and daring anyone to prevent them from such. A coalition of four powerful Megacorporations _(Frami-Porous, Unverzichtbar Combat Solutions, Syngenta-Monsanto, and Tanjung-Murugan)_ responded in kind, hoping to uproot the Malikate from Venus and split it for themselves. The rest is history, and the Malikate was soon regarded as the 'Grand Venusian Malikate'.

Get wrecked, Kāfir