Xolal

Xolal ("Land" in Nahuatl) is a company created in El Salvador roughly 65 ears before the Convoy, at a time where pollution of the landmass and the ocean had grown out of control and poor countries especially were drowning under the mass of waste that was produces continuously.

Xolal created a revolutionary process, using a range of genetically modified organisms, that could rapidly digest any organic or inert waste, and turn it into rich and fertile soil. Supported by the government, Xolal turned the spoiled coastlines and countrysides of the country into pristine and fertile lands.

After a few years, the company grew into the 4 neighbouring countries of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. And the once fragile countries began accepting wastes from all around the world, that they would return as soil. This completely changes the world and creates a new hope that it can be cleansed an reborn. Although consumerism spikes briefly as packaging isn't a bad word anymore, Xolal is praised by many for ushering in a true wave of ecological activism and a change of behaviour in the whole world.

The extreme attachment to secret allowed Xolal to keep complete control over their process and this rich market, making them extremely rich. For 50 years, the company becomes the most powerful company in the world, taking over the reigns of power in the 5 countries it is established, now called "The 5 giants". These countries, like Xolal, are let by native mesoamericans with a fanatic notion of purity, and they quickly turn into an oppressive system in which only the of native heritage have power. Their violent rule is condemned around the world but the ecological wonders of the 5 Giants cannot be rejected, and so the world tolerate their behaviour.

It takes 50 years (15 years Before Convoy) for a greek company to release the first concurrent to Xolal's process. This greatly simplified version is decried by Xolal as being wildly unstable and dangerous, but the process is much cheaper and a large portion of the market is all too happy to remove some power to the mega-corporation by shifting provider.

5 years later, 10years B-Convoy, the first case of the Greek bacteria mutating into a killer is recorded.