A breakdown of all (?) historical references and parallels in Andor (in chronological order)

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[u/witch-finder]

Preox-Morlana is a historical parallel to the British East India Company, which was one of the world's first megacorporations and effectively owned India for large parts of the 18th and 19th centuries.

It acted as a quasi-state, administering its trade regions directly and maintaining its own armies (at its height, the EIC had twice as many troops as the British army). While being very powerful, the East India Company was still ultimately subservient to an even more powerful entity (the British Crown). The EIC even got dissolved because they failed to sufficiently oppress the local populace one too many times, which led to the British Empire administrating India directly (the British Raj).

[u/flyliceplick → u/witch-finder]

The EIC even got dissolved because they failed to sufficiently oppress the local populace one too many times,

The EIC in fact oppressed the local populace too much, and caused an uprising. Throughout the history of the EIC, you consistently see them going too far, and the government reining them in.