A lot of the Empire was created directly by commercial concerns (e.g. East India...

		arethuza on July 6, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How can a website cost £35 million? You’d better a... A lot of the Empire was created directly by commercial concerns (e.g. East India Company) and only taken over and managed directly by the state when things got out of hand (India's First War of Independence/Great Rebellion).