In this case, the company was providing a service that was needed for millennia - building temples. Their structure seems to have been like a private corporati

In this case, the company was providing a service that was needed for millennia - building temples. Their structure seems to have been like a private corporation, with special rules and efforts to maintain their ideology and culture. They had the ability to expand outside the current leading families when necessary, though. When they hit the recent hard patch, they pivoted, but didn’t scale back enough to survive until the next great leader showed up. They fell into the hands of modern corporations, and we all know how that turns out.