[ Emerick was glad that his world was mostly wireless transfers and cards - cash was always something of a hassle. Having to count it out, get change, you know. It was a whole to do in an almost otherwise wireless world. Sort of. Tech's weird. ]

Yeah, big transnational corporations. They're more or less sovereign entities on their own. I'm from a city called Night City, and we're more or less owned by a Japanese company called Arasaka because they have the most money to throw around.

[ There was a whole discussion on what was and wasn't an independent sovereign state when it came to the Californias as Night City but he hardly wanted to ramble on about that unless Reno asked. As for Arasaka itself, Emerick certainly spoke in a way that suggested he had thoughts, feelings, and opinions on the subject, despite seeming to be pretty neutral when it came to other topics they'd discussed. ]