Shinra Electric Power Company

The Shin-Ra corporation is the gigantic company which holds power in the world of Final Fantasy VII. Shin-Ra was originally a weapons manafacturer, but after the discovery of Mako energy it expanded into many other areas. Shin-Ra maintain it's own private army, and elite unit SOLDIER which it used to wage war on Wutai. Shin-Ra constructed the metropolis Midgar - which it ultimately has control over, though it introduced a figure-head mayor.

Shin-Ra is involved in the fusing of humans with both Mako and Jenova soldiers in order to create super-soldiers such as Sephiroth. They were also involved in the destruction of several small villages. The Shin-Ra corporation was destroyed by Holy at the end of Final Fantasy VII.