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An '''Egendom''' (Cryrian: "Estate") is a term used to refer to a group of large conglomerates dominated by a single family. Each Egendom consists of a wide array of entities that wield significant economic and political power within the Kingdom. The term first entered common use in 19561870 as a way to refer to the powerful families that dominated the Riksdag during the period.

Though all EgendomEgendomar share a Cryrian origin, their operations are typically worldwide and some EgendomEgendomar have largely shifted outside the Kingdom, or are entirely based outside of it. For instance, the Tynam Egendom is closely tied to Älemsi Negdel and its eastern Gazny clan, while the Reitz and Linderoth families are based in the [[Charlottesborg|Duchy of Charlottesborg]] and the [[Ellesborg|Mandate of Ellesborg]] respectively. While Egendom are associated with the Cryrian nobility in popular imagination, several notable examples such as the Marlberg and Linderoth families emerged without any recognized aristocratic background.

The origins of EgendomEgendomar are typically traced back to the Cryrian Industrial Revolution which was fueled by accessible coal deposits in the Highlands and occurred from the late-18th to mid-19th centuries. The industrialization of the country both aided and benefitted from increasingly centralized royal power and further transformed Cryria from a comparatively impoverished and rural country into an increasingly urbanized and economically developed one. While these developments greatly undermined the power of the nobility as a whole, certain aristocratic families with close ties to the Crown were well positioned to reap enormous benefits from their existing political and economic capital. The end of the Absolute Era in 1865 further exacerbated this trend when it resulted not in a general transition to democracy but rather a controlled devolution of power back down into the hands of aristocratic and industrial elites. The resulting Albertine Era can thus be best described as a hybrid corporatist regime where influential families used political and economic levers to further enrich themselves and maintain power.