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==Conspiracy Theories==
 
A prominent conspiracy theory says that Universal Wrestling League, Inc. is owned or partially owned by Line Nuvo, the Tavari royal family, as a way of generating income outside the country in contravention of laws controlling royal finances. In 1997, the company reorganized in Greater Ilarís, [[Union of Free Cities|UFC]] after receiving an investment of $700 million našdatSHD, approximately a third of its peak market capitalization, from an anonymous investor. The company’s refusal to identify this investor, permitted under local laws, has drawn significant attention and scrutiny. Greater Ilarís has always had a reputation for loose financial laws—unlike other areas settled by the Tavari, it was never formally incorporated as part of Tavari territory, and the Tavari monarch’s position as Lord Patron was considered to belong to them in a personal, not state, capacity—essentially, the Tavari government’s position was that Ilarís was a foreign polity in personal union with Tavaris but entirely unassociated with its government. This attracted Tavari-speaking entrepreneurs seeking a more advantageous regulatory environment, who pressured local political leaders to pass laws in their favor. Rumors that Tavari political elites, including the royal family, have taken advantage of these laws to protect their assets or shield them from attention have circulated for many years.
 
In 1882, the legal authority of the Tavari monarchs was severely curtailed after Queen Adra III interfered with military operations to disastrous results in the [[Gondwana Straits War]]. Part of the reforms included a law that the Tavari monarch could not keep any income, but that all royal income was to be forwarded directly to the state and, in exchange, the state would cover all the costs of the monarchy. The Supreme Constitutional Court ruled later that year that this mandated passing-over of income was absolute, meaning that “every single našdat that comes into the possession of the Tavari monarch, anywhere where Tavari law is in force, immediately becomes the lawful property of the Ministry of the Treasury the very precise moment the monarch gains possession of that našdat,” even in cases such as the monarch touching a coin on the ground with the intent to pick it up. This meant that the monarch could not lawfully hide any money within Tavaris, and that any money owned by the monarch outside the country could never be brought into the country. Almost immediately, rumors that the Tavari royal family had secret riches hidden in Ilarís that they could never again keep or spend in Tavaris began to circulate, but these remained largely irrelevant urban legends until the 1997 reorganization of the Universal Wrestling League brought the rumors into the public eye.
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