{{Infobox_country|title1 = Dark Forest Trading Co.|image1 = DFTC Map.png|caption1 = Map of the Dark Forest Trading Co.'s territory (post-relocation) in red. Montrose denoted in purple, HUM denoted in gold, Icedale denoted in lighter blue, Rhett denoted in darker blue.|leader = Perihelion_Jack (banned)}}The Dark Forest TradingInvestment Co. was a [[Mercantile States|mercantile state]] located in the roofeddark forest Southand [[Lucavarian Plain]] to the south of [[Montrose]] and Southwestsouthwest of [[HUM]]. Originally starting in the swamps to the north of [[HUM]] and in Easterneastern [[Montrose]], with a headquarterscottage located exactly where the current-day [[Montrosian Production Emporium]] stands, the DFTCDFIC relocatedmoved its base of operations to the southern portion of Northern [[Sylvia]] after the dissolutionban of the [[Unnamed State of Alexmania_man111]]. They took over and modernized the former residence of [[mania_man111]], turning it into a storefront and using it as a new headquarters for the state. The headquarters of the DFTCDFIC was re-appropriated yet again as the [[Prosperity League Headquarters]] upon the DFTCDFIC's dissolution.
[[File:DFTC Banner.png|left|thumb|152x152px|The banner of the Dark Forest Trading Co., oft derided as "the Spiderman banner".]]
== Aggression ==
The Dark Forest TradingInvestment Co. was historically one of the most aggressive nations in the world. Citizens of the DFTCDFIC and the DFTCDFIC-organized/DFTC-dominated [[South Sea Coalition]] participated in unprovoked attacks on [[Montrose]], [[Rhett]] (see: [[First Burning of Rhett]]), and other non-aligned countriesstates. The DFTCDFIC participated in brinksmanship, rivalry, and division to exert influence over the contemporary Southern groups, such as the [[TrenchenThe Water Boys]] and [[OrderIcedale of IcedaleGuild]].