— Oswaldo Schneider, Head of Interastral Peace Corporation Marketing Development Division, Level P
To outsiders, the IPC is an enormous consortium advocating free trade. From a business perspective, the IPC is a business that issues money and monopolizes resources. From a startup perspective, the IPC is a selfless backing, dedicated to the Aeon of Preservation.
When many astral citizens talk about the IPC, they talk about its ubiquitous merchandise and logo. It's as if "The IPC exists whenever there is a transaction." In fact, almost all business transactions in the galaxy are based on the credit system created by the IPC. If one were to compare interastral trade to a sports competition, the IPC would be the top athletes as well as the sports, the venue, and the rules themselves.
Its absolute dominance over wealth and relentless expansion has given the IPC the image of a business dictatorship. But the IPC pays little attention to lowly ambitious such as dictatorship, because its spirit hasn't wavered since its creation:
Give everything to the Amber Lord, Qlipoth.