State Ownership in Cyberia

In the Antarctic State, there exists a larger presence of state ownership, otherwise known as government-owned services (GOS), or state-owned enterprises (SOE), in select areas than most other countries. These areas are controlled wholly or in part by the Unitary Government of Cyberia This is in contrast to privatization, where certain services are available for the civil sector to sort out amongst itself, without major government intervention. In Cyberia, the level of state ownership can be categorized into three levels; the first of which being state monopolies, second being near-monopolies, and third being state competition in a commercial market.

Monopolies
State monopolies are industries, assets, and/or enterprises that are wholly or nearly wholly owned by the Antarctic State government.

Resource Mining
The Cyberian government forwardly owns and operates all mining operations within the country. Indeed, in the eyes of the state, it is seen as thievery for any entity to mine resources in the country outside of official government business. This means that it is effectively considered a corporate crime, or otherwise an organized crime, to set up a mining operation without it in part or in whole being owned by the AS government.

Electrical Grid
A negligible portion of the electrical grid is supplied by non-government units, such as homeowners or otherwise buildings that install their own energy sources, whilst still being connected to the grid. The extreme vast majority of the grid is built, generated, and supported by the Cyberian government, specifically the Department of Energy. It is not considered safe, not to mention legal, for a non-government entity to perform work on the existing grid, nor build its own generation, transmission or distribution stations that are connected to the AS government's grid. Grid defection, commonly known as "going off-the-grid", is neither encouraged nor illegal.

Water Industry
The Cyberian water industry, including the supply of drinking water, the receiving and treatment of wastewater, the infrastructure that transports these, and all other facets, is controlled and maintained solely by the AS government. It is illegal for individuals and/or companies to tamper with the water supply in any way without government guidance.

Near-Monopolies
Near-monopolies of the state are seen in aspects of society where it is not prohibited yet it is difficult or heavily regulated for non-government entities commercializing said aspects.

Policing

 *  See Also: Public Security, Riot Control, Security Forces 

It is not strictly illegal for private security agencies to form, such as private military companies or contractors (PMCs), private investigators (PIs), security guards, or other protection companies. However these companies, as all non-government organizations are, are completely barred from utilizing any of the Antarctic State's own policing tools, especially intelligence agencies like the Identification Buraeu. Furthermore, companies identifying as PMCs are often scrutinized by the government much more often and to a finer degree than other companies.

Education
Public education in the Antarctic State is majority handled by the Department of Civilian Affairs. It is not prohibited for education to be privatized, such is the common case in for-profit and non-profit colleges. Lesser known are private primary and secondary schools as well. All schools operating within the country are subject to curriculum regulation to varying degrees, and requirements for a diploma or degree are arguably more strictly regulated.

Competition with the State
In government competition, privatization of these aspects of life is not prohibited by government, rather the government is one of the competitors in it.

Agriculture
It is not prohibited for individuals nor companies to perform their own agriculture. However, due to the presence and prevalence of the ASC Department of Agriculture (ASDA) and its high-production growing facilities, it is commonly considered much simpler and easier to buy raw food resources from the ASDA, and process them into commercially available food products. Furthermore, food-related companies are subject to strict health and safety regulations under the ASDA.

The ASDA itself competes in the food market by offering its continuously-manufactured surplus of ration-type products and MREs to the non-impoverished public for purchase. These rations and MREs can be bought directly from the government at nearly the absolute lowest prices, barring selling at a loss, provided one knows the avenues necessary to purchase them. Single ration packs are known to be much more expensive than they are if bought in bulk packs of 5, 10, 15, 20, or more, with each larger bulk pack being less in price per-item.