Editing Florida (section)

==== Notable Local Organizations ====
* The Air Force – Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Islands Special Operations Command comprise the largest Air Force facility in the US. The Air Force’s extensive meddling with local politics has given them considerable governance over everything off the coast, owning much of the land not bought up by developers. They also quietly lend a great deal of support to the paramilitary security forces of the SBC.  
* The Seaside Beautification Corporation – The intrigues of the Seaside Beautification Corporation, one of the first true megacorporations, would put the Vatican to shame. The combined assets of the eight founding companies number easily into the trillions, but each maintains its own separate stake even to this day – and hence, its own agenda. Some of them want to expand Niceville’s footprint; some of them want to prioritize shoring up the existing land; some of them support genuine investment in conservation; some of them would pave the whole area in asphalt for a song. Board meetings have been rumored to be, at times, literally cutthroat.  
* The Krewe of Bowlegs – A rumored organization of hard-bitten, old-timer rednecks who bitterly resent the commodification of the land in which their families long lived. Once just a group of locals jokingly celebrating the history of a legendary local pirate, the Krewe has evolved into an almost paramilitary gang operating against the interests of the Seaside Beautification Corporation. They’ve been blamed for extortion, arson, kidnapping, and even murder… but their members are so notoriously closed-mouthed neither their friends nor their enemies can be sure of their reach or their deeds.