The Edison Directorate was founded shortly after Edison the Immortal returned from his Eastern European trip. Edison himself is the President and CEO of the Directorate, but most of the operations are overseen by the Board of Directors.

The Directorate operates in the shadows behind many shell corporations--mostly tech and energy companies, but branching into many fields and markets. Primarily a U.S. company, they have contacts in Eastern Europe and surrounding regions with expansion on their mind.

Thomas Edison the inventor was a rival of Nikola Tesla.

Thomas Edison the vampire is a rival of the Tesla Conservation.