CHOAM

The Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles or CHOAM is a fictional universal development corporation in Frank Herbert's Dune. The corporation is controlled by the Emperor and the Great Houses, along with the Guild and the Bene Gesserit. CHOAM is the current leader in technological research and development, but is careful not to advance in the proscribed fields of artificial intelligence. CHOAM is believed by some to be at least loosely based on the Dutch East Indies Company.