In the event there are only two players involved in the game, the Department of Energy takes an active role as to prevent monopolies from forming.
In the event of a merger, the DOE develops an unused random land grant. It takes the numerical component of the land grants designator (ie 6 from F-6), and uses that as the number of shares that the DOE holds. This number of shares is used in determining majority and minority holder's bonuses.
Once the merger has been completed, the land grant is developed and placed on the board. If it causes a merger, then that merger is carried out. If the land grant developed results in two or more land grants being adjacent to one another, a new company is not formed until another grant is played adjacent to one of these grants.
