diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Corporations.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Corporations.cs
index 45edba408..65aa2f0f6 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Corporations.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Corporations.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ public class Faction
 
     [Inspectable, JsonProperty("bossMusic"), Key(15)]
     public uint BossMusic;
+
+    // A manufacturer-only faction sells through other factions' allegiance and never holds territory (ruling minor-power-brands).
+    [Inspectable, JsonProperty("manufacturerOnly"), Key(19)]
+    public bool ManufacturerOnly;
 }
 
 [CultDocument("aetheria.namefile", "1"), Inspectable, MessagePackObject]
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Galaxy.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Galaxy.cs
index 5fc919d7b..a03b87898 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Galaxy.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Galaxy.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class Galaxy
         IsPrelude = false;
         Background = background;
         Log = log;
-        var factions = cache.GetAll<Faction>();
+        var factions = cache.GetAll<Faction>().Where(f => !f.ManufacturerOnly);
         Seed = seed == 0 ? (uint) (DateTime.Now.Ticks % uint.MaxValue) : seed;
         var random = new Random(Seed);
         Factions = factions.OrderBy(x => random.NextFloat()).Take(settings.MegaCount).ToArray();
diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/MakerOnlyFactionTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/MakerOnlyFactionTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8db8d2d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/MakerOnlyFactionTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using GameCult.Caching;
+using GameCult.Caching.MessagePack;
+using Xunit;
+
+// Faction.ManufacturerOnly records ruling minor-power-brands' "no galaxy presence": the main Galaxy constructor's faction
+// draw skips such a faction, so it holds no territory and its products reach buyers through allegiance alone.
+public sealed class MakerOnlyFactionTests : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly string _root = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "aetheria-makeronly-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+    private readonly CultCache _cache;
+    private readonly string _repo;
+
+    public MakerOnlyFactionTests()
+    {
+        _repo = FindRepoRoot();
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(_root);
+        var catalog = Path.Combine(_root, "Aetheria.cc");
+        File.Copy(Path.Combine(_repo, "GameData", "Aetheria.cc"), catalog);
+        var registry = CultDocumentRegistry.ForTypes(typeof(ItemData).Assembly.GetTypes()
+            .Where(t => t is { IsAbstract: false, IsInterface: false })
+            .Where(t => t.GetCustomAttribute<CultDocumentAttribute>() != null));
+        _cache = new CultCache(registry);
+        _cache.AddBackingStore(new SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore(catalog), AetheriaStores.CatalogTypes);
+        _cache.AddBackingStore(new SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore(Path.Combine(_root, "run.cc")), AetheriaStores.RunTypes);
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        _cache.Dispose();
+        Directory.Delete(_root, true);
+    }
+
+    private static string FindRepoRoot()
+    {
+        for (var dir = new DirectoryInfo(AppContext.BaseDirectory); dir != null; dir = dir.Parent)
+            if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(dir.FullName, "Aetheria.Shared", "Aetheria.Shared.csproj")))
+                return dir.FullName;
+        throw new DirectoryNotFoundException("Run from inside the Aetheria repository.");
+    }
+
+    private Galaxy MainGalaxy(int megaCount, uint seed)
+    {
+        var authored = AuthoredSettings.Load(_repo);
+        var sector = authored.Read<SectorGenerationSettings>("SectorGenerationSettings");
+        sector.MegaCount = megaCount;
+        return new Galaxy(sector, authored.Read<SectorBackgroundSettings>("SectorBackgroundSettings"),
+            authored.Read<NameGeneratorSettings>("NameGeneratorSettings"), _cache, _ => { }, null, seed);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TheGalaxyNeverPlacesAManufacturerOnlyFaction()
+    {
+        var maker = new Faction { Name = "Test Maker", ShortName = "TestMaker", ManufacturerOnly = true };
+        _cache.Upsert(maker);
+        var all = _cache.GetAll<Faction>().Count();
+        Assert.True(all > 1);
+
+        for (uint seed = 1; seed <= 6; seed++)
+        {
+            var galaxy = MainGalaxy(all, seed);
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(maker, galaxy.Factions);
+            Assert.False(galaxy.HomeZones.ContainsKey(maker));
+            Assert.False(galaxy.BossZones.ContainsKey(maker));
+            Assert.False(galaxy.FactionRelationships.ContainsKey(maker));
+            Assert.Equal(all - 1, galaxy.Factions.Length);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ShippedFactionsArePresent()
+    {
+        Assert.All(_cache.GetAll<Faction>(), faction => Assert.False(faction.ManufacturerOnly, faction.Name));
+        var galaxy = MainGalaxy(_cache.GetAll<Faction>().Count(), 1);
+        Assert.Equal(_cache.GetAll<Faction>().Count(), galaxy.Factions.Length);
+    }
+}