User blog comment:SupcommMonroee/Suppy Super Post Alpha - The Total Reconstruction/@comment-1743498-20131218023312/@comment-3155949-20131218035545

Lorewise, gates can be leftover tech from the KMF, able to be replicated but not fully understood. Ergo, they're national / public property, as opposed to Freelancer where Interspace Commerce and Ageira own most of the lanes and gates (and IC hates Rheinland now because they nationalized the lanes).