Krapea

"American's No1 post-modern Swedish flat pack furniture company which rose to success by figuring out a way to cheat on paying taxes around the world."

- Description at LCN.com.

Krapea is a Swedish major furniture manufacturer store in Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Grand Theft Auto V, and Grand Theft Auto Online. The player can buy stocks from them on the Lcn-exchange.com website.

Description
Krapea is a low grade furniture company. Their tag lines include "We fake it, you make it" and "Budget lifestyle solutions made from particleBoard. Their website claims their products are after what they claim are Swedish curse words. They are one of the official sponsors of the CNT program I'm Rich.

Some of the products depicted on the website include the "Slapdash" inflatable dining table and the "Shoddi" bed. Both references to their poor build quality.

The Krapea logo can be found on some Steed trucks. A picture of a Mule bearing the logo also appears on the website, but is not seen in-game. Krapea shipping containers can also be found around Terminal and on ships around the Port of Los Santos.

It is a parody of Swedish manufacturer IKEA, whose products have been criticized for poor quality.

Website
In Grand Theft Auto IV, Krapea hosts their own website, located at krapea.com. The website depicts some of the products available at Krapea stores, as well as other information about the company. A running joke on the website is that the Krapea people frequently talk about how they laugh at other people's misery, how melancholy they are, and how they live in a country where the sun doesn't shine for six months.

Trivia

 * The name is a combination of 'crap' and 'Ikea', producing a name that sounds more like 'crappier'.
 * On the BAWSAQ homepage in GTA V, one of the main stories is often "Directions confusing for Krapea." This is a reference to the stereotype that IKEA furniture setup instructions are often confusing or difficult.
 * The Cuban 800's description on the Elitás Travel webpage states that the plane "might look like it was put together with one of those Krapea hex keys," reference to another stereotype of IKEA products being assembled entirely with a single hex key.
 * On the Krapea website in GTA IV, the picture that has the kitchen and dining area on the homepage is actually Niko's and Roman's Middle Park East Safehouse located on Albany Avenue.

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