[2] He was an ethnic Croat, a descendant of Croatian settlers from the town of Punat on the island of Krk, Croatia.

At first a large supply store in his hometown of San Ramón, this eventually grew to become one of Costa Rica's largest coffee firms.

His half-brother, Franjo J. Orlich, the namesake of the firm, moved from Costa Rica to Pennsylvania and worked for Bethlehem Steel as a Pattern Maker in the Castings Plant.

[citation needed] Following that, the National Liberation Party was founded in the Orlich family farm in La Paz, San Ramón.

[4][5][6] As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.