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Are companion objects initialized when the class is loaded? i.e if i run some code in the `init` method of the companion object does it fire as soon as the base class is classloaded?

If you're referencing the object itself, then init will be called for sure.

Yes, companion object of given class are initialized as soon as the class containing it is loaded:
<https://kotlinlang.org/docs/object-declarations.html#semantic-difference-between-object-expressions-and-declarations>