Federation

Federation: Group of states, worlds, or systems, each internally independent, joined into a union to which has been surrendered certain rights and responsibilities, most generally to do with foreign affairs.

• Some refer to them as Federated States

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Please see the following AAB articles for related Library Data:

• Government Power Structures
  • Confederation
  • Empire
  • Federation
  • Hegemony
  • Unitary State
• Social Structures
  • Civilization
  • Government
  • Polity
  • Society
• Universal World Profile (UWP)
  • Starport (Sp)
  • Planetary Size (S)
  • Atmosphere (A)
  • Hydrosphere {H)
  • Population (P)
  • Government (G)
  • Law level (L)
  • Tech level (TL)

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Description / Specifications

The members of a federation generally have less freedom of action than the members of a confederation.

Other Federation Terms

Federations are sometimes known as:

• Accordments
• Aggregations
• Amalgamations
• Arrays (Association)
• Assemblages (Assembly)
• Assemblies (Assembly)
• Associations (Association)
• Binaries
• Clans
• Clusters
• Coadunations
• Comitia
• Commonalities
• Communalities
• Concourses
• Congresses
• Congressional Republic
• Connectives
• Consolidations
• Conventions
• Cooperatives (Association)
• Co-prosperity
• Coordinates (Assembly)
• Councils (Assembly)
• Counsels (Assembly)
• Covenants
• Curia
• Delegations
• Disjunctures (Association)
• Dualities
• Duumvirate
• Dyads
• Dyarchy
• Enclave
• Federacies
• Federal Republics
• Free Repulic
• Fellowships (Assembly)
• Foundation
• Gatherings
• Groups
• Gruppen
• Harmonies
• Horde
• Isocracy
• Junctures
• Legion
• Meritocracies
• Networks (Assembly)
• Parities (Association)
• Peoples (Association)
• Space
• Sphere
• Societies
• Sojournates (Assembly)
• Systems
• Tribes
• Trinaries
• Tripartites
• Unifications
• Unanimities
• Undivided
• Unions
• United Republics
• Unities

Like all governments, sometimes the political terms in a polity's name may be misleading. Governments using this term in their name may actually vary greatly from the standard and accepted definition of the term.

Five Most Common Power Structures

A Federation is one of the five most common power structures found in governance:

• Confederation
• Empire
• Federation or Federal State
• Hegemony
• Unitary State

Please see Government for more information.

History & Background / Dossier

No information yet available.

Federation (Government) Representative Examples

(Federal) Assemblies (Head Administrator):

• Agents of Eloeghoe (Assembly)
• Assemblage of 1116 (Assembly)
• Belgardian Sojurnate (Assembly)
• Brzeh Council (Assembly)
• Carrillian Assembly (Former Assembly, now a Hegemony after the coup in 1109)
• Council of the Four-Pair (Assembly)
• Counsel of the Wise (Assembly)
• Delegation of Targhae (Assembly)
• Drr'lana Network (Assembly)
• Dynchia Comitia [(Assembly) of the (Dynchia, a Minor Human Race)]
• Forine Assembly
• Four Worlds (Assembly) of the Sword Worlds
• Gralyn Assemblage (Assembly)
• Hewes Dyad (Assembly)
• Hochiken People's Assembly
• Hub Worlds (Assembly)
• Joyeuse (Assembly)
• Members of Knaeleng (Assembly)
• New Home (Assembly)
• Pionier Fellowship (Assembly)
• The Reach (Assembly)
• Sansterre (Assembly)
• Serendip Belt (Assembly)
• Six Worlds (Assembly)
• Tlyetrai Assembly
• Trailing Assembly
• Ukhanzi Coordinate (Assembly)
• Voekhaeb Society (Assembly)
• Yfagg Congress (Assembly)
• Zuugabish Tripartite (Assembly)

(Federal) Associations (Leader):

• 17th Disjuncture (Association)
• Council of Heads (Association)
• Council of Leh Perash [(Association) (Client state of the Hive Federation)]
• Daprolix Juncture of Suns (Association)
• Darrian Confederation [(Association) of the (Darrians, a Minor Human Race]
• Dienabach Gruppen (Association)
• Four Corners Sovereign Array (Association)
• Galizon Defence District (Association)
• Haladon Cooperative (Association)
• Jannix Cooperative [(Association) of the (Jannix a Minor Race)]
• Kechk Reversion
• Khavle Accordment (Association)
• Lishun Suugugki (Association)
• Luriani Cultural Association
• Marrakesh Trade Association
• Medurma Pact (Association)
• Parity of Brothers (Association)
• People of Wanz (Association)
• Ral Ranta (Association)
• Regency of Muirimi (Association)
• Swanfei Free Worlds (Association)
• Terran Mercantile Community
• Wuan Technology Association of the Wuans [(Member State of Solomani Confederation)]
• Zhodani Concord (Association)

(Standard) Federations (President):

• Abyss Federation
• Atsak Federation
• Boötean Federation [(Member State of Solomani Confederation)]
• Federate Republic (Federation)
• Federated Domain of Rurevayn
• Federation of Alsas
• Federation of Arden
• Federation of Daibei
• Federation of Garrone
• Federation of Heron
• Federation of Ilelish
• Free and Holy Federation of Amil
• Galian Federation or Galian Trade League
• Glimmerdrift Federation
• Guukian Federation
• High Zhdant Federation
• Islands Federation
• Jonson-Bowes Federation
• Matarishan Federation
• Monoceros Federation
• Old Worlds (Federation)
• Peoples' Republic (Federation)
• Pretoria Federation
• Rommie Autonomous Commonality (Federation)
• Sabinar Federation
• Senlis Foederate (Federation)
• Sylean Federation
• Talpaku Communality (Federation)
• Ushamla Federation
• Usdiki Trade Federation
• Viyard Concourse (Federation)

(Federal) Unions (Chief Administrator):

• Akigura Union
• Amalgamation Union (Gold Union)
• Arcturan Commonwealth (Federalized Union)
• Carillon Harmonies (Union)
• Cytralin Unity (Federalized Union)
• Far Stars Unanimity (Union)
• Freeworld's Union
• Gazala Cooperative (Union)
• Gralyn Union
• Gvaeknoks Trade Union
• Hezeraek Connective (Union)
• Malorn Union
• Narsil Union
• Old Earth Union (Member State of Solomani Confederation)
• Renkard Union
• S'mrii ConSentiency
• Trae Aggregation (Union)
• Union Crucis
• Union of Chapet
• Union of Garth
• Union of Harmony
• Union of Meizirn
• Union of Seekers
• Union of Sufren
• Union of Summax
• Union of Yoetyqq
• United Followers of Augurgh [(Union) of the Vargr]
• Unity of Promise (Union)

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