Questions tagged [government]
Refers to a system of government in a particular universe or world. Details on ruling styles, laws, history of the system, and government entities are appropriate for this tag.
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I'm searching for a story set on a future Earth in which the most competent individuals are kidnapped(ish) and made to serve as government leaders
It's been quite a while since I read this -- I'm thinking 1990's but the story could have been from some time before that. It was definitely a story and not a novel. The basic premise is that there ...
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How is the president of the United Federation of Planets elected?
I'm really asking about the pre-Burn Federation, but post-Burn is fine, too. Is the president of the UFP elected by popular vote or some other method? Can the president be from any member planet?
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When and how did the United States of America cease to exist (as a sovereign country)?
It is mentioned many times in the original Star Trek series as well as The Next Generation that the United States of America has not existed as a sovereign country for some time. It is, at most an ...
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Is there an indication that technology is used to eliminate extreme inequality on Earth in Star Trek?
I think I have seen someone apparently vacuuming(?) aboard the Enterprise or some starship in some version of Star Trek. But it seems to me that even if advanced AI is avoided -- we only see rare ...
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Earliest story w/ Earth still divided into nations but space travel regulated by single a non-national body?
Robert Heinlein's book Space Cadet featured a setting where the Earth is still politically divided into different nation-states (one is named as the 'North American Union'), but all space travel is ...
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What universities provide a path to a Starfleet commission?
In the main Star Trek universe, most Starfleet officers that we meet attend Starfleet Academy in San Francisco before receiving their first commission in Starfleet as an Ensign, but Michael Burnham ...
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Are Starfleet and the Federation distinct entities? Why does Saru say they are?
In the "captain's log" exposition of Discovery Season Three episode five, Saru says "Federation and Starfleet headquarters: Separate entities that must now abide together."
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Babylon 5 - Earth Alliance Presidential Powers
In the episodes of Babylon 5 President Clark seems to have extensive powers. His ability to instate martial law is challenged on Earth itself by some senators but it seems to end there.
But it is ...
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Can an individual apply to become a Federation citizen?
It's a plot point in Deep Space Nine that Nog, as a non-Federation citizen, requires a waiver to attend Starfleet Academy. That leads to the question of how one can become a Federation citizen if one ...
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What was the actual legal or political process by which the Emperor dissolved the Senate?
In Episode IV, word spreads that the Emperor has just disbanded the Imperial Senate and that power would pass to regional governors. It seems a done deal at this point, as if the Emperor just had to ...
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Can a Federation colony become a member world?
In various incarnations of Star Trek, we observe the Federation founding and maintaining numerous colony worlds. These worlds are typically (though not exclusively) inhabited by humans, have a ...
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Is the National Assembly elected?
In Skyward, there is a National Assembly on Detritus. It is a congress/parliament of some sort. However, FM says that Detritus has a “military government” and is an autocracy controlled by the DDF.
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What's the name of that comic team with genetically engineered government agents?
The story starts with a family living in a cabin in the woods. There's a mom, a dad, and a boy, but the boy is about twenty years old or something. They're talking, I think the boy is bringing up an ...
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Author of 60s/70s sci-fi novel called Sphere, about a clear personal transport device made from Martian technology
Found it in a used book store, don't have it anymore. I'm almost certain the title is Sphere, but it was written about 20-25 years before Crichton's book of the same name. I'm trying to find out the ...
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How is the post-heresy Imperium of Man governed exactly?
The imperium struggles each and every day from infighting, intergalactic and extragalactic threats, not to mention it is still recovering from the Horus Heresy. Despite the odds, the imperium still ...
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