Federation

Faction Ships

• STAR F CLASS

Lutyen's Star Co	Lutyen's Star	McNair Gateway	3301 02 04
Mother Gaia	Sol	Abraham Lincoln	3301 02 04
Mother Gaia	Sol	Columbus	3301 02 04
Mother Gaia	Sol	Galileo	3301 02 04
Mother Gaia	Sol	M. Gorbachev	3301 02 04
Mother Gaia	Sol	Titan City	3301 02 04
Partnership of Alpha Centauri	Alpha Centauri	Hutton Orbital	3301 02 04
People's Procyon Values Party	Procyon	Cormack Hub	3301 02 04
People's Procyon Values Party	Procyon	Pontes Gateway	3301 02 04
Purple Travel Industries	Eta Cassiopeiae	Angus Manwaring	3301 02 04
Purple Travel Industries	Eta Cassiopeiae	J.F. Kennedy	3301 02 04
Ross 104 C	Ross 104	Bunch City	2015 05 09
Social Abrocmii Future	Abrocmii	Rennie City	3301 02 04
Sol Workers' Party	Sol	Burnell Station	3301 02 04
Wise 1506+7027 Company	Wise 1506+7027	Borman Port	3301 02 04
Wise 1506+7027 Company	Wise 1506+7027	Parise Dock	3301 02 04
V2151 Cygni Independents	Tun	Tun's Wart	3302 01 02
People's Tun for Equality	Tun	Tun's Wart	3302 01 02
	Tun Apala	Tun's Wart	3302 01 02
Tun Dynamic Corp.	Tun	Tun's Wart	3302 01 02
Tun Netcoms Services	Tun	Tun's Wart	3302 01 02
Gold Power Partners	Apala	Wilson City	3302 01 02
Bonitou Republic Party	Bonitou	Lyakhov City	3302 01 02
Bonitou Jet General Party	Bonitou	Lyakhov City	3302 01 02

Lore

Main article: Lore

The Federation Sourcebook

The Federation Sourcebook has additional information about its inner-workings.

Life and struggle in the galaxy’s most ancient democracy

Welcome to the Federation.  Please state your corporate allegiance before registering your vote.  The most massive of the interstellar powers creaks under the weight of its ancient bureaus.  The densely settled territory of the Federation grants it superb wealth but at the cost of political stability.  An under-supported working population is kept entranced by mass entertainment and commercialism even as their political rights slowly ebb away.  Can the Federation’s dream of interstellar democracy, one citizen, one vote, survive in the face of trillions of voters?

Federation Congress

President Zachary Hudson

Structure

Federal Congress is made up of 500 Congressmen (the term for both men and women). They sit in Congress, which is in Olympus Village on Mars – which replaced its location in Washington DC early in the previous millennium.

Location

Mars terraformed, 3300.

Olympus Village (a misnomer – it is now a sprawling metropolis) on Mars, and Congressmen are expected to attend in person to vote.

Congress members

Selection / Appointment

Anyone can stand for election. They do not need to be backed by a political party or minor faction, but it helps. There are three major parties, Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians. Corporations generally do push (and fund) their chosen candidates or parties (eg Hudson), as do other special interest groups

They are elected for an eight year term, along with a President, with a ‘vote of no confidence’ after four years. If the vote of no confidence succeeds then a full election takes place. A Congressman (or President) cannot serve multiple consecutive terms, though a Congressman can (and often does) become President immediately after a term as a Congressman.

System Representation

Every Federation system has representation at the Congress, but generally a Congressman represents multiple systems, except a few (like Sol) that have more than one Congressional representative, based loosely on historic population. Phenomenal growth in the outer systems has meant that they have little representation in Congress, and there is frequent discussion about creating many new Congressmen to address this balance, but the various power blocks realise it will change the balance of power away from the core systems, the very people who would have to vote it through – so many agree it is unlikely to happen in the near future.

Tenure

Up to eight years. They can get voted out after four, as above.

Day to Day Responsibilities

Congress persons spend their days representing their constituency. They can also hold other office as part of government – for example chairing committees etc. They are not allowed to have corporate interests that might conflict with their political roles (though quite often some hide them via their friends, spouses etc, and not all get found out)

Do Congresspersons change when their system's controlling Minor Faction is flipped?

Not until their term is up, but their life could become difficult, so they might resign, triggering a local election.

- Governments and politics in Elite Dangerous

See also

• Federal key people
• Events

Gallery

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  Insignia of the Federation
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  Earth in the year 3302
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  Federal Navy fleet
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  Mars terraformed, 3300
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  President Zachary Hudson
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  Tourist Spot 0165 beacon near Earth