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>I woke up with this rumbling through my head

I'd hate to think what's rumbling through your mind when you go to bed at n= ight.

>Command school pop quiz.

Is this a timed test?

>1)  Define the relationship between the member planets of the UFP=20
and the relationship between member planets and the Federation itself.=20
 Explain the differences from this system and the Historical Untied=20
States of America, Earth.

I'll answer one question.  First of all, the historical United States of
Am= erica is irrelevant
in terms of the Federation, and expecting command-school cadets to worry ab= out the
United States when many of them come from other countries is meaningless.  = In
essence, the United Federation of Planets is a federation between member
pl= anets, or
groups of planets.  The individual planets retain a great deal of autonomy,=
 but have
agreed to give up some sovreignty in exchange for the advantages of being
p= art of a=20
larger group.  Essentially, each planetary government takes care of affairs=
 on the planet
itself, in the same way that provincial or state governments might take
car= e of affairs
involving the people within the boundaries.  Each planet retains a
governme= nt structure
that it is more comfortable with, but to join the Federation, each planet
d= oes agree to
have a certain amount of democracy in its government structure, and to
resp= ect human
rights, and so on.  The Federation itself looks after the interaction
betwe= en members,
in such areas as trade and economics, and in colonization and exploration. =
 The
Federation will also handle relations between the overall Federation and
en= tities not
in the Federation (like the Klingons or the Bajorans), and the Federation
w= ill in general
not tolerate relations that are planet-to-planet.  For example, there is a
= Federation
embassy on Odona, but not an Earth embassy and a Vulcan embassy and so on.
In certain situations, when it is strategically advantageous, the
Federatio= n may allow member-
to-planet relations, such as the relation between Vulcan and the Romulans.

Most of the more established and long-term members of the Federation
mainta= in fleets
of starships, which when they operate outside of the space controlled by
th= e member planets
are under the overall command of Starfleet.  The individual planets are
res= ponsible for
building, staffing and maintaining the ships, although there is a great
dea= l of technological
and personnel exchanges (in other words, lots of exchange officers, and the=
 technology
is remarkably similar, but the outside appearance and the operation of the
= ships may follow
traditions and designs established on each world before the Federation was
= founded).  The
ships are also designed and the crews trained for "common
operations," so t= hat ships from
different worlds can integrate smoothly in task forces and other combined
m= issions.  Smaller,
newer members of the Federation are generally less advanced than the
establ= ished members
and do not maintain ships suitable for Starfleet operations.  More often
th= an not, they operate
ships provided by the more established powers.

Federation members also agree to a common set of standards in terms of
trad= e, legal codes,
access to their planets by citizens of other member planets, settlement
rul= es and other details,
with these standards subject to change and modification by the Federation
C= ouncil or the
inevitable hordes of bureaucrats that such a large entity would produce. 
M= ember worlds are
ensured a voice in the establishment of these standards.  Member planets
al= so agree to
negotiation, and if necessary binding arbitration, to settle any disputes
b= etween member worlds.
They agree not to use force to settle the matter.

Well, that's the first question answered.  I wonder what my mark would be.

Steve
The Universe Unbounded.

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>I woke up with this rumbling through my head
I'd hate to think what's rumbling
through your
mind
when you go to bed at night.
>Command school pop
quiz.
Is this a timed
test?
>1)  Define the relationship between
the member planets of the
UFP and the relationship between member planets and the Federation itself.
 Explain the differences from this system and the
Historical Untied
States of America, Earth.
 
I'll answer one
question.  First of all, the
historical United States of America is irrelevant
in terms of the Federation, and expecting
command-school cadets to worry about the
United States when many of them
come from other
countries is meaningless.  In
essence, the United Federation of
Planets is a
federation between member planets, or
groups of planets.  The
individual planets
retain a great deal of autonomy, but have
agreed to give up some sovreignty
in exchange for
the advantages of being part of a 
larger group. 
Essentially, each planetary
government takes care of affairs on the planet
itself, in the same way that
provincial or state
governments might take care of affairs
involving the people within the
boundaries. 
Each planet retains a government structure
that it is more comfortable with,
but to join the
Federation, each planet does agree to
have a certain amount of democracy in its
government structure, and to respect human
rights, and so on.  The
Federation itself
looks after the interaction between members,
in such areas as trade and economics, and in
colonization and exploration.  The
Federation will also handle
relations between the
overall Federation and entities not
in the Federation (like the Klingons or the
Bajorans), and the Federation will in general
not tolerate relations that are
planet-to-planet.  For example, there is a
Federation
embassy on Odona, but not an Earth
embassy and a
Vulcan embassy and so on.
In certain situations, when it is
strategically
advantageous, the Federation may allow member-
to-planet relations, such as the
relation between
Vulcan and the Romulans.
 
Most of the more established and
long-term members
of the Federation maintain fleets
of starships, which when they
operate outside of
the space controlled by the member planets
are under the overall command of
Starfleet. 
The individual planets are responsible for
building, staffing and maintaining
the ships,
although there is a great deal of technological
and personnel exchanges (in other
words, lots of
exchange officers, and the technology
is remarkably similar, but the
outside appearance
and the operation of the ships may follow
traditions and designs established
on each world
before the Federation was founded).  The
ships are also designed and the
crews trained for
"common operations," so that ships from
different worlds can integrate
smoothly in task
forces and other combined missions.  Smaller,
newer members of the Federation
are generally less
advanced than the established members
and do not maintain ships suitable
for Starfleet
operations.  More often than not, they operate
ships provided by the more established
powers.
 
Federation members also agree to a
common set of
standards in terms of trade, legal codes,
access to their planets by citizens of other
member
planets, settlement rules and other details,
with these standards subject to change and
modification by the Federation Council or the
inevitable hordes of bureaucrats
that such a large
entity would produce.  Member worlds are
ensured a voice in the
establishment of these
standards.  Member planets also agree to
negotiation, and if necessary
binding arbitration,
to settle any disputes between member worlds.
They agree not to use force to settle the
matter.
 
Well, that's the first question
answered.  I
wonder what my mark would be.
 
Steve
The Universe
Unbounded.
 
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