Fœderal Capital Territory

The Fœderal Capital Territory, officially the “ Fœderal Territory for the Seat of Government of the Union and Confederacy between the States of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming”, incorporated under the name and form of an “ Administrator and Legislative Council of the Fœderal Capital Territory”, is an U.S. Territory in the western region of the United States, enclaved within the State of California.

The FCT is a non-sovereign Federal territory, incorporated by an Act of Congress under the joint sovereignty of the eighteen united States of North Aegea. The Fœderal Capital Territory, by law, both international and domestic, is equally the sovereign Territory of each of the eighteen States, held in Common, and through the Representatives of each of them, each State acting jointly as with all of them, along with Representatives elected locally in the FCT, the Territory is governed through a set of institutions: a Legislature in the name and form of a FCT Legislative Council; a Government in the name and form of a FCT Commission appointed by and responsible to the Legislative Council; and a Judiciary consisting of a general-jurisdiction FCT Superior Court, and an appellate-jurisdiction FCT Court of Appeal (however, decisions rendered by the Court of Appeal may be appealed to the United States Federal Court).

The Fœderal Capital Territory is organized under a form of the parliamentary system, known as the Presidio Model, whereby the Governor chooses from among the membership of the Legislative Council the person most likely to secure the confidence and supply of the Legislative Council to be the Administrator; and the Administrator and his administration (government) serve so long as they maintain the confidence of the Legislative Council; however, unlike most parliamentary systems, the Administrator need not be a Member of the Legislative Council, making the the Fœderal Capital Territory system a hybrid of sorts, incorporating aspects of the council-manager system employed by various municipalities throughout the various States united, as well as imbibing the concept of responsible government inherent in parliamentary systems.

The site of the FCT was selected for the location of the Union’s capital in 1716. It is unusual among Aegean cities, being an entirely planned city outside of any State, similar to Washington, D.C., or Eurostadt in the European Community, or Angostura, D.B., in the United Aegean Republic. Largely following similar design principles as used in the District of Columbia, the former capital of the United States, roads in the FCT are laid out on a grid system.

As the seat of the Government of the United States, the Fœderal Capital Territory is home to the United States Capitol (seat of the United States Congress), the White House (seat of the Federal Executive and working residence of the Governor-General), the United States Federal Court Building (the seat of the Federal Court), as well as Federal Hall (the seat of the Federal Council); and numerous government departments and agencies. It is also the location of many social and cultural institutions of federal significance, such as the Union War Memorial, College of the United States, United States Olympic Committees, and the Library of Congress.

The FCT, like Ottawa in Canada and Moscow in Russia, is independent of any State, in order to prevent any one State from gaining an advantage by hosting the seat of Federal power. However, the FCT has its own legislature, courts, and executive, similar to the States.

As the FCT has a high proportion of public servants, the federal Government contributes the largest percentage of GDP and is the largest single employer in the Fœderal Capital Territory, although no longer the majority employer. Compared to Union-wide averages, the unemployment rate is lower and the average income higher; tertiary education levels are higher, while the population is younger. Property prices are somewhat higher than most places elsewhere in the United States, in part due to comparatively restricted development regulations.

As an Alpha global city-equivalent, the Fœderal Capital Territory excels in several sectors, with the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, finance, healthcare, history, law, philosophy, politics, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence.

Names
As with the Government of the United States, the, , , and languages are official in the FCT. This also applies to the official name of the Territory: Aside from the English-language official name, the following names for the FCT are official &mdash;[el] Territorio de la Capital Federal, abbreviated TCF ; Pekelala Kūlanakauhale ʻĀina, abbreviated PKʻĀ ; and [der] Bundeskapitalterritorium, abbreviated BKT. Other names for the FCT include the following:
 * Variations on “Federal City”, “Union City”, and “Federal District”:
 * [la] Ciudad Federal and [la] Distrito Federal (: [the] Federal City and [the] Federal District, respectively)
 * [la] Ciudad Confederal (: [the] Fœderal City)
 * [la] Ciudad de la Unión (: [the] Union City &mdash;literally, [the] City of the Union)
 * [der] Bundesstadt and [der] Unionstadt (: [the] Federal City and [the] Union City, respectively)
 * [der] Eidgenoßenschaftesstadt (: [the] Fœderal City)

History
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California: City and County of San Francisco
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The Troubles and Great Reorganization
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Federal district: Fœderal Capital Territory
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Geography
The Fœderal Capital Territory is located on the San Francisco Peninsula on the western end of the San Francisco Bay. Encompassing 99 sqmi, of which 83 sqmi is land and 16 sqmi is water, the FCT is the smallest body Politic under the Jurisdiciton of the United States. Although outside the formal boundaries of the Fœderal Capital Territory, San Francisco International Airport operates as an exclave of the FCT, and is subject to all FCT laws; and policing and public safety services are provided by the FCT Sheriff’s Office, while fire and rescue service is provided by the FCT Marshal’s Office.

Cityscape
The Fœderal Capital Territory is host to numerous landmarks, monuments, parks, and other points of interest. Perhaps the most recognizable of these is the United States Capitol, seat of the United States Congress. Another is the Washington Monument, a 169.294 m tall obelisk to the west of the Capitol and south of the White House in the Capitol Mall. Other places of interest include XXXX, XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX.

Architecture
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Administrative divisions
The Fœderal Capital Territory is divided into Counties, of which there are seven: County of Republic City, County of Fort Presidio, County of San Francisco, County of Daly City, County of Castro, County of Colma, and County of Bayview. Counties in the FCT are similar to most Counties in the rest of the United States: FCT Counties are more or less organized solely to aid the Fœderal Capital Territory in the administration of FCT Law, and also to act as a local ombudsman for the FCT government. However, as there are no Cities or Towns in the FCT; instead, Counties also serve somewhat as municipal arms of the FCT in addition to their being local extensions of the FCT government. For example, while Counties have their own governing institutions that combine executive and legislative functions into an elected Board of Supervisors, whose President is the de facto Head of the County, their legislative Powers are mostly limited to adapting the execution of FCT policies to local conditions: The true legislative Power of the Counties are vested in the FCT Legislative Council as both a Territorial Legislature and local council. However, FCT Counties have no judicial branch to their government; instead, the judicial Function that would otherwise be exercised at this level is exercised by the FCT Courts, namely the FCT Justices of the Peace, FCT Superior Court, and FCT Court of Appeal. In addition, public Safety and emergency Services are provided at the FCT-level by the FCT Sheriff’s Office (police), and the FCT Marshal’s Office (fire and rescue). However, each of the seven counties has a County-Attorney’s Office, headed by an elected County-Attorney, which serves as both the county’s legal counsel and county prosecuting authority, and is responsible for trying most criminal and civil cases in their county’s division of the FCT Superior Court; with the exception that the FCT Attorney-General’s Office is the responsible party for prosecuting certain, statutorily-specified, crimes and misdemeanors in the FCT, in addition to serving as legal counsel for the FCT, its institutions, and most of its political subdivisions, and in like manner representing them before Courts of the FCT in civil cases.

Neighborhoods
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Climate
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Geology
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Earthquakes
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Parks
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Federal parks
Federal parks in the Fœderal Capital Territory include the United States Capitol campus, the Federal Mall, the White House, the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument, The Presidio, and many other federal monuments and landmarks peppered throughout the FCT.

Territorial parks
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Fœderal Capital Territory Land Survey
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Governance
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Basic Law
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Presidio Model
The Fœderal Capital Territory, legally incorporated as the Administrator and Legislative Council of the Fœderal Capital Territory, is organized under the Presido Model of Parliamentary governance, which was developed by the United States specifically for the organizing and governing of the FCT. Under the Presidio Model, as in other parliamentary systems, the executive (FCT Administrator) is chosen by the FCT Governor (the US Governor-General in his FCT-role) and responsible to both him and the FCT Legislative Council.

However, unlike most other parliamentary systems of government, under the Presidio Model, members of the FCT Legislative Council are chosen using different methods: of the seventy Councillors, twenty-four of them (styled, “Regents”) are appointed to a Term of six Years by the States according to their respective laws (one from each State), while the remaining fifty-seven (styled, “Commons”) are elected to a Term of four Years in single-member constituencies;—Each convocation of the Legislative Council (styled, “Legislature”) is reckoned according to the Term of the Commons (in other words, each Legislature lasts four Years), and each convocation is composed of four, ten-month sessions: Each session begins on the second Monday in January and usually adjourns sine die in early October; the first session meets in the year next following Legislative Council elections, the second meets the following year, the third in the third year, and the fourth session in the year in which a quadrennial Legislative Council election takes place.

Once installed in office, the Administrator proceeds to nominate and, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council, appoint the Heads of the various executive departments of the FCT government. Together they make up the Fœderal Capital Territory Executive Cabinet; and they are responsible, both individually and collectively, to the Legislative Council for their actions.

Government


The Fœderal Capital Territory is a body politic and corporate established by Federal Law under the name and form of an Administrator and Council of the Fœderal Capital Territory.

According to the Fœderal Capital Territory (Constitution) Act 1722, the Administrator and Council of the Fœderal Capital Territory (the FCT in its body politic and corporate form) is to operate pursuant to a variant of the parliamentary system known as the Presidio Model, in which the Governor-General of the United States appoints a person from the Fœderal Capital Territory Legislative Council who can command the confidence of the Council as the Administrator of the FCT; and both the Administrator and his Administration (officially, “Executive Cabinet”, but commonly referred to as the “Commission”) are individually as well as collectively responsible to the Legislative Council for their actions. However, unlike most other parliamentary systems, the Legislature under the Presidio Model fuses the upper and lower houses into a single legislative body: a number of Members are appointed by the respective twenty-four States, and the remaining Members are elected by and from the citizenry of the FCT in single-member districts; and the appointed Members serve a nominal Term of six Years, while the locally-elected Members serve a nominal Term of four Years.

While all executive powers of the Fœderal Capital Territory are by law vested in the FCT Office of Governor, the Administrator and Executive Cabinet of the FCT govern the Territory in his name and on his behalf: The Governor is the FCT’s head of state, while the Administrator is its head of government. By law, the Governor is required in most cases to act only on the advice of his Administrator and Ministers rather than by his own initiative. One important exception to this rule relates to the dismissal of the Administrator or individual members of Government in cases of “treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors”, but only to maintain the rule of law and uphold the FCT Constitution Act and related laws. However, the Governor has a few other reserve powers that are comparable in concept, scope, and nature to the royal prerogatives of the Sovereign in Commonwealth realms.

Legislature
All legislative Powers that are by the FCT (Constitution) Act 1722 granted to the Fœderal Capital Territory are vested in the Fœderal Capital Territory Legislative Council, a unicameral parliament composed of eighty-one members, twenty-four of which are appointed by the twenty-four respective States (one per State), and the remaining fifty-seven are elected in single-member constituencies. In passing legislation, the Consent of thirteen of the twenty-four State-appointed Councillors (“Regents”) is necessary in all cases whatsoever. However, under the United States Constitution Treaty, the United States Congress is entrusted with final and supreme authority (executive, legislative, and judicial) over the Fœderal Capital Territory.

In particular, that of the Legislative Council’s Power of ensuring Proper responsible Government, the Legislative Council have the sole Power to pass Motions of no Confidence in the Executive, which must be approved by at least three-fifths of all elected Councillors (“Commons”). If the Legislative Council pass a Motion of no Confidence in the Executive, then the Administrator and Executive Cabinet are dismissed, and the Governor and Legislative Council immediately take on the task of choosing a new Administrator and Commission.

Executive
The Head of the Territory is the Governor-General of the United States, who is ex officio Governor of the Fœderal Capital Territory; however, the Administrator is the de facto Head of the Fœderal Capital Territory. The executive Power of the Fœderal Capital Territory is technically vested in the Office of FCT Governor; however, in practice, the executive Power is exercised by the Administrator through the Executive Cabinet of the Fœderal Capital Territory, of which he is the president and chairman. The FCT Executive Cabinet is composed of the Heads of the various FCT executive Agencies, who (other than the Secretary of the FCT, FCT Attorney-General, FCT Sheriff, FCT Marshal, and FCT Treasurer) are each styled “Minister”.

Officers
Governor  Administrator Secretary Sheriff Marshal Attorney-General Treasurer </ul>
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<ul> Commissioner for Revenue</li> Commissioner for Health Services</li> Commissioner for Water & Power</li> Commissioner for Transportation</li> Commissioner for Parks & Recreation</li> Commissioner for Education</li> Commissioner for Commerce & Industry</li> Commissioner for Labor</li> Commissioner for Financial Institutions</li> Commissioner for Insurance</li> Commissioner for Gaming</li> Commissioner for Corrections</li> Commissioner for Real Estate</li> Commissioner for Economic Security</li> Commissioner for Housing</li> Commissioner for General Services</li> <li>Commissioner for Agriculture</li> <li>Commissioner for Environmental Quality</li> <li>Commissioner for Civil Defense</li> </ul>
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Agencies
<center style="margin-right:25%;">Office of Governor <ul> <li>FCT Administrator’s Office</li> <li>FCT Secretary’s Office</li> <li>FCT Sheriff’s Office</li> <li>FCT Marshal’s Office</li> <li>FCT Attorney-General’s Office</li> <li>FCT Treasurer’s Office</li> </ul>
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<ul> <li>FCT Dep’t of Revenue</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Health Services</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Water & Power</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Transportation</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Parks & Recreation</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Education</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Commerce & Industry</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Labor</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Financial Institutions</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Insurance</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Gaming</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Corrections</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Real Estate</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Economic Security</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Housing</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of General Services</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Agriculture</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Environmental Quality</li> <li>FCT Dep’t of Civil Defense</li> </ul>
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Courts
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Human resources
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Public education
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Primary and secondary education
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Tertiary education and research
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Public library system
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Public health
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Public safety
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Police and law enforcement
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Fire, building, and life safety
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Civil defense
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Transportation
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Light rail


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Aviation
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Ferries
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Taxis
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Streets and highways
FCT auto traffic depends on both freeways and surface streets. Freeways fall under the auspices of the Fœderal Capital Territory Department of Transportation (FCTDOT). While being the Nth most populous urbanity in the Union, the FCT’s freeways do not suffer from the same type of congestion seen in other large cities. In fact, in a recent study, there is not a single stretch of freeway in the FCT ranked in the 100 worst freeways for either congestion or unreliability.

Part of the reason for this is the extensive freeway system in the Territory, due to the majority of that system being funded by local, rather than federal funds, through a half-cent general sales tax measure approved by voters in 1723.

As of 1726, the metropolitan area of the Fœderal Capital Territory contains one of the Union’s largest and fastest growing freeway systems, consisting of over 123 mi. The freeway system is a mix of Interstate, U.S., and Territorial highways which include Interstate 80, Interstate 680, and Loop 101. FCT Routes 101, Interstate 80, and Interstate 680 connect the Territory with other areas of the Bay Area and California.

The street system in the Fœderal Capital Territory is laid out in a grid system, with most roads oriented either north-south or east-west, and the zero point of the grid being the intersection of Central Avenue and Capitol Street. The notable exceptions to this are the diagonal Constitution Avenue, which runs northwest-southeast; and Commonwealth Avenue, which runs southwest-northeast. The original plan was for the east-west streets to be named after U.S. States, with the north-south streets named after various First Nation bands; but the north-south streets were quickly changed to numbers, with numbered Avenues running to the west of Central, and numbered Streets to its east. Major arterial streets are spaced one mile (1.6 km) apart, divided into smaller blocks approximately every 1/8 mi.

Bridges and tunnels
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Environmental concerns
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Demographics
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Age
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Gender
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Languages
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Religion
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Economy
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Downtown
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Silicon Bay
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Tourism
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Media and entertainment
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Culture and contemporary life
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Arts
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Film
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Music
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Theatre
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Visual arts
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Cuisine
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Etiquette
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Holidays
As the Fœderal Capital Territory, by virtue of being the sovereign territory of the several States, held by each of them jointly with all of them, the holidays designated by each of them are, as by extent, designated holidays of the Fœderal Capital Territory. Not only are the religious holidays that are recognized and observed by each State extended to apply to the Fœderal Capital Territory, but also their civic holidays as well: The laws of each State designating their national holidays, such as those commemorating their independence and their constitution, are also applied in the Fœderal Capital Territory on the same Terms and in the same Manner as if the FCT were a proper part of that State.

Sport
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Historic sister cities
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