# Garoun and Morthane: Hegemony, Rivalry, and the Federal-State Relationship **URL:** \ **Category:** Intergalactic Summit\ **Created:** [March 18, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/garoun-and-morthane-hegemony-rivalry-and-the-federal-state-relationship/63655 "2018-03-18T04:16:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 190
**Author:** ![James\_Syagrius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/james_syagrius/32/439868_2.png) [@James\_Syagrius](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/James_Syagrius)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/garoun-and-morthane-hegemony-rivalry-and-the-federal-state-relationship/63655/190 "2018-05-12T22:29:16Z")
The Federation isn’t a ‘democracy’ its a jewel whose many facets form our ‘Federal Union.’ There are many states, ran in many ways, systems within systems. While the ‘Senate’ does have nominal legislative supremacy, it is on a Federal level, locales vary. Lirsautton (Mei-ha) autonomous governmental structures look very different to Intaki for example. _“The original Intaki representatives asked for minimal protection at the founding of the Federation,”_ according to Vremaja Idama. _“We have always valued our independence and self-reliance.”_ So in our glorious Federation, you can have as little or as much as you please, as long as you follow a few… rules. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/garoun-and-morthane-hegemony-rivalry-and-the-federal-state-relationship/63655)._