TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46   
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   On 30 Nov 2020, Benjamin Toussaint said the following...   
    BT> I always thought that Starfleet was the "military" and exploring     
    BT> organization (like the Navy) and the Federation was the entire "country"   
    BT> consisting of hundreds of planets.   
    BT>    
    BT> Regular civilian citizens are not necessarily members of starfleet, but   
    BT> of the federation.   
    BT>   
      
   That's pretty much it. Each planet has it's own government, and sends   
   reps to the Federation, who negotiated things between them and with the   
   outside.u   
      
   --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)   
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