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  • A lot of municipal and county work is pay to play. The well run counties will still fire poorly performing contractors and consultants, but it will typically require getting a foot in the door.

    That doesn’t work at my state’s level, but that means you have to have a very good working relationship with the project managers running the various projects. I’ve seen some project managers make contractors do parts of their job; the contractors that do will maintain a better working relationship with their project managers.





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    19 days ago

    Not really. All American States have the same level of inherent sovereignty. There are also a lot of federal programs that rely the individual states performing the work. States also maintain their own militaries under partial or complete state control.

    In contrast, UK country sovereignty is a mixed bag, with the largest country in the UK without any devolved powers.

    The US generally views American state sovereignty more in line with EU country sovereignty.









  • Not characters, but places.

    Earth is extremely competitive to gain any notoriety, which is really bad for a lot of people as notoriety and talent have become what is valuable in human society. People leave Earth because, while it is comfortable to live there, it is really hard to move up the social ladder. It is a lot easier to move away to get a better position, hence why humanity still colonizes other planets while Earth is paradise.

    The Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarire civilizations were going into decline when the Federation was formed. This is why Humanity became the dominant species of the Federation; the other species effectively gave up trying to be powers.