Short Answer
Officially, no. The Federation uses the Stepped Andromedan Model — a holistic council system designed so that every member, regardless of species, can participate at any level. In practice, however, there is a clear and persistent hierarchy. Andromedans and Arcturians hold the founding-race advantage and occupy the highest-ranking chairs. Centauri serve as the obedient military workforce. Emotional Lyrian races like the Taygetans are treated as idealistic troublemakers. And the step council structure itself has been weaponised to keep lower-ranking races from ever reaching the levels above them. Beyond the physical political structure, the Federation also layers by existential density — the 5D councils present around Earth are themselves guided (with limited success) by higher-density collectives operating from 6D, 7D and beyond, where individual races and even individual identities dissolve altogether.
The Official Model: Flat, Open, Egalitarian
The political system the Federation officially endorses is what it calls the Stepped Andromedan Model, described most thoroughly by Swaruu of Erra (039) and later by Mari Swaruu (S-124). In this system, small local councils handle problems at their own level. When an issue exceeds their capacity, it escalates to a regional council, then a planetary one, then a civilisation-wide High Council. Every citizen can attend and speak at any level. Decisions are reached not by voting — which holistic societies regard as inherently biased toward voters' self-interest — but by sustained deliberation using logic and ethics, sometimes lasting weeks or months.
The Andromedans and Arcturians were allegedly the first to adopt this model after the Great Expansion, and it became the template for the entire Federation (S-124, 447). When the Federation was formally established, the step council structure was scaled up: local councils for individual worlds, then stellar-system councils, constellation-level councils, and so on outward into the depths of space where the organisation's reach gradually fades (S-037). In theory, a Taygetan farmer has the same political standing as an Andromedan diplomat.
In Practice: Clear Racial Stratification
The theory does not survive contact with the actual political arrangement around Earth. Mari Swaruu's detailed report on the space situation (S-166) lists the races present in Earth's orbit and their roles, and the distribution is anything but egalitarian.
Andromedans occupy the apex. They own and operate the Viera, the 811-kilometre biosphere ship hidden behind the Moon that serves as the Federation's forward operating base for all Earth affairs. They host the councils, they control the meeting spaces, and their representative was the one who confronted Mari over her criticism of the Federation (S-246). Arcturians sit alongside them as close allies and hold ranking chairs in the Viera council (S-037). Together, these two races — both non-Lyrian, both characterised as cold and logical — form what amounts to a permanent senior partnership.
Below them, the Centauri or Alfratans function as the Federation's workhorse. They are the most numerous race in Earth's orbit, they take orders and execute them obediently, and they participate actively in the Saturday council meetings in the Viera because they must coordinate with their representatives on the surface (S-166). Swaruu of Erra described them bluntly: the Federation decrees something and they execute it. That is their role (S-166). Their political system mirrors this deference — unlike the pure Andromedan model, the Centauri elect their High Council members in a quasi-democratic fashion that Mari considers a collapse of the holistic concept back into something resembling terrestrial politics with all its problems (S-124).
Antarians handle perimeter defence and military supply lines (S-166, 181). Sirians provide backup and guidance. And the emotional Lyrian races — Taygetans, Urmah, Engans — are the ones who have found themselves increasingly marginalised. When Alenym arrived at the Saturday council, she was told her presence was "no longer necessary." The Urmah king Ruhr received the same dismissal (086). The Federation branded Taygeta as "scandalous" and "too communicative" (086). An Andromedan representative told Mari she was "way too young to know better" and should "be a good girl and start fully cooperating" (S-246). These are not the interactions of equals within a flat political structure.
The Step Council as a Barrier
One of the most significant revelations across the material is that the very step council system designed to ensure equality has been turned into a mechanism of control. Mari Swaruu describes this transformation explicitly (S-246): the step system works well locally, but the Federation has weaponised it by making higher levels genuinely inaccessible.
The local Federation council in the Viera claims that Earth's problems are too large for them to resolve. But they cannot escalate to the next level — the Solar System High Council, believed to operate from installations in Saturn's rings — because that level only passes orders downward and accepts no communication in return (408, S-037). When Taygetan ships have attempted to approach Saturn, they have been intercepted by Federation warships under threat of fire (S-246). No-fly zones exist around Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus.
This means that regardless of your rank or title — even if you are a queen — you cannot access the Federation level above the one assigned to you. Problems become permanently unresolvable because the local level lacks the resources while the level above remains sealed off. The result, as Mari describes it, is an endless bureaucratic circle where the local council always defers to orders from above while those above never respond to appeals from below.
Roles by Race: Not Random, Not Equal
Across the material, a consistent pattern emerges in how different races relate to the Federation structure. This is not a mix at each level but a stratification by species character:
The founding non-Lyrian races (Andromedans, Arcturians) provide governance and institutional authority. Swaruu of Erra noted that the Federation is dominated by non-Lyrian races who are cold and logical, who do not handle emotions the way Lyrian races do, and who study emotional reactions rather than sharing them (086). They see the Taygetans as "an emotional race of idealistic women."
The Centauri serve as the administrative and military backbone — the enforcers, the police, the ones who replaced Taygeta when Alenym withdrew from joint military operations (181).
Shadier races — certain Reptilian factions, some Grey species — operate in the lower levels, particularly at the Antarctica interface where non-human government meets human puppet politicians (S-037, 228). Their precise motives and coordination with the higher Federation remain opaque even to the Taygetans.
And then there are what might be called the dissident races — Taygeta, Urmah, Engan — who have variously withdrawn, been pushed out, or formed their own alliances outside Federation control. The Alcyone Council, representing Pleiadian interests, has moved toward separation from the Federation under Alenym's influence, and has been depicted on at least one popular New Age platform as an evil organisation — which Mari identifies as twisted propaganda (S-246).
The Density Hierarchy: Above the Political Structure
Beyond the visible political hierarchy, there is a second and more fundamental layering by existential density. Swaruu of Erra was emphatic that the 5D Federation present around Earth is not the same consciousness that established the Earth system 12,500 years ago (092). The Federation itself is layered through densities:
The 5D Federation — the councils in the Viera, the races in orbit — is what Swaruu called the lowest organised stratum of the Federation as an institution (092). These beings still operate with concepts of separate races, separate nations, and external evil. Above them, higher-density collectives guide them "with moderate success and with great patience." From those higher levels (6D, 7D, 9D), individual races are no longer distinguishable. Beings are recognised by energy rather than form. Councils operate telepathically, without physical shape, like individual instruments in a symphony — each essential and irreplaceable but blending into a single composition (092).
From the perspective of these higher levels, the distinction between Federation and Earth, between one race and another, dissolves entirely. They see all beings together in a shared experience, and they regard the 5D Federation as simply another group that must learn through its own mistakes — just as the 5D Federation regards humanity.
Evolution Across Speakers
Swaruu of Erra (2019–2020) provided the foundational architecture: the stepped council model, the density layering, and the revelation that the Federation itself is the hidden controller. Her tone was philosophical — the Federation is neither good nor bad, it just is.
Athena Swaruu (2021–2022) sharpened the political analysis, noting how councils like the Andromeda Council and the Alcyone Council relate to the Federation with the same hierarchical pattern, and warning that Earth's concept of exopolitics is hopelessly distorted by CIA infiltration.
Mari Swaruu (2023–2024) brought direct observational evidence: the race-by-race breakdown of who holds what role in Earth's orbit, the weaponisation of the step council, the no-fly zones around Saturn, and the diplomatic confrontation that laid bare the power differential between an Andromedan representative and a Taygetan queen. Her account is the most concrete evidence that the hierarchy is not just structural but actively enforced.
Key Transcript References
- 039 — Holographic society: the Stepped Andromedan Model explained in full
- 086 — Federation revealed as ultimate controllers; hierarchy from Earth council to Saturn to Alcyone; non-Lyrian dominance
- 092 — Higher Federation levels: 5D through 9D; density layering; identity dissolution
- S-037 — Four-tier Federation structure: Antarctica, Viera, Saturn, beyond
- S-124 — Holistic society variants by culture: Andromedan pure, Centauri quasi-democratic, monarchy holistic
- S-166 — Race-by-race presence and ranking in Earth's orbit
- S-246 — Step council weaponised; no-fly zones; diplomatic incident with Andromedan representative
- 262 — Council relationships: Andromeda Council, Alcyone Council, minor councils
- 447 — Federation founding and overview