The Federal Administrative Service (FAS) is the central bureaucratic institution of the Federal Confederation. It manages the civil lifecycle of every citizen — from birth registration and family assignments to weddings and death certification. Acting as the state’s administrative backbone, it ensures that records are accurate, shared across all federal agencies, and preserved through a dual system of GAIA datasets and Shellac Records.
Founded in 2632, the FAS was part of the Communard reforms to centralize citizen administration after the Great War. Its purpose was to replace the fragmented settler registries of the Beta Age with a unified system.
The FAS quickly became one of the most visible federal agencies. By consolidating marriage ceremonies into quarterly mass weddings in New Kourou, it reinforced Communard values of equality and collective identity. At the same time, funerals remained under local traditions but were officially certified through the FAS. Over time, the institution came to embody the Gamma Age balance between individual lives and collective oversight.
The FAS is where bureaucracy meets personal life. PCs may be ordered here by the Federal Sheriff when records or ceremonies become flashpoints for conflict: