Central Headquarters of the Coalition

The Central Headquarters of the Coalition, also known as Lantau City, Coalition City, the City of the Coalition, and the Capital of the Coalition, is an island-spanning arcology that occupies all of what was once the island of Lantau within Hong Kong, and also serves as the headquarters of the government of the Coalition of Congressional Republics. Originally a series of supragovernmental complexes on the northern portion of the island and south of the (then-existent) Hong Kong International Airport, the rapid growth of the human population across the Coalition in addition to the centralization of political power in the Coalition towards Earth led to the Central Headquarters' gradual expansion to accommodate seven million permanent residents and long-term workers.
Lantau Island as a whole was originally leased to the then-nascent government of the Coalition under the Soeng Treaty of 2077, signed by the government of the semi-autonomous government of Hong Kong - which maintained its degree of independence from the People's Republic of China by serving as one of Asia's main aerospaceports. From thereon, the island was gradually reformed in geology and infrastructure to fit the quickly growing demands of the Coalition government, reaching an apex prior to the Corporate Revolution with the entirety of the island becoming covered in various arcological spires, complexes, and designated parks.
The central headquarters holds all major civilian government organs of the Coalition with the exception of the Coalition Corporate Advisory Committee, which is located in London, and the military elements of the Coalition Forces Authority, which sends commands from the Citadel. As such, the central headquarters is also exempt from all Hong Kong law, and manages its own domestic affairs on the island through the Coalition Extraterritorial Function Commission (such as police, medical, fire, maintenance and repair services, et cetera). However, subordinate headquarters exist on worlds such as Mars, Tellus, and Hyperion as a means to ensure bureaucratic connection and stability through greater human space, with these places also sharing similar extraterritoriality.
During times of war that subject Earth to possible danger, the Central Headquarters is able to disseminate its essential duties to other locations across the Coalition through invoking the Emergency Relocation Clause.
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Category:Coalition of Congressional Republics
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