Editing Technocracy movement (section)

=== The technate ===
Technocracy looked for large areas with bountiful resources to enable self sufficiency. A "technate" is practically a large body of land governed by a technocracy that only needs minimal trade.<ref name="loeb" />

Technocrats had a strong belief in [[continentalism]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Technocracy Inc. |url=https://archive.org/details/ContinentalismTheMandateOfSurvival/mode/2up |title=Continentalism: The Mandate Of Survival - 1947 |date=1947}}</ref> Scott mentioned that in the case of forming a North American Technate would be like forming a [[federation]] or union under the guidance of technocracy. Areas engaging in continentalism are the [[Soviet Union|U.S.S.R]] and the [[European Union]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" />
[[File:BRM4117-Technate-of-America-1940 lowres2-3000x2088.jpg|left|thumb|440x440px|The North American technate]]

[[File:Technate continental hydrology.png|thumb|414x414px|Technate Hydrology]]

==== Continental hydrology ====
A radical plan to transform the technate's mode of transportation was to have total control over all rivers and lakes across the continent. Travel by ship was faster than car or train at the time. The continental [[hydrology]] would end up linking several rivers. It also aimed to help monitor erosion of the country, generate power, and be educational for students.

This plan faced criticism for being a project that would destroy several habitats.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Technocracy |first=Secretary CHQ |title=Continental Design |url=https://www.technocracyinc.org/continental-design/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=Technocracy Inc. - Official Site |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:Technocracy-administration.jpg|thumb|314x314px|Technate administration chart]]

==== Technocracy organization ====
Technocracy laid out a grand scheme to organize a new government. There are a few distinct layers; the continental director, continental board, special sequences, functional sequences, and area board.

All directors are appointed from top down, with the only exception being the continental director, because no position is above it; the continental director is chosen from area control by the continental board.

The continental directors help oversee the continent. Additionally, the continental director can be thrown out should two-thirds of the continental board say so.

The continental board consists of the area control.

Technocrats wanted to divide the technate into regional divisions for administration, and decided to use the earth's latitude and longitude as a basis for calculating a "quadrangle" setup.

{{Quote|text=By this system we shall define a regional division to be a quadrangle bounded by two successive degrees of longitude and two successive degrees of latitude. The number assigned to each regional division will be that of the combined longitude and latitude of the point at the southeast corner of the quadrangle. Thus the regional division in which New York City is located is 7340; Cleveland, 8141; St. Louis, 9038; Chicago, 8741; Los Angeles, 11834; Mexico City, 9919; Edmonton, 11353, etc.}}

Functional sequences are filled based on what the requirements of the regional division needs are, and can be added or removed as such.

It is in this effort that the technocrats aimed to totally organize both the economic system and the government as a blend of each other. This functional government would then work towards making the continental accounting sSystem a reality.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Technocracy Inc. |url=https://archive.org/details/TechnocracyStudyCourse1945/TechnocracyStudyCourse/page/n227/mode/2up |title=Technocracy Study Course |date=1945}}</ref>