"Civilizations that've discovered warp-speed space travel, pretty much." He shrugged, "Once a civilization gets to that point, the Federation usually asks them to join."

Sulu was equally sort of surprised by the fact that he actually had somebody from a completely different era in his room, playing with his blinds, but he tried to hide it as best as possible. Ianto struck him as the kind of kid to latch on to weaknesses, and he really didn't want that. "Uh, San Francisco doesn't, but I'm pretty sure other places do. I think a few of the bigger buildings might... New York might, too. But I haven't been there, so I can't tell you. Why? Is that... like, a big sci-fi thing?"