The name of the EPCOT Center is an acronym, standing for Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow.
The original plan was that there would be an actual City with people living and working there, using experimental new technologies in their daily lives.
But that plan was done away with at some point, and then the Epcot Center evolved into a theme park.
The plan was done away with right after Walt’s death.
EPCOT the city would never have worked. But since the district was already approved Disney took advantage of it. And they brought in so much money that FL just looked the other way. Until Disney Corp stepped in it by attacking DeSantis.