Federation protectorate

A world that the Federation has taken an interest in protecting, usually with no or minimal contact.
Said worlds are frequently under Prime Directive status. While the Federation may use duck blinds and patrol the system they leave the natives alone.
Section 28 has been known to work in cases were the world has been interfered with to restore random peace and senseless kindness.
Some Federation protectorate worlds are full cognizant of their condition. Ekos was one such example. That did not end well. Some colonies have asked for this status having insufficient resources to protect themselves. All newly founded colonies of Federation origin are automatically Federation protectorates.
It falls on Starfleet to enforce the protectorate status.
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