United Federation of Planets

The United Federation of Planets, abreviated UFP and also known as simply the Federation, was a major interplanetary government in the Milky Way Galaxy with territory in both the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Its capital was Earth and its head of state as of 2409 was Aennik Okeg.
It was an interstellar federal republic, comprised of many planetary governments unified under a central government, which was based on the principles of liberty, equality and self-betterment. The Federation's motto was to "seek out new life".
== Government ==
== History ==
===22nd century===
The Federation was founded in San Francisco on Earth in . In , a temporary alliance was made to search for a Romulan drone-ship that was attacking local vessels. It was this that brought together the four species that would be the Federation's founders: Humans, Vulcans, Andorians and Tellarites. A year following the crisis, they created the precursor to the Federation, called the . Other species soon joined them: the s, the s, the s, and several others. Over the course of six years, the relations between the members of the Coalition became stronger, until, finally, the Coalition became the Federation in 2161.
===23rd century===
Although the Federation's main interests were peace, surrounding it were other, more aggressive powers like the Romulan and Klingon Empires. As it grew through the admittance of more and more worlds, it eventually came into conflict with these powers. By the 23rd century, its main adversary had become the Klingon Empire, with briefly erupting between them in 2267, with the war being halted by the s shortly after beginning. The of 2293, however, was a substantial turning point in the relations of the Klingons and Federation. This conference saw the signing of the , ending all hostility between them.
=== 25th century ===
On , the attacked and disabled the . One of the Klingon captain's demands was that the Leviathan hand over Federation fleet deployments on the .
Later that day (), the Borg attacked and invaded the Federation colony on Vega IX. The invasion was eventually repelled, and many of the colonists were evacuated safely.
Many people living on Nimbus III resented the Federation for leaving them to fend for themselves against the Orion Syndicate presence on the planet.
== Territory ==
Federation space the Klingon Empire. The star systems in this area hosted many conflicts during the Federation-Klingon War.
=== Star systems ===
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**Andoria
*Argelius system
**Argelius II
**Treasure Trading Station
*Azha system
*Bepi 113 system
*Bomari system
*Celes system
**Celes Nebula
**Starbase 114
*Donatu system
*Donia system
*Drozana system
**Drozana Station
*Imaga system
*Kassae system
**Kassae II
**Kassae IV
*Lackey system
**Lackey III
**Paulson Nebula
*P'Jem system
**P'Jem
*Pollux system
*Regulus system
**Regulus IV
*Sol system
**Earth
**Earth Spacedock
*Vega system
**Vega IX
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*Xarantine system
**Xarantine
=== Spatial landmarks ===
*Briar Patch
== Members ==
*Andorians
*Bajorans
*Benzites
*Betazoids
*Bolians
*Caitians
*Humans
*s
*s
*Saurians
*Tellarites
*Trill
*Vulcans
== Appendices ==
=== Background and trivia ===
*The United Federation of Planets is what draws its name from.
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