Ekos

Ekos was an inhabited planet in an unnamed system. It was the homeworld for the Ekosians, a pre-warp humanoid species. Ekos was located closer to its primary than the sister planet .
In the mid-23rd century, Ekos was in the throes of anarchy. Dispatched by the United Federation of Planets to the upheaval in the mid-2260s as a cultural observer, noted historian John Gill chose to abandon the non-interference policy, believing a modified form of National Socialism could be installed to impose order without the disastrous results wrought to German culture in the years leading up to Earth's Second World War. Gill then proceeded to establish a passive version of the Nazi state, complete with recreations of such notorious German organizations as the SS, using the forms, symbols and uniforms of 20th century Earth. 
Having arrived on Ekos, Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock — dressed in civilian wear — witnessed a young Zeon fugitive named Isak being captured and savagely beaten by Ekosian Nazi officers. Kirk and Spock also saw a black-and-white Nazi propaganda film broadcast on a large video screen set up on the street.
Soon enough, however, the inherent opportunities for abuse of power within such a system reverted the Ekosian government to the established fascist pattern and the Ekosians began a genocide campaign against the neighboring planet Zeon. ()
A photograph of Ekos and Zeon was displayed on one of the walls in dive bar on Starbase 25 in 2381. ()
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=== Background information ===
The term "ekos" was also a word in ancient and modern Greek (spelled oikos), meaning "house" or "home".
According to StarTrek.com, Ekos was located in the M34 Alpha system; however, the located the planet in the M43 Alpha system. Furthermore, the latter source identified Ekos as a class M planet. 
=== Apocrypha ===
According to the Star Trek Maps (p. 27) and The Worlds of the Federation (p. 122), the name of the system was M43-Alpha. It was a trinary star system, Ekos being the fourth planet. According to Star Trek Maps, the total population of the two planets was 16.1 billion.
According to FASA's The Federation sourcebook, Ekos is the third planet in the M43-Alpha system.
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