Meta-government

meta- -- a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, with the meanings “after,” “along with,” “beyond,” “among,” “behind,” and productive in English on the Greek model: metacarpus; metagenesis; metalinguistics. 
Government -- 1. The political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.<BR>
2. the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed: monarchical government; episcopal government.<BR>
3. the governing body of persons in a state, community, etc.; administration.<BR>
4. a branch or service of the supreme authority of a state or nation, taken as representing the whole: a dam built by the government. 
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So beyond government. In this case a government for governments. Something that does not directly govern anyone but deals with the relationships between governments themselves. The United Federation of Planets is described as a meta-government.
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