Federation (government)

A federation was a political union of semi-autonomous states under a central government.
In 2259, R'ongovian diplomat Vasso L'Gaelia asked T'Pring, whose katra was secretly inside the body of Spock, "What is the logic of an alliance with a federation whose interdependence merely dilutes the cultures that comprise it?" T'Pring responded that as a Vulcan, she sympathized with Vasso's fears that they would lose their culture to homogenization in a multilateral alliance like the United Federation of Planets. ()
In 2364, Lieutenant Commander Data described the Tkon Empire as a huge space federation which had been extinct for 600,000 years. ()
In 2366, Deanna Troi explained, during a first contact mission, to the Malcorian Dr. Mirasta Yale, that they were "from a federation of planets," before explaining that she was from a planet called Betazed, and Captain Picard was from another called Earth. ()
When Torat, who lived in space controlled by the Devore Imperium, was contacted by the , which Captain Kathryn Janeway described as belonging to the Federation, commented, "Federations. Imperiums. Why do you people feel such a need to align yourselves with monolithic organizations?" ()
In 3189, Minister Osyraa described the Emerald Chain as "a federation of mercantile exchanges" to Fleet Admiral Charles Vance. ()
==See also==
* First Federation
* United Federation of Planets
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Category:Government