Galactic Federation

The **Galactic Federation** was a major galactic or intergalactic organization which controlled significant areas of the universe until it was dismantled by Rick in *The Rickshank Rickdemption*. There is a surviving part of the militia, seemingly run by Tammy Guetermann.

## History

In the episode *The Wedding Squanchers*, it's revealed that there are 6,048 earth-like planets in the Federation including Earth, which joins it at the end of the episode.

For over 850 glaagnars, the Galactic Federation has helped quintillions of other sentient life forms assimilate into our vision of one united universe. We stand scrung in scrung with thousands of planets; perhaps yours will be next!
The Federation government is served and also ruled by the bug-like Gromflomites,(The Rickshank Rickdemption) although it includes members of many other species.

Rick Sanchez, Birdperson, and Squanchy are known to be rebels against the organization, fighting numerous battles to free various planets from its control and committing many "atrocities" against it in the process.

It's also revealed that Tammy Gueterman, along with her parents, were undercover agents for the Galactic Federation in order to catch the rebels affiliated with Birdperson and Rick. At the end of the episode, Earth officially joins the Federation opening it to direct alien contact and tourism.

The Galactic Federation falls into anarchy in *The Rickshank Rickdemption* once its currency becomes worthless. It does not appear to be in any position to rebuild.

The currency of the Federation is Blemflarcks, although they appear to simply be called "Federal Credits" on Earth. Upon the Smith's return to Earth in *The Wedding Squanchers,* a passing robot offers Jerry Smith "complimentary" antidepressant pills, then charges him 7,000 credits for the medicine. The robot also sends Jerry to a location where he can get his new job. All Federation jobs on Earth appear to pay only pills.

The Galactic Federation runs on its own calendar, which appears to be much faster at roughly 2.6 Federation years to one Earth year. Using a Federation year as GFY and an Earth year as EY, the approximate number of GFYs to 1 EY can be calculated using Summer and Morty's respective ages:

* Morty: 35 GFY / 14 EY = 2.5
* Summer: 47 GFY / 17 EY = 2.76

Using this method we receive two different answers. As Morty and Summer are not exactly 14 and 17, these results will be slightly off.

Interestingly, there is no possible ratio of GFY:EY which would work for both Summer and Morty if they were 17 and 14 respectively, and their GFY ages seem to suggest that Summer may be 18. To find Summer's lowest possible age using her age in GFY, we need the smallest possible value of one GFY. Assuming that Morty is exactly 14 EY and nearly 36 GFY, we can find the highest ratio of GFY:EY (2.57 GFY to one EY) and thus the smallest GFY value. Dividing Summer's age by this ratio would give Summer a minimum age of 18.29 EY. As we know that Morty is not exactly 14, she must be a bit older.

This assumes that the Galactic Federation measures its years linearly. Using quadratics or other functions to measure time would produce very different results, and would preclude easy translation of GFY -> EY. It also assumes that GFY ages start at 0.

## Fall

In The Rickshank Rickdemption, the Citadel of Ricks is teleported into the Galactic Federation prison by Rick C-137, causing a massive outbreak. Rick set the value of the Blemflarck to 0, essentially making it worthless. With no money, the Federation quickly fell apart into anarchy.

As soon as Blemflarcks became worthless, the President of the Federation committed suicide. The Federation collapses in on itself, causing many of their ships to leave Earth and violence to break out. As of now, the Galactic Federation is considered to be a defunct government. However, some holdouts continue to remain in operation, with Tammy Gueterman possibly leading them.