Description:

Interstellar union of multiple planetary governments

Leader:

President

Legislature:

Federation Council

Location:

Alpha & Beta Quadrant

Headquarters:

- Paris, Earth (President's Office)
- San Francisco, Earth (Legislative)
- Federation Headquarters (Ship) (3089-3191)
- Betazed (3195- ->)

Military:

Starfleet

Intelligence Service:

- Starfleet Intelligence
- Section 31 (unofficial)

Judiciary:

Federation Supreme Court

Membership:

- Admittance can be granted by invitation or by petition
- They had to have an "advanced level of technology"
- Government should have achieved stable planetary political unity
- No form of caste discrimination was to be practiced
- Provisional membership could also be granted

Founding Members:

- Earth
- Andoria
- Vulcan
- Tellar Prime

Key Members:

- At its peak, the Federation included 350 member worlds
- By 3189, as a result of The Burn, there were only 38

Miscellaneous:

- 2161: The United Federation of Planets is founded in San Francisco
- 2223: Relations with the Klingon Empire degenerate, starting a tense cold war
- 2256-2257: Klingon-Federation War occurs, ends with a peace accord in Paris
- 2267: Sign the Treaty of Organia, establishing a delicate peace with the Klingons
- 2270s: An attack on Earth by a massive machine lifeform called V'ger is averted
- 2286: An attack on Earth by a probe of unknown origin is averted
- 2293: The Khitomer Accords treaty with the Klingon Empire is signed
- 2311: Treaty of Algeron with the Romulans is signed following the “Tomed Incident”
- 2344: Enterprise-C is destroyed defending Narendra III, cementing the Alliance
- 2347-2350s: Federation-Cardassian war is fought
- 2364: An attempt by parasitic beings to take full control of Starfleet is thwarted
- 2367: The Borg destroyed 39 starships at the Battle of Wolf 359, they were defeated
- 2370: The Federation-Cardassian Treaty is signed, DMZ is formed
- 2373-2375: Dominion War is fought, Federation & their allies win
- 2385: An attack on Mars by rogue Synths costs over 90,000 lives
- 3069: The Burn occurs, Member worlds leave the Federation
- 3189: The Federation begins rebuilding itself