Federation (government)
A federation was a political union of semi-autonomous states under a central government.

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 , commented, "Federations. Imperiums. Why do you people feel such a need to align yourselves with monolithic organizations?" ()

See also
 First Federation
 United Federation of Planets

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