Romulan Free State
The Romulan Free State was a Romulan government existing after the Romulan supernova, and the successor to the Romulan Star Empire. With backing from the Tal Shiar, it controlled a derelict Borg cube called the , from which it derived profit through the exploitation of Borg technology.

History 

Doctor Naáshala Kunamadéstifee, a Trill Doctor from Trill Polytech, was set to begin her residency at the Romulan Reclamation Site. However, on her way there, the Romulan Free State revoked her residency for reasons unexplained to her. Six months later, in 2399, the residency was reinstated. Dr. Soji Asha quipped that this behavior was normal for the Romulan Free State. () 

In spite of this arbitrary behavior and the fact it maintained the Treaty of Algeron in the Star Empire's stead (), the Free State maintained a more liberal stance towards the United Federation of Planets than its predecessor state had. The Romulan Free State did not maintain the existence of the Neutral Zone (), and it allowed Federation scientists access to Borg technology as part of the Reclamation Site. () It also allowed a Federation citizen to serve as executive director of the Borg Reclamation Project to rehabilitate revived former drones from the Artifact. ()

However, one of the Free State's key power bases was the Tal Shiar, which had survived the dissolution of the Star Empire and now served as an agency of the Romulan Free State. While Tal Shiar operatives did not have carte blanche to seize control of Free State organizations as they had enjoyed under the Star Empire (), the Tal Shiar still retained its tendency towards authoritarian abuses. ()

In mid-2399, agents of the Zhat Vash, a secretive Romulan cabal opposed to the existence of artificial lifeforms, used their positions within the Tal Shiar to launch an attack on the planet Coppelius and annihilate the sentient androids living there. The fleet of Romulan warbirds, under the command of Tal Shiar General Nedar, was forced to withdraw from the system back to Free State space by a Federation task force led by Captain William T. Riker of the . ()

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