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Structure of The UFP
United Federation of Planets
Geography:
Total Area:
58,500,000,000 LY3
Disputes: dispute with Klingon Empire over Archanis Sector; dispute with Maquis
insurgents over colonies in Cardassian Demilitarized Zone.
Natural Resources: dilithium, lead, iron, silicon, titanium, thorium,
molybendum, deuterium.
Planetary Use: Agricultural 2%;Inhabited 5%;Industrial 12%;Unused 81%
People
Population: 875,234,000,000
Birth Rate: 9 Births/1,000 Population (2372)
Death Rate: 8 Deaths/1,000 Population (2372)
Life Expectancy at Birth: 124 years male, 129 years female (Terran)
Total Fertility Rate: 1.1 children born/woman (2372)
Nationality: noun-Federation(s); adjective-Federation
Species Divisions: Humanoid 78%; Non-Humanoid 13%, Non-Corporeal 9%
Religion: Secular Humanism 51%; Christianity 9%; Jewish 1%; Bajoran 2%; Betazed
3%; other 11%; none 23%
Language: predomitably Federation Standard English, sizable minorities speaking
Vulcan, Bajoran, and Betazed. Universal Translators virtually eliminate most
language barriers.
Labor Force: 411,258,000,000
Government:
Long-Form Name: The United Federation of Planets;
abbreviated UFP
Type: republic; strong democratic tradition
Administrative Divisions: 156 Member worlds, 1295 Colony worlds.
Independence: August 12, 2161
Constitution: August 12, 2161
Legal System: based on English-Terran common law; judicial review of legislative
acts.
National Holiday: Federation Day, August 12 (2161)
Executive Branch: president, Cabinet
Legislative Branch: unicameral Federation Counsel
Judicial Branch: Federation Supreme Court
Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government: President Jaresh-Inyo
Suffrage: Universal at age 18
Elections: President-every 6 years; Federation Counsil-every 4 years
Flag: blue background with the words "The United Federation of
Planets" in gold type centered in the bottom third of the flag. The seal of
the Federation (Circular disk covered with starfield, surrounded by laurel
branches) is centered in the upper two-thirds of the flag.
Economy:
Overview: The Federation has a massive socialist economy
built around large scale, inexpensive production of almost all consumer goods.
No money is used for all basic expenses (food, clothing, shelter). A large scale
heavy industrial base can build almost anything. The economy is in a wartime
production mode because of the recent war with the Klingons, the Borg threat,
and the Dominion threat.
Unemployment Rate: 1%
Budget: 2.98 Trillion Credits (FY 2372)
Industrial Production: growth rate +1.9% (2372)
Industries & Agriculture: large-scale replication, starship/space station
construction, Pharmaceutical agriculture, computer programming, asteroid mining,
antimatter production
Illicit Drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for domestic consumption;
significant production of Romulan Ale, and Brekkian Felicium
Fisical Year: Calendar Year
Communications:
Spaceways: 51,500 LY
Spaceports: 119 Major Spaceports, 789 Minor Spaceports, 6341 Space Stations
Merchant Marine: 1470 ships, 3266 unmanned cargo drones.
Telecommunications: 621,000,000,000 comn terminals; 8743 subspace comn relays;
5220 commercial holorecreation transmitters.
Defense Forces:
Branches: Department of Exploration and Defense (including
Star Fleet Command and Marine Corps)
Defense expenditures: 841 Billion Credits (FY 2372)
