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An
alliance of approximately 150 planetary governments and colonies spread across
8000 light years, united for mutual trade, exploratory, scientific, cultural,
diplomatic, and defensive endeavors. It was founded in 2161. Federation members
include Earth, Vulcan, and numerous other planetary states. The Federation is
governed by the Federation Council, composed of representatives from the various
member planets, that meet in the city of San Francisco on Earth. The Council itself
is led by a Federation Council President, whose office is in the city of Paris
on planet Earth. Although the Federation and its Starfleet have done an extraordinary
job of maintaining a generally peaceful climate in this part of the galaxy , the
Federation and its member planets have been involved in a number of armed conflicts
over the years. Notable among these are the tensions with the Klingon Empire that lasted almost a century until the Organian
Peace Treaty, and later the Khitomer conference of 2293. Still unresolved are
conflicts with the Romulan Star Empire and the Tholian Assembly and the new war
with the Dominion. The Federation was involved in a protracted, bitter
war with the Cardassians that dated back to the 2350s. An uneasy peace
treaty with the Cardassian Union was reached in 2366. Conflict with the Cardassians continued at lower levels for years. One particular
hot spot was Bajor, after the end of Cardassian occupation of the planet in 2369, when the Federation
took over operation of the old Cardassian mining station Deep Space 9 in the Bajoran system near the newly discovered
stable wormhole.
