The mission of the Federation (a.k.a. "The United Federation of Planets") is "to seek out new life and new civilization. To boldly go where no one has gone before." Founded in 2161, the Federation is located in Paris, France and holds council chamber meetings with other member planets in the city of San Francisco.

Whenever unfriendly elements of the galaxy violated established space law or treaties, the Federation issued order to their fleet of roaming starships to police or even to engage in war any encroachments that would threaten Federation peace.

TRIVIA NOTE: On the sci-fi series BLAKE'S 7/BBC/1978-81, the governmental group known as the Federation was a tyrannical organization set in the Third Century of the Second Calendar that rose from the ashes of intergalactic warfare. Ruled by a cold-hearted Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce), the female Supreme Commander, the Federation, controlled the majority of the population through mind suppressing drugs and punished with death those who preached liberty