United Federation of Planets
Facts
- Full name: United Federation of Planets
- Founded: August 12, 2161
- Center of Government: Paris, France, Earth
- Population: 9.85 trillion
- Membership
- 155 member nations as of 2380
- Federation Members
- Method of government
- Described and established by Articles of the Federation
- Executive
- Led by President
- Election held once every four years
- Direct election by all Federation citizens among those nominated by the Council
- No term limits
- In event of resignation or death, special election is held for remainder of term
- Federation Presidents
- Election held once every four years
- Divided into various departments
- Departments formed by Council, filled by Executive appointment with Council approval
- Led by Secretaries
- Collection of Secretaries known as Presidential Cabinet
- Cabinet Members
- Commissioners implement policy in field, meet regularly at regional departmental conferences
- Departments:
- Agriculture
- Commerce
- Defense
- Exterior
- Foreign policy
- Housing
- Science and Technology (est. 2161)
- Temporal Investigations (est. 2270)
- Travel
- Transportation
- Led by President
- Legislative and Judicial
- Led by Federation Council
- President serves as presiding official
- Each member nation represented by one councillor
- Method of selection determined individually by each member nation
- Service indefinite
- Federation Councillors
- Sessions convene once every six months, three weeks of recess between sessions
- Councillors must be present at the start of a new session or they may not participate until next session
- Includes various standing committees
- Archaeology Council
- External Affairs Council
- Intelligence Council
- Judiciary Council
- Equivalent of supreme court (assumedly establishes civilian court system in this respect, but not specified)
- Also serves as legal advisory board for the President, akin to attorney general
- Science Council
- Security Council
- 13 member body consisting of five councillors representing the founding members, eight nominated by President and confirmed by the Council
- Led by Federation Council