United Federation of Planets

The United Federation of Planets is a multi-species alliance spanning a large portion of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Colloquially referred to as the "Federation," it was founded on Earth in San Francisco in the year 2161 by human Starfleet officer Captain Jonathan Archer, and fellow representatives from the Vulcans, Andorians and the Tellarites. By the 25th century the Federation has grown to include dozens of members across hundreds of solar systems, scores of affiliates and allies, and, unfortunately, enemies.

Military
The Federation's military and exploratory arm is known as Starfleet, and consists of thousands of starships of varying size, class and capability. Starships are constructed at the Utopia Planetia Shipyards in orbit of Mars, however in the first one hundred years of the Starfleet's existence they were constructed on Earth. The Federation has shown an impressive turnaround time for starship construction, and was able to renumerate the losses incurred in the Dominion War in less than seven years. Since the dawning of the Federation, they have operated a flagship to act as the fore of their finest and best traditions. The flagship has almost always been the USS Enterprise, the most recent incarnation being the Odyssey-Class USS Enterprise-F.