| Type | Political and economic organization |
| Goals | Maintain peace and order in the galaxy |
| Purpose | Promote interstellar cooperation • Trade • Diplomacy |
| Territory | Vast sectors of the galaxy |
| Challenges | Interstellar conflicts • Political struggles • Unrest in outlying sectors |
| Established | 25th century |
| Founding species | Humans, Centaurians, Sylphias, Nihavons |
