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* The Migar Alliance from ''Series/{{Tracker}}''. Mostly good but every planet has its criminal element.

* [[Literature/ConanTheBarbarian Aquilonia]] eventually became one in ''TabletopGame/TheHyborianCamapign'' after assimilating several border states. Each member state was autonomous, with issues like defence and diplomacy being handled nation-wide.

* The United Galactic Federation of ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise, sometimes called the Galactic Alliance in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''.

* The United Galactic Federation of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' and ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', sometimes called the Galactic Alliance.

* Although mentioned as early as [[OlderThanTheyThink the first game's]] [[AllThereInTheManual manual]], ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'''s Galactic Federation rarely got more than a passing mention until ''Fusion''. In ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3'', it's presented as a fairly typical good-guy federation. ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' displays a faction of the Federation with goals that are more ruthless and self-serving. Samus could also be seen as an enemy of this more sinister Federation following her actions in these games as well.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':

* The United Worlds of Earth in the ''Literature/{{Spaceforce}}'' books fits this trope exactly, being a benign, liberal union of around twelve hundred Earth colonies and non-Earth civilizations. Moreover, it counterpoints the ancient rulebound Taysan Empire and the scary totalitarian Darian Republic.

If pitted against TheEmpire, is usually in a UsefulNotes/ColdWar-like state, just recovering from a recent war, or a few international incidents from plunging into one. They often give covert aid (weapons, funds, supplies) to any [[LaResistance resistance movements]], but won't intervene directly unless they're already at war. In general, it frequently plays an America-like role in the political climate of the setting. If there's a movement to overthrow or undermine it, it's likely TheRemnant.

** The United Federation, a human federation styled after the United States, with a president and all. Its armed forces is named G.U.N. and it primary mission is to fight back the Eggman Empire and other enemies to the federation, such as [[EldritchAbomination Chaos]] and the [[AlienInvaders Black Arms]]. Once in conflict with Team Sonic, they're now (mostly) allies to the main characters.
** Originally, in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' and ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' the United Federation seemed to be a OneWorldOrder (whether it's benevolent or not is never explained; the president at least seems to be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure). Since ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' it seems more likely that the U.F. is just one of many nations, the FantasyCounterpartCulture for the UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates, which probably makes it more akin to TheRepublic.

* The Confederation in Creator/PeterFHamilton's ''Literature/NightsDawnTrilogy'', and the Commonwealth in his ''Literature/CommonwealthSaga''.

* Creator/ECComics' ''ComicBook/{{{Judgment Day|ECComics}}'' mentions the Galactic Republic, an interstellar superstate centered on Earth. They've sent a representative to [[RobotRepublic the robot-inhabited planet of Cybrinia]] to assess if they should be admitted to the Republic, but he turns them down when he finds out about their RobotsEnslavingRobots FantasticRacism.

* The Solar Federation in Music/{{Rush|Band}}'s ''Music/TwentyOneTwelve'' is a [[StrawCharacter strawman communist state.]]

'''Farnsworth:''' It's similar to the United Nations from your time, Fry.
'''Fry:''' Uh...
'''Hermes:''' Or like the Federation from your ''Franchise/StarTrek'' programme.
'''Fry:''' Oh!

* In ''Ancestral Night'' by Creator/ElizabethBear, nearly all starfaring races are members of the Synarche, a huge multi-species community with a strong bias towards both "the greatest good for the greatest number" and medicating any pathologies that go against this. Whenever a species develops FTL, the Synarche will issue an invitation. If the species prefers isolationism, the Synarche will wait, with the patience of an ancient and powerful organisation that knows it's right, for them to realise the benefits of joining outweigh their hang-ups on the subject. If the species prefers beligerence, the Synarche will wait, with the patience of an organisation that is not only powerful enough to [[CurbStompBattle obliterate them instantly]], but powerful enough not to ''need'' to, for them to realise that. [[spoiler: With one exception...]]

* In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' is eventually discovered that the Gamma Quadrant has an EvilCounterpart of the Federation on the Dominion; also an interstellar civilization made of multiple planets and races but based on fear and control rather than cooperation, and with both a PoliceState and FantasticCasteSystem under the authoritarian rule of the Founders. Yet, they do seem to give quite a lot of internal autonomy as long they do what the Dominion wants.
* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' a federation of sorts is mentioned in episode "Drive", as four former warring species founded an alliance, although very new and not as tight as the Federation, it does sound very familiar to what is shown in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' on how the first Federation was actually made (also made out of four original members who were warring each other for a time). Also in episode "The Void" with the Voyager trapped in the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Space Anomaly of the Week]] the Voyager crew has to make a cooperation alliance among other also trapped ships with certain ups and downs, which Janeway outright mentions that "it felt like be part of the Federation again".
* Classic ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Corbomite Maneuver" mentions the existence of the "First Federation" which seems to be an alliance of older civilizations that predates the actual United Federation of Planets, but is never shown again, although they do had a recruitment booth shown on ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' and its berverage tranya is mentioned in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' so premibly they do keep trade and diplomatic relationships.

* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' a federation of sorts is mentioned in episode "Drive", as four former warring species founded an alliance, although very new and not as tight as the Federation, it does sound very familiar to what is shown in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' on how the first Federation was actually made (also made out of four original members who were warring each other for a time). Also in episode "The Void" with the Voyager trapped in the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Space Anomaly of the Week]] the Voyager crew has to make an cooperation alliance among other also trapped ships with certain ups and downs, which Janeway outright mentions that "it felt like be part of the Federation again".

* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' an federation of sorts is mentioned in episode "Drive", as four former warring species founded an alliance, although very new and not as tight as the Federation, it does sound very familiar to what is shown in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' on how the first Federation was actually made (also made out of four original members who were warring each other for a time). Also in episode "The Void" with the Voyager trapped in the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Space Anomaly of the Week]] the Voyager crew has to make an cooperation alliance among other also trapped ships with certain ups and downs, which Janeway outright mentions that "it felt like be part of the Federation again".

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes'' being a SpinOff that presents an AlternateTimeline to Three Houses, also has Leicester play a huge role. Noticeably, in the Golden Wildfire route, where [[PlayerCharacter Shez]] sides with them, the lack of centralisation is a huge part of the conflict for the first half of the story. After a second TimeSkip, Claude figures out a solution, [[spolier:he manages to get the council to agree to turning the Leicester Alliance into the Leicester Federation, with him as the inaugural king. He notes that the only real difference is that since he's now a king, he can call shots with absolute power, allowing roundtable conferences to be skipped in times of emergency, since losing time to those conferences was a big issue throughout the war up until then]].

* The Time/Space Administration Bureau from ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' might be this, since they're shown acting very much like it. On the other hand, the only leadership we've seen or heard are admirals who do some civilian-leader-like tasks usually handled by elected officials, implying a military dictatorship. And the brains in jars, but they were a shadow government. Its all so vague they might still be this anyway, though, its just hard to tell.

The (mostly) good counterpart to TheEmpire, generally a democracy and/or presided over by {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s, and a superstate composed of many different nations and races, inspired by the structure of the [[UnitedSpaceOfAmerica United States]] or the [[UnitedNationsIsASuperPower United Nations]]. The actual name may vary, but not by much. It is likely to have the words "Federation", "United", "Alliance" or equivalent verbiage somewhere in the official title.