History Main / TheFederation

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

** The Atlantic and Eurasian Federations in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed''. Though part of an alliance of Earth superstates, they're the major influences of that side. Typical for Gundam, both have negative aspects. Though allies, both powers mistrust each other. The Atlantic Federation is prejudiced against Coordinators, influenced by the Blue Cosmos terror group. Meanwhile, the Eurasian Federation is almost entirely opportunist, attempting to steal from or subvert its allies in an attempt to get ahead once ZAFT is out of the picture. [[spoiler: The Altantic Federation ends up pulling an EvilerThanThou in both wars, first sacrificing the Eurasians at JOSH-A, then outright attacking them when they try to switch sides with the Destroy.]]
*** The Earth Alliance (aka OMNI) as a whole qualifies. At the surface, it's just self-interested and ineffectual. The problem is that its military high command is controlled by [[FantasticRacism Coordinator-hating Blue Cosmos adherents]], and too many of its industrial and economic leaders are of the WarForFunAndProfit variety. It's shown that, while most of the civilian council don't seem outwardly villainous (they'd rather fix Earth's energy crisis than wipe out the other side), they don't have the guts to stop people like [[CompleteMonster Azrael]] from walking over them.
** The Earth Sphere Federation from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' is just a pawn for a tyrannical mastermind, abusing its political power against whoever opposes his reign -- and do not forget his right-hand men, the [[StateSec A-LAWS]], either. Once the A-Laws and it's masters fall, the Federation becomes ''much'' more nicer. By the time of the movie, the Federation is pretty much near ''Franchise/StarTrek'''s level of benevolence. In addition there's The Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations and the Advanced European Union (AEU). Averting the franchise trend, both groups are actually pretty nice, save for their Cold War with each other and the occasional political turmoil with it's members.

** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' is a prequel happening before the foundation of the Federation. It shows some of the events the precede their went formation, like the Coalition of Planets against the Romulan menace. It also shows the Xindi Council in the third season; an alliance of five different species originating from the same planet. They co-operate despite their internal cultural and physical differences. These are the Primates, the Arboreals, the Aquatics, the Reptilians and the Insectoids. A sixth race, the Avians, went extinct during their last war which destroyed their home planet and led to the council forming to avoid such things happening again.

* A Galactic Federation is mentioned in ''Series/{{ALF}}'' to once held a conference on Incredibly Strange Food Groups hosted by Alf's home planet Melmac.

** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' is a prequel happening before the foundation of the Federation and showing some of the precedents that eventually went into its formation like the Coalition of Planets against the Romulan menace. However it also shows the Xindi Council in the third season; an alliance of five different species originated from the same planet that cooperate dispite their internal cultural and physical differences. This are the Primates, the Arboreans, the Acuatics, the Reptilians and the Insectoides. A sixth race the Avians went extinct during the last war that destroyed the home planet causing the council to exist to avoid such thing happens again.

* [[TheGovernment The World Government]] in ''Manga/OnePiece'' poses as this, a collection of kingdoms who are all equal to one another. To reinforce the image, there is no one king but rather a council of five (the Five Elder Stars) to oversee them, as well as the Empty Throne that no king may sit in. [[spoiler:This is a total lie]].

If pitted against TheEmpire, it's 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.

* And then there are those countries that, while officially unitary, have devolved sufficiently to be considered ''de facto'' federations. UsefulNotes/Spain is an example, being made of "autonomous communities" with their own governments; this system is referred to as the "State of Autonomous Communities".