Government and the Federation

The Federation believes that its government is the only one needful for the entire galaxy, if not the universe.

Federation Government
The government of the Federation seems to have reached total communism. The state is controlled by a strong, centralized government (the President of the Federation) with control of all the means of production. This allows the Federation to distribute equal shares of everything to everyone, creating the illusion that poverty no longer exists. To prevent the president from taking too much power, however, the Federation Council is used. The Council acts as the "voice of the people": they speak out on behalf of their own people (or race) and present their concerns/ideas/appeals to the President.

Views of Other Governments
Any government that does not share fundamental ideals of the Federation is considered to be hostile and/or inferior. Free enterprise and capitalism are discouraged (in conjunction with the distribution of the goods to the people equally, the humans, brain-washed out of their natural instincts of greed and selfishnes, believe what the Federation tells them: namely that capitalism is bad because it is based on greed). Due to its violent nature, the Klingon Empire was barred from joining the Federation until after Worf became Chancellor and began preaching reform.