In general, it frequently plays an America-like role in the political climate of the setting. They often give covert aid (weapons, funds, supplies) to any resistance movements, but won't intervene directly unless they're already at war. If pitted against The Empire, is usually in a Cold War-like state, just recovering from a recent war, or a few international incidents from plunging into one. Occasionally you will get a People's Republic of Tyranny or The Dictatorship.

In this case, The Federation will be seen as the lesser of two evils. The heroes will usually be either among the good soldiers of the Federation or neutral parties who get caught up in the war this is especially true in anime. Even in this case, the main opposing force may be shown to be Well Intentioned Extremists and/or an example of The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized, willing to hurt innocent people to try to gain their independence, or worse, being used as a front for a truly evil Big Bad. When they are evil, The Federation will oppose the independence of its colonies, whether space colonies in orbit, Mars or other planets in the system, or on entirely different systems. Rarely evil, but will sometimes suffer from red tape, and the occasional corrupt politicians and/or generals. Expect its Capital to be the Shining City and its citizens to wear anything but Spikes of Villainy or Putting on the Reich. In most sci-fi settings, the Federation is predominantly human (or composed of humans, Human Aliens and Rubber-Forehead Aliens), usually commands a fleet of Standard Human Spaceships, and is most likely to look the closest to 20 Minutes into the Future when the other factions may be Crystal Spires and Togas, Organic Technology or both. It is likely to have the words 'Federation', 'United', 'Alliance' or equivalent verbiage somewhere in the official title, as these have positive connotations of voluntary, mutualist cooperation. The actual name may vary, but not by much. The (mostly) good counterpart to The Empire, generally a democracy and/or presided over by Reasonable Authority Figures, and a superstate composed of many different nations and races, inspired by the structure of the United States or the United Nations.

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