I'd add other aid. Starfleet is often shown helping solve some plague or disease outbreak on a federation world or trying to stop some global catastrophe like a meteor.

Joining the Federation also gives you discounts when you buy computers and electronics from major computer manufacturers.

Could you imagine accessing Memory Alpha for the first time after joining UFP?

I don’t mean this with a BIT of sarcasm: I can’t wait to see the don’t join video. I’m so biased toward starfleet! I want my foundations shaken!!

I would instantly become a federation citizen.

I'd rather join the Tribble alliance. No-one would see me coming!

7:55 That's almost one new planet per year, though! Think how long adding countries to the EU or similar institutions takes... the UFP is growing rapidly.

Plus Starfleets got your back, unless your in an Oberth.

It would be nice if we could get a United Earth. I know some people view the concept as scary. I view it as elemental.

Dont forget though that many people didnt like this idea, half the episodes involved the Enterprise flying to some colony or world who either didnt like the Federation or had decided to leave earth to pursue an alternate way of life.

3:58 I can hear this in my head, "MY SPACE CABBAGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Because friendship is magic. Duh.

Can you do a Human cultural index?

I would support joining the UFP wholeheartedly. I very much support integrated governance under the principle of subsidiarity. I therefore support a global, federal government for Earth. As an aside, I am subsequently strictly opposed to unitary states. Only federalism can sustain layered multiculturalism within a single governing structure. I truly believe a strong, global government is possible if strict federal principles are applied.

The Federation also has chocolate chip cookies with M & M's & cold milk 🍪🍶

I don’t think a unified government is a requirement, as they were seriously considering bringing a non-unified, yet warp capable, species.

Excellent job loved this video and series! :)👍💯

"Suddenly the question seems very weighty doesn't it?" Honestly not really. For all its faults Earth joining an interplanetary federation would massively improve my quality of living

Are you kidding? I'd jump at the chance to get off of this rock and learn all sorts of cool intergalactic things. The real question is this--once the aliens had gotten a good idea of what humanity is all about, would they let us leave the Sol system in the first place?

+Certifiably Ingame - Kudos for coming up with an interesting *and* relevant/topical video

Well done on all these videos. Very insightful.

The risk you run of joining an organization like the Federation is shown pretty clearly in Stargate SG-1 with the Aschen Federation. For those unfamiliar with the series, Earth made contact with a (human) race called the Aschen, who allowed them to join their Federation. They provided lots of advanced technology, including medical advancements that effectively ended disease. However, one of the undocumented side effects of this medical technology was that over time, the fertility rate on Earth was drastically reduced. The Aschen were a civilization that conquered worlds with open arms and a smile. If you don't understand a given technology enough to create it, you don't understand it enough to keep it from being covertly used against you. It's like giving Internet access to people from the Middle Ages and expecting them to avoid malware and other electronic espionage.

Great Video Rick! I'm looking forward to learning why reasons not to join now.

The best trait of the Federation is that the Federation doesn't force other planets, races, cultures to join the Federation. Another very good trait is that they have certain standards potential new members have to fulfill. I don't know if "The Cage" is part of the canon, if it is, trade and mutual corporation between the Federation and species which don't meet the requirements to join the UFP seems to be possible. Another reason to join the UFP is they're very positive attitude towards science and technology, which in the Star Trek universe has solved all material problems. (Some say today that we're too reliant on technology and there might a kernel of truth to it. But without technology the world would be much less hospitable and bearable for humans and our animals.) I wish the people on our world would have a more positive attitude towards technology instead of demonizing tech as being inherently unsustainable and driving climate change aka global warming. Instead passiveness and spirituality seem to rise, which won't help at all. Go Trek!

The Federation had me with the neat coffee mug :)

I would join Without thinking about it...

The world could use a federation right now.

Love your videos!

Nice one. Thumbs up!

Okay, in the name of earth, I’m applying to join to the United federation of planets! Please! Would you please let me know, how we can continue/advance? Please 🤗

I think that's why the Enterprise series brought up the "humanity first" groups. That was an interesting angle.

i would join up.

In some ways the Federation reminds me of the EU.

after your done with the Federation can you do the Klingon Empire?

It's a simple question, just look at Earth's history and what centuries of seggregation between nations did to the little guy throughout history. Joining forces, making common objectives and deals would be the way to go, even if you or they are not willing to go all the way to federalize two different species. That's part of the message of Star Trek too, such ideas would be all the more important when it would be harder to empathise or to simply communicate.

You're talking about it being in the alpha quadrant. Just to point out, Earth, Vulcan, Q'nos, Romulus etc, they're all in the Alpha quadrant, it's the smaller part such as Ferengi, Cardasia and Bajor that are in the Alpha quadrant.

Root beer

If we had FTL and someone came up to us and said "Here's the keys to the kingdom for a host of other technologies you only have dreamt of" the answer is probably yes.

Siempre me sentí muy atraída por sus informes, Gracias a la federación de planetas por todo su apoyo al planeta tierra y a toda la vía láctea 💖🙏🌷 United Federation of Planets (Circa 2161)

I will join if the Asari are one of those member races :D

Opinion: The power of the Federation is non economic approach to pure knowledge and stability true communication !

The federation has at least 3000 starships.

I'd be all for it as well, it would be awesome.

After 1,000 hours of playing Stellaris, I'm convinced that it's always better to _FORM_ a federation.

by the 25th century the Federation is so powerful that the Klingons and the Romulans ceases to be an actual threat to its existence lol

the only downside would be having your colony mysteriously destroyed by a swedish sounding army of bionic zombies

Clearly the Terran Empire is a much better option for Earth.

Came here after watching The Templin Institute's video on the Borg on 5/10/2022.

I would love to see a culturele index on the primal Zerg ( Zerg) from star craft. As I recon that might be interesting

To the question of which alien superpower / alliance / empire would I join if the Federation was not an option....I would choose the Romulans. Why? As Ambassador Spock observed and stated, they are moving inexorably toward an adoption of a Vulcan style philosophy. It may take them a long time, but they will reach it. I could not choose Vulcan itself since it was a member of the not available Federation for this decision. While humanity and Vulcans have many differences and thus conflict, it was the Vulcans who were our first contact with an alien race, and aided / guided / controlled our early development as a warp-capable culture. While I'm sure the approach of Romulans to our early exploration of interstellar space would be very different (and was, according to cannon), that same cannon timeline brings us to a point after "Star Trek: Nemesis" where Captain Riker of the USS Titan leads negotiations to end hostilities between the Federation and the Romulan Star Empire. Call me an optimist, but I view the Romulans as a bit of a mirror of ourselves; possessing at the same time the military might and the passion that we do. As their culture moves away from passion and toward logic and reason (as Ambassador Spock believed they would), they would become a more stable and cooperative culture, far less war-like, a Vulcan like society, perhaps restructuring their influence in the quadrant and ceasing to be an "Empire" at all. I choose the Romulans (If the IFP were not an option) because I'm betting on their future, not their past or even their present - much the same driving hope that Gene Roddenberry held for humanity in his vision of our future.

It's easy to love a Subaru.

If you are a race that has just achieved warp drive but your planet is situated well within the borders of the federation what choice do you have? Presumably all the good planets have already been colonised and your only trading partner is the federation. Of course this would also apply if your planet was within Klingon, Romulan or other single race empire borders. It seems somewhat surprising that no organisation like the federation existed before humans discovered warp drive even though other races had warp drive long before humans did. It's almost as though all the races in the alpha quadrant were waiting for us to catch up and get them organised. Seems somewhat convenient don't you think? This is why the idea of Klingon/Romulan empires doesn't work. All the races in those empires would have to be technologically inferior to the dominant race. If they were technologically equal they would be harder to control and more willing to put up a fight. The Klingons/Romulans would be constantly fighting wars to keep their empire intact. Were as the federation relies on co-operation to keep their members in line. It is easier to co-operate than dominate.

Humanity needs to unite and to have allies in space to help us along would be a dream come true.

🌎🌑🌕UFP # 1 !!!!!!!

Rick what are your thoughts on the prime directive?

0:13 "GOD i sound like a insurance commercial" ROTFLOL

I don’t think that the number listed includes affiliate members. (7,128 affiliates as of 2378.) From what I’ve seen it is also insanely easy to secede if you no longer wish to be a member.

Yes I would

I will join up in the star fleet academy..be part of the universe community..

I wouldn't mind joining a huge interstellar federation. Whether or not the governments of the world would feel the same is an entirely different matter.

I find the number of member races mirroring the approximate number of human countries to be a non coincidence :)

Anyone from Europe feel like the tenets of the UFP are somewhat familiar? Well... Except for being able to reach out on your own to establish trade links with outside nations that is...

hey if its a good deal we should take it🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

The Federation is quite incompetent. -The Galaxy Class Starships are prone to viruses that can even destroy the entire ship (USS Yamato) Apparently there isn't a honeypot protocol to insulate the ship's core systems, and they are supposed to be the best ships ever built. -The Fire Suppression System almost never works -No one knows how the holodeck works, it doesn't have an easily accessed off switch and artificial hologram people are actually capable of controlling or damaging the ship and the "outside" world. -The Ships are so poorly designed that they can be hijacked or crippled with a very small crew, (the Binars) or even one (Rogue Data) -Medical Technology does not seem to be very good as diseases seemingly easily spread (the Naked Now), and some medical personnel seem confounded by simple emergency procedures like using a splint to set a limb. Even one of the top surgeons was clueless as to how to fix Picard's heart...something that could be replaced in the 20th century. -Star Fleet Command was easily infiltrated by visually detectable brain bugs, almost bringing the Command to collapse -The Federation restricts trade, such as Romulan Ale -Simple animals such as Tribbles can endanger an entire ship -The Federation keeps children and non-Federation personnel on board their "science" vessels when those same vessels are frequently deployed to battle. -Communications are, apparently, a Federation monopoly -Earth doesn't seem to have advanced much as all, as homes can still catch fire and kill people -Replicator technology produces inferior foodstuffs, according to O'Brien who misses "real" food, Scotty, who laments the weakness of "Synthahol" and Troi being annoyed and bored at the "healthy" chocolate the replicator makes. -The Federation makes bad treaties, such as with the Cardassian, displacing the residents of several planets. Especially given that the Cardassians had repeatedly demonstrated they had no interest in peace. -They have no problem displacing many inhabitants of several worlds to satisfy a treaty with a hostile power, but can't properly negotiate a way to work with the few dozen Bakku in order to cultivate the life-preserving radiation that surrounds their planet. -Sponsored Scientists face little oversight and dangerous materials such as Proto-matter can be used without Starfleet supervision -"Mars Defense" is a pathetic joke. -The Federation has very little contact with the outside Galaxy as the Borg were a surprise when first encountered, despite Guinan and other refugees having known about them decades earlier. The Federation had little clue about the Ferengi until they bumped into each other. -Starfleet seems to gobble up resources as private vessels are rare, and almost always small, clunky, dirty and unreliable. -They can't decide on whether or not they actually use money -The prime directive is often abused, used inconsistently, and most worryingly, used as an excuse to allow entire civilizations to die. The excuse being that a non-aligned culture has the "right" to evolve on it's own, and yet if a civilization is facing impending doom, by definition it *can't* evolve any longer. Saving people who would be the only way to allow any further evolution, natural or not. I could go on and on.

Join the Federation!

I will be glad to join the federation and become a Starfleet officer. Just think of how cool it would be to fly around in a starship.

7:45 YES. WE NEED TOO UNITE AS ONE PLANET SO BAD.

If a group did join. How would the leave? Like can they just say we are done? The reason why I ask is if the Federation did something that wasn't popular or whatever. Then it should be kinda easy to just say we aren't at war but we also aren't apart of your group.

the galaxy map is not a little too small? it seemed to me that the federation, i.e. all other civilizations bordering on it, occupy x2 of the area shown here, unfortunately maps on the internet can be strange, for example a federation stretching across the entire Alpha quadrant, which would make it bordering on the Dominimum and the Klingconian empire would occupy half of the quadrant beta or where the territory of Borg is half of the galaxy and the federation and its neighbors occupy a ridiculously small area or even less likely where the federation, borg, dominium have the same size ... does anyone know a nice map that shows it well?

While I consider the Prime Directive to be a cruel and heartless policy, I think that if I was the leader of a unified planet and recently got the opportunity to join then I just might. It would certainly be better than being enslaved or conquered by one of the other great powers.

0:30 I kinda watched that one first...

How does the UFP handle newly warp capable planets who refuse to join that are deep within UFP borders? One that may ally itself to formerly hostile empires that could be a base of operation if another war broke out and before that happened this planet trades with the other empire for better tech to be on par with UFP? Will they force said planet under their control after a war due to being in their borders or allow them to ally once again with their enemies?

I would join

I need that for my space cabige lol 😂

One of the few problems with the Warp Drive requirement is the fact that some alien races may only want have contact with other alien race for knowledge alone. There are a lot examples alien races who simply wanted help from the Federation. The Federation is willing to help any alien race as long as they requested the help. Some alien races do want to maintain their own independence. The Federation will respect any non-member's right to maintain their independence. A lot of non-warp alien races do have some degree of contact with the Federation. There are signs that there are other alien civilizations like the Federation in Star Trek. The First Federation is one example of the other Federation like civilizations.

*Join the Andorian Mining Consortium*

That part about business opportunities is kinda tricky. That's cause, while private enterprise is allowed in the Federation, it is heavily implied that the amassing of riches is not. It is also kind of implied that most big businesses owners and independent traders (like Kivas Fajo) are not citizens of the federation. It is likely that resources are shared and accumulation is illegal.

Kira was ready to goto war with Romulans for a Moon

I think it's a great idea to join. The different races of the galaxy united under one flag with the same values and in harmony. It kinda reminds me of a space EU :D

That picture of Risa looks like Hanama Bay in Hawaii.🙂

Also gov run news networks

1:20 what the name of this episode??

1:24 Which episode was that?

Its worth pointing out that the Federations prime directive has literally allowed entire species to become extinct.

Also with the resources in sol we can produce at least 10,000 space warships

Of course i would join! I also want my country to join the EU :)

Worf: "They're now locking *lasers* on us." Riker: "Lasers?" Me: *Pfft!* You can't even scratch the *paint* with lasers. And that's assuming they can get through the shields. 😀

not a weighted question to me. done. as long as its like the UFP lol

Aren't Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta quadrants a quarter of the galaxy each? The map at @4:45 makes the Alpha quadrant a bit small!!!!

I know humanity doesn’t use currency in the future, but is that the same with other Federation members? If I was the leader of a space faring race I would have use only be an associate with the Federation and not a full member. People of my world would be free to migrate to UFP worlds and join Star fleet and there would be trade. Though I would be vary strict about limits of resources sent to the UFP depending the state of the galaxy. Also in war time it would give more flexibility of how many military assets my people would bring to the Federation’s defense.

Yes, Join

Okey, okay. You won me over. I want to join the Federation. I want to be the captain of a Federation starship.

why join the Federation? easy they are the good guys

Man this all would be so awesome jeez we need to hurry up and get our shit together so we can make this all happen!!!!!!

0:00 - 0:14 Better start join United Federation Of Planets.

They have great healthcare derp

I want to live in the Federation :-(

New video idea, why u should not resist the terran empire XD

4:43 since when in the federation, Klingons ect that small

Having Star Fleet at your back... If the Federation thinks you’re important enough... If they have the resources/ships to spare... If you’re physically close enough to Star Fleet for them to get enough resources to you quickly enough... If the Federation doesn’t have or make a contradictory agreement with another species...