Federation

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Federation can refer to:

Use in political science

• Federation, a state governed under the system of federalism
  • Federated school, a model of governance used by some educational institutions which is also analogous to a political federation
  • Federation of Australia, 1901 - a historical event in the History of Australia
  • Non-governmental organizations, unions and other organisation called 'federations'
    • World Wrestling Entertainment formerly known as World Wrestling Federation, a professional wrestling promotion
    • American Federation of Teachers
    • National Wildlife Federation in the USA
    • Community Health Charities of America
  • Fictional federations
    • United Federation of Planets, a fictional federation in Star Trek
    • Terran Federation (Blake's 7), the fictional totalitarian government centred on Earth in the British television series Blake's 7
    • Argon Federation, a fictional race of human descendants in the X computer game series
    • The Earth Federation, a fictional governing body of the Universal Century Gundam anime series
    • The Terran Federation (Starship Troopers) and United Citizens' Federation from the novel and film Starship Troopers
    • Trade Federation, a fictional alliance in Star Wars
    • The Galactic Federation, a fictional organisation featured in the Doctor Who serials The Curse of Peladon and The Monster of Peladon
    • The Galactic Federation is the main governing body in the Metroid video game series
    • The Federation (Shannara) is the main government of the humans in the Southland

Use in information science

• Federation (information technology), the standardization of information systems, or their means of inter-connection
  • Federated identity, many (generally un-federated) methods of allowing user's data in one system to be transferred to, and used by, another

Other uses

• Federation architecture, an Australian architectural style (c. 1890 - c. 1915)
• Federation II, a text-based online RPG.
• The Federation (band), a Bay Area hip-hop collective

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