Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Since the foundation of the United Federation of Planets, the galaxy has been dominated by the same few national powers. But how might the Templin Institute rank these nations in relation to one another? Which is the most powerful faction of the Star Trek galaxy?

0:00 | Introduction
2:10 | Defining Power
3:51 | United Federation of Planets
6:50 | Klingon Empire
8:46 | Romulan Star Empire
10:48 | Tangent #1: Interstellar Cartography
11:23 | Cardassian Union
12:29 | Ferengi Alliance
13:34 | Breen Confederacy
14:23 | The Dominion
16:00 | The Borg
17:05 | Speculating on the 25th Century

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