Vilket ord beskriver organisationer som Federation, Klingon Empire och Dominion in Star Trek?

På DS9: Sökningen (del 2) , hänvisar den falska admiral Alynna Nechayev till grupperingar i Alpha kvadrant som " Allianser :

NECHAYEV: They're already meeting with representatives from the Federation Council and a dozen other Alpha Quadrant alliances. We're hoping to have a treaty signed within a matter of days, and we have you to thank for it.

SISKO: Actually it's Lieutenant Dax and Chief O'Brien who deserve most of the credit.

Den falska Romulan-ambassadören hänvisar till dem som "Stora styrkor" i samma avsnitt:

BASHIR: I wasn't aware the Romulans had been excluded.

T'RUL: Every great power in the Alpha Quadrant has been invited to participate except for us.

BASHIR: There must be some mistake.

Odo hänvisar även till dem som sådana i DS9: Inquisition :

BASHIR: I can't believe the Federation condones this kind of activity.

ODO: Personally, I find it hard to believe they wouldn't. Every other great power has a unit like Section thirty one. The Romulans have the Tal Shiar, the Cardassians had the Obsidian Order.

BASHIR: But what does that say about us? When push comes to shove, are we willing to sacrifice our principles in order to survive?

Och det gör Jaro också DS9: Cirkeln :

KIRA: How can you betray your own government?

JARO: Major, I don't have to tell you. I've heard your opinion of this government. Government. They can't even agree it is a government, so they call it provisional. It's just another word for powerless. I won't allow the Bajoran people to be powerless any more. We have been doormats to the Cardassians and now the Federation. Any great power that happens by. We will not be that again. We are a people who brought art and architecture to countless planets. We don't deserve to be victims.

I DS9: Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges hänvisar Sloan helt enkelt till dem som "befogenheter":

SLOAN: To evaluate an ally. And a temporary ally at that. I say that because when the war is over, the following will happen in short order. The Dominion will be forced back to the Gamma Quadrant, the Cardassian Empire will be occupied, the Klingon Empire will spend the next ten years recovering from the war and won't pose a serious threat to anyone. That leaves two powers to vie for control of the quadrant, the Federation and the Romulans.

liksom Kirk på TOS: Ett privat litet krig :

KIRK: Bones, do you remember the twentieth century brush wars on the Asian continent? Two giant powers involved, much like the Klingons and ourselves. Neither side felt could pull out.

MCCOY: Yes, I remember. It went on bloody year after bloody year.

Du kan också vilja notera att (helt kanon) Star Trek Encyclopedia hänvisar till dem hela som Alpha Quadrant-krafterna , till exempel i den här potthistorien av Dominion War:

The war continued badly for the Alpha Quadrant powers until later in that year when the Romulan Star Empire abrogated its nonaggression treaty with the Dominion. A massive assault by Federation, Klingon, and Romulan forces that captured the Chin'toka System from Cardassian control represented a major turning point in the war. Nevertheless, aided by Breen forces and sophisticated Breen weaponry, the Dominion overwhelmed the Alpha Quadrant powers, despite the fact that a deadly virus was infecting the Great Link. This biological weapon, a genetically engineered disease developed by the Federation's Section 31, nearly wiped out the Founders. Despite an overwhelmingly powerful military force, the Dominion began to lose ground when the Alpha Quadrant powers developed the means to defend against Breen technology

Det brukar också referera till dem (enskilt) som " nationer ":

Klingon Neutral Zone : A no-man's-land between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. Passage into the zone by ships of either nation was forbidden by treaty. The Klingon Neutral Zone was abolished in 2293 by the Khitomer Accords

Romulan Star Empire. : The formal name of the Romulan nation. An enigmatic offshoot of the Vulcan civilization, now residing on planets Romulus and Remus

De är polities :

polity

n. pl. polities

1. The form of government of a nation, state, church, or organization.

2. An organized society, such as a nation, having a specific form of government. "Hs alien philosophy found no roots in the American polity." (New York Times)

Det är den andra definitionen du letar efter. Vilket som helst stat, oberoende av dess regeringssystem, beskrivs som en polis. Ännu mindre enheter inom stater, såsom enskilda provinser och städer, beskrivs som polities. Den täcker alla baser du behöver i Star Trek .

Det finns inget svar i universum, men du behöver inte verkligen en. Det här är mer av en språk- och terminologiproblem än en Star Trek en. Du kan också få genom att ringa alla enheter som du beskriver ovan som ett tillstånd , specifikt definition 4d :

A body politic, especially one comprising a nation: the states of Eastern Europe.

Användningen av "state" som en definition för policyn i Star Trek bryter sannolikt upp när man diskuterar arter som Borg, eller till och med Hirogen, medan polisen fortfarande har den täckt.

Jag har tänkt mycket på detta; hur man rankar de viktigaste politiska krafterna i Trek med hjälp av våra nuvarande definitioner i internationell politik: stormakter, stormakter, regionala krafter och mindre makter. Wikipedia ger en bra artikel om krafthierarkin i internationell politik: länk

Romulan Star Empire och Breen Confederacy skulle betraktas som stormakter. De har inte nödvändigtvis den fulla militära och ekonomiska räckvidden hos supermakterna, men de kan fortfarande projekta sitt inflytande över alfa- och beta-kvadranterna.

Jag tror att Cardassian Union skulle troligen rankas som en regional kraft som strävar efter stor maktstatus. Jag säger detta för att, från det vi sett i TV-serier, verkar Cardassia bara ha inflytande i regionen omedelbart kring dess territorium. Det är också antydet att Cardassia är begränsat i naturresurser och därmed har en dålig ekonomi. Den enda gången vi har sett Cardassia-projektstyrkan långt bortom dess gränser var under dess misslyckade angrepp på Dominion (som endast var möjligt med hjälp av Romulan). Cardassia blev ett stort hot under Dominionskriget, men bara för att det var uppbyggt av Dominion-förstärkningar.

Mindre polities som Ferengi Alliance, Talarrepubliken och Gorn Hegemony skulle bäst beskrivas som mindre eller medelmakter. De kan stå på egen hand utan hjälp utanför, men kan inte projicera mycket makt utanför sina territorier.