Editing United Federation of Planets (section)

==Reception==
The optimistic view of the future present in the Federation has been highlighted as unique among most [[science fiction]], showing how "evolved" and "civilized" the future could conceivably be.<ref name="newyorktimes">{{cite news |author=Saswato R. Das |date=2011-06-23 |title=Astronomical! |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/opinion/global/24iht-june24-ihtmag-das-32.html?_r=0 |access-date=2016-01-25 |newspaper=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> It has been described, along with the series as a whole, as a vehicle to explore what it means to be human, as well as exploring mankind's efforts to build a better society.<ref name="slate2">{{cite magazine |author=Matthew Yglesias |date=2013-05-15 |title=I Boldly Went Where Every Star Trek Movie and TV Show Has Gone Before |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_completist/2013/05/star_trek_movies_and_tv_series_which_are_the_best_why.html |access-date=2016-01-25 |magazine=[[Slate Magazine]]}}</ref> Other writers have noted that ''Star Trek''{{'}}s Federation has the same logistical and philosophical difficulties of other utopian economic and political schemes that make it seem unrealistic.<ref name="businessinsider">{{cite web |author=Joseph Gargiulo |date=2015-10-17 |title=The utopian future of 'Star Trek' doesn't work without some form of inequality |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/utopian-future-of-star-trek-2015-10 |access-date=2016-01-25 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> However, Star Trek has brought up this idea of coerced service labor being necessary for its utopian society in "[[The Measure of a Man (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Measure of a Man]]", where Captain Jean-Luc Picard successfully defends Data's right to resign from Starfleet in a trial of his sentience, which extends the right not to work to robots alongside all other sentient beings following the in-universe year 42523.7 (2365 AD.).

In 2020, ''[[Screen Rant]]'' noted the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "[[First Contact (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|First Contact]]" for exploring the United Federation of Planets and how it sometimes struggles with contact with aliens.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2020-04-28 |title=The 15 Best Star Trek: TNG Episodes Of All Time |url=https://screenrant.com/best-star-trek-tng-episodes/ |access-date=2020-05-10 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US}}</ref>