The Galactic Ferengal Alliance is a political entity started by the bargaining
and contract-making skills of the Ferengi around their homeworld. It consists
of many races and worlds, but its outward face tends to be dominated by
Ferengi just as the UFP tends to remain represented by Terrans.
Each planet in the GFA tends to operate as an independent world, and takes on
a distinctive character. The Alliance provides a legal structure, the Ferengi
Commerce Authority, which regulates and oversees trade. It also operates a
military, whose principal occupation is the enforcement of contracts.
Alliance diplomats also tend to work for the government, which is seated on
Ferenganor, the homeworld of the Ferengi.
Perhaps the best known non-Ferengi planet in the Alliance is Nausicaa. The
Nausicaans are a race of fighters known for strength, bravery and piracy. The
Ferengi view Nausicaans as natural employees, with their size and strength
well-matched to large alien customers, and have made large investments in the
planet's economy, making it into a major market.
Ferengi planets are under the control of their governor, or Daon. The Daons
meet in a Conclave which decides most policy, to be executed by the Grand
Nagus, the head of state. The rank of Nagus is bestowed upon citizens of
great wealth and distinction by the Conclave. Ferengi ship captains are
called DaiMon, and their mission is principally to discover new markets and
evaluate them for exploitation. The GFA operates perhaps the largest
freighter fleet in the known galaxy, and they are the only makers of the
largest class of freighter vessels.
With its focus on doing business with anyone anywhere, the GFA may be the most
adaptable of factions. Ripples of profound change have spread through the
Alliance as a result of contact with outside civilizations. The pace of
change here is brisk.
There are currently two species that are considered native to the GFA, the Ferengi
and the Nausicaans
A brief history of the Alliance.
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