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 | | The quadrant is home to the bulk of the Federation and the Cardassian Union, along with Bajor and its adjacent wormhole which bridges a 70,000-lightyear shortcut to the Gamma Quadrant. |
 | | The bulk of the Klingon and Romulan empires, the Ferengi and Tholians are among the major cultures located there along the joint Alpha Quadrant boundary with the Federation, which also extends into it slightly. |
 | | Earth: Also known as Sol III, or Terra, this is the home world of the Human race, and the center of the United Federation of Planets. |
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