Talk:Pre-Federation History of Warp drive

About Australia not entering the united earth government - this is a commonly held belief - the dialogue comes from TNG: "Attached", and this source is from http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Australia :

It is a common belief that Australia was the last state to join the United Earth Government in 2150, but Australia holding out was only used by Beverly Crusher as a hypothetical example when discussing the eligibility of the fractured planet Kesprytt with Jean-Luc Picard in TNG: "Attached."