Gorn Hegemony

The Gorn Hegemony is the Gorn state. In 2266, the Gorn Hegemony made first contact with the United Federation of Planets, destroying the Federation colony at Cestus III, a world they considered to be their territory before being persued by the USS Enterprise. After intervention from the non-corporeal life-forms known as the Metrons, the Gorn Hegemony reached an agreement about the territorial dispute, and Cestus III was ceded to the Federation. ("Arean" [TOS].)

In 2375, the Gorn Hegemony suffered a coup d'etat as the USS Enterprise-E visited their world in an attempt to enlist the Hegemony's aide in the Dominion War. The new Gorn government attacked and occupied Cestus III, now a Federation Member State, before being thwarted. The Hegemony later joined the Allied cause. (The Gorn Crisis, Articles of the Federation.)

By 2379, the Gorn Hegemony had established normal diplomatic relations with the Federation, and even maintained a diplomatic mission on Earth. The Gorn Ambassador to the United Federation of Planets that year was Zogozin, whom Federation President Min Zife of Bolarus found very intimidating. (A Time to Heal.)