- For other uses, see Mali.
Mali was a nation-state in the northwestern part of Africa on Earth.
Mali sent Ajabwe of the Dogon people to represent the country at the 1939 New York World's Fair. (DS9 novelization: Far Beyond the Stars)
In 2045, the CSS Delphinus was found anchored off the coast of Mali following its disappearance from the Byrd Research Complex in Antarctica. (TOS novel: Strangers from the Sky)
- Curiously, Mali is a landlocked nation, perhaps suggesting a shift in the borders sometime prior to 2045.