Michael Sussman was instrumental in establishing which species founded the Federation. “My phone rings and Brannon [Braga] says, ‘Mike, real quick - who are the founding species of the Federation?’ What flipped through my mind,” recalled Sussman, “was that it had never been established, but there had been a lot of fan speculation going back to ‘Journey to Babel’ that many of those races - the Tellarites, the Andorians and the little gold guys - were among the founding members. For that quarter of a second I’m thinking, ‘What do I tell him? If I say it’s never been decided he might make up a couple of new races and that might set certain people off’. So I basically lied to him and said ‘Oh yeah, it’s Andorians and Tellarites.’ He put it in the script and now it’s canon!” (Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, issue 37, p. 15)

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/United_Federation_of_Planets#History

    • @ummthatguyEnglish
      18•2 months ago

      Not founding members, but still early entrants. The Aaamazzarites.

      Per co-creator Robert Fletcher:

      AAAMAZZARITES – Therbians from planet Aaamazzara. They generate their own clothing from out of own mouths, like bees making hives. They manufacture everything they use from their own chemistry, from inside their own body, from clothing to furniture.

      • @trolololol
        3•2 months ago

        So if you need to build a house you spend half the time in all you can eat buffets. Neat AND healthy.