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The size of the Federation should pretty much be classed as cannon, its fair that the distance between certain worlds is condensed for story telling purposes but that doesn't rule out the idea of a new Federation being explored in any new series. The idea of a Starship/taskforce from our federation arriving on the other side after a five year journey, and being briefed on by a none-corporial Admiral on the problems faced there, a ten year long border war with the '.... Empire", the recent escalating tensions with the "......Alliance which has been at the Federations throat since Kirk's Era. It could be fascinating.
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Unles that Cigar is 2,000 ly wide. Then you're looking at 20,000 light years to travel. Honestly, I think the 8,000 light year figure is as it's widest point. I would like to think that Fed space is not circular but more like the shape of a spider. So the main bulk of the Federation would be far smaller.
But I still favor the warp highways. It fixes any contradticting speeds that episodes might have produced.
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