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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Star Trek] Why was Earth of all places chosen as the capitol of the federation?
gpt
Because humanity was no one'e enemy, is the short answer.

The long answer is that, when humanity began exploring the stars, the other founding members of the Federation (the Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites) had longstanding rivalries, occasionally breaking out into shooting wars. Humanity was allied with the Vulcans, but officially neutral in their longstanding conflict with the Andorians. After a number of incidents in which the Enterprise NX-01 aided the Andorians, humanity earned enough respect from both the Vulcans and Andorians that those two races asked humanity to mediate negotiations to end their disputes. Eventually the Tellarites were brought into the negotiations, and the end result was the formation of the Federation.