This isn't feasible without a really well-developed internal politics system; one that supports different semi-autonomous nations to form one single empire. One leader, one nation for the external viewer, but many actors that can interact with each other on the inside.
Actors that have their own planets, their own resource pool, their own military (though in a limited fashion for the sake of balance), their own internal diplomacy with factions and their goals/interests, ways to resolve conflicts and territorial disputes, political backstabbing, rights and obligations, something like a common 'culture' that shares certain traditions, tech and research, maybe even some form of interaction with external empires... sounds familiar?
Well, that's more or less how CK works. So, CK in space as the ultimate solution? I think this question has been asked and answered many times, I don't want to derail the topic here. It's about federations, after all.
But I mentioned it for a simple reason: There's no real way around a CK-like internal semi-independence if you want to leave the shallow diplomacy and federation mechanics we have now, if you want a real federation in its truest sense.
Without such a deep system merging empires via diplomacy would simply wipe out all involved parties but one. I wouldn't call that a federation, I would call it just another form of conquest, as having one winner and many losers is just that.
The real question is if a deep politics and federation system is even possible in this game or if it is within the scope of a single patch/DLC. Do I think such an overhaul is doable? I'd have to say no. Sadly.
Maybe we'll get our internal politics expansion one day and then we'll see how it can enrich our present federation mechanics. But it is more likely to get a good system if the game is built around it from the very beginning, which was never the case with Stellaris.
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