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Confederation

A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states or chiefdoms united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defence, foreign relations, internal trade or currency, with the central government being…

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Confederated states

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Confederation

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Confederation

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related to Indigenous confederations in North America · 42
Confederation → Americas, Blackfoot Confederacy, Canada, Cayuga, Council, Each, First Nations, Five, Grand Council, Great Sioux Nation, Haudenosaunee, Illinois Confederation, In, Iron Confederacy, Iroquois, Iroquois League, It, League, Manahoac Confederacy, Mohawk
related to Canada · 38
Confederation → Alberta, Beginning, British Columbia, British Empire, British North America, Canada, Canada East, Canada West, Canada's, Canadian, Canadian Confederation, Constitution Act, Dominion, However, Importantly, In, In Canada, July, Labrador, Later
related to European Union · 37
Confederation → Alain Marciano, As, Börzel, Common Foreign, Daniel Kelemen, EU, Europe, European, European Court, European Parliament, European Union, First, Furthermore, Hague Academy, However, It, Jean-Michel Josselin, Joseph, Josselin, Justice
related to Sources · 28
Confederation → ABC-CLIO, An Introduction, Business Media, California, Concise Oxford Dictionary, Culture, Eastern Europe, February, Grant, International Relations, ISBN, Kembayev, Lands, Legal Aspects, Miller, Montenegro, Nicholas, Oxford University Press, People, Politics
see also · 26
Confederation → Arab, ASEAN, Associated, Atlantic Treaty Organization, CIS, Collective Security Treaty Organization, Commonwealth, CommonwealthCoalition, Continental, CSTO, EAEU, Economic Community, ECOWAS, Eurasian Economic Union, FederalismFederationList, Independent States, NATO, NATOMilitary, OTS, Persian GulfAssociation
related to Switzerland · 22
Confederation → After, Alps, Catholic, Confederacy, Europe, Federal Constitution, German, Habsburg Empire, Helvetic Confederation, It, Latin Confoederatio Helvetica, Oath, Old Swiss Confederacy, Protestant, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Sonderbund, Sonderbund War, Swiss, Swiss Comradeship, Swiss Confederation
related to Serbia and Montenegro · 16
Confederation → As, Federal Republic, In, June, May, Montenegrin, Montenegro, Montenegro's, On, Republic, Serbia, Serbia's, State Union, The, United Nations, Yugoslavia
related to Union State of Russia and Belarus · 13
Confederation → Alexander Lukashenko, Although, Belarus, Consequently, However, In, Its, January, Russia, Russia's, The Times, The Union State, Union State
related to Indigenous confederations in South America · 12
Confederation → Andean, Aymara, Colombia, Diaguita, Muisca, Pre-Columbian, Several, Tairona, The Andean, The Hoa, The Muisca, Zipa
related to Belgium · 11
Confederation → Belgium, Belgium's Communities, Communities, Constitutional, In, It, More, Patricia Popelier, Regions, The, The Kingdom

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federal states state government union federation political member confederacy eu confederations may common sovereign canada international also serbia montenegro form

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Confederationrelated to Alliance of Sahel StatesOn July0.60section
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Confederationrelated to Alliance of Sahel StatesSahel States0.60section
Confederationrelated to Alliance of Sahel StatesAES0.60section
Confederationrelated to Alliance of Sahel StatesMali0.60section
Confederationrelated to Alliance of Sahel StatesBurkina Faso0.60section
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Confederationrelated to Alliance of Sahel StatesECOWAS0.60section
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Confederationrelated to BelgiumThe Kingdom0.60section
Confederationrelated to BelgiumBelgium0.60section

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