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Federation

A federation (also called a federal state) is a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governing status of the component units and the division of power between them and the central government are constitutionally entrenched and may not be altered…

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Federations and other forms of state

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Federal governments

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Federation

Nodes211
Edges210
Triples173
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009479
Components1

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Federation

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related to Defunct · 67
Federation → Algarves, America, Arab, Austria, Austria-Hungary, Bolivian Confederation, Brazil, Cameroon, Central America, China, Colombia, Confederate Ireland, Confederate States, Confederation, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Federal Republic, Federal State, Federated Dutch Republic
see also · 36
Federation → Alexander Hamilton, Anti-Federalism, Australia, AustraliaFederalist, Australian, Belief, Canada, Federal, Federalism, Federalist Movement, Federalist Papers, Federations, FederationsIndependent, Intermarium, James Madison, John JayFederation, Multinational, New BrunswickCentre, Nova Scotia, Organization
related to history · 20
Federation → Argentina, BCE League, Brazil, Central America, Central Europe, Columbian North America, Corinth, Federal Republic, Federal War, Iroquois Confederacy, Latin America, New World, Noricum, Others, Several, Some, Spanish American, The Old Swiss Confederacy, United States, Venezuela
related to Confederation · 10
Federation → Article, Belgian, Belgium, Canadian, European Union, Proposals, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland, The, While
related to Federations · 10
Federation → An, European, German Länder, However, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Some, The
related to Contemporary · 7
Federation → Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America, There
related to Empire · 4
Federation → An, Constitution, German Empire, Imperial
related to De facto federations · 3
Federation → De, For, The
related to Asymmetric federalism · 2
Federation → Asymmetric, In
related to Federal governments · 2
Federation → Federal, Powers

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federal states state federations government union constitution constitutional central unitary federalism powers confederation autonomy united regions also autonomous republic power

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the United Statesinstance oftransformed into federal states upon independence0.80text
and various countries in Latin Americainstance oftransformed into federal states upon independence0.80text
Galiciainstance ofFor the Spanish parliament to revoke the autonomy of regions0.80text
Catalonia or the Basque Country would be a political near-impossibilityinstance ofFor the Spanish parliament to revoke the autonomy of regions0.80text
though nothing bars it legallyinstance ofFor the Spanish parliament to revoke the autonomy of regions0.80text
Navarre or the Basque Country have full control over taxationinstance ofsome autonomies0.80text
spendinginstance ofsome autonomies0.80text
transferring a payment to the central government for the common servicesinstance ofsome autonomies0.80text
Federationrelated to Asymmetric federalismAsymmetric0.60section
Federationrelated to Asymmetric federalismIn0.60section
Federationrelated to ConfederationThe0.60section
Federationrelated to ConfederationEuropean Union0.60section

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