federal republics
Decentralized democratic states
Federal republics are nations that combine federalism—a system dividing power between a central government and regional units like states or provinces—with republican governance, where power derives from citizens rather than a monarch.
The United States, Germany, and Brazil are federal republics.
India is the world's largest federal republic.
- concurrent powersPowers held by multiple governments
- popular sovereigntyPopulace holds ultimate authority
- United StatesNorth American federal republic
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
- power sharingDistributing authority among groups
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Unions of sovereign entities
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States with hereditary rulers
absolute monarchies · kingdoms · constitutional monarchies · empires · principalities
federal republicsabsolute monarchies
States with all-powerful sovereigns
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