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  2. Unitary state - Wikipedia

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    A unitary system of government can be considered to be the opposite of federalism. In federations, the provincial/regional governments share powers with the central government as equal actors through a written constitution, to which the consent of both is required to make amendments. This means that the sub-national units have a right to ...

  3. List of countries by system of government - Wikipedia

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  4. List of countries by federal system - Wikipedia

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    The Government of India (referred to as the Union Government) is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 8 union territories. The government of India is based on a three tiered system, in which the Constitution of India delineates the subjects on which each tier of government has executive powers.

  5. Central government - Wikipedia

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    A central government is the government that is a controlling power over a unitary state. Another distinct but sovereign political entity is a federal government , which may have distinct powers at various levels of government, authorized or delegated to it by the federation and mutually agreed upon by each of the federated states .

  6. Federalism - Wikipedia

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    Federalism is a mode of government that combines a general level of government (a central or federal government) with a regional level of sub-unit governments (e.g., provinces, states, cantons, territories, etc.), while dividing the powers of governing between the two levels of governments.

  7. List of national constitutions - Wikipedia

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    Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States (1824) Seven Constitutional Laws (Siete Leyes; 1836) Organic Bases of the Mexican Republic (1843) Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States (1857) Poland. Constitution of 3 May (1791) Constitution of the Duchy of Warsaw (1807) Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland (1815)

  8. Asymmetric federalism - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom is a unitary state, not a federal one, according to its constitution, and the British Parliament still remains sovereign, though some groups such as the Federal Union seek to change this, and Winston Churchill was famously in favour of a British federation.

  9. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) [a] is the common government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, comprising 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district (national capital) of Washington, D.C ...