Federated state
A territorial community forming part of a federation.
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A federated state is a territorial and constitutional community that forms part of a federation. It does not possess international sovereignty, as powers are divided between the other federated states and the federal government, and it operates under domestic or federal law in relation to the rest of the world.
Quick Facts
- Also known as
- state
- province
- region
- canton
- land
- governorate
- oblast
- emirate
- or country
- Legal standing
- Not automatic as entities of international law
- Government forms
- Republican or monarchical
- Jurisdiction
- Legislative
- judicial
- and administrative over a defined geographic territory
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Background
Federated states are created either from the union of political entities that were independent or dependent territories of another sovereign entity, or from the administrative divisions of previously unitary states. Once a federal constitution is formed, the rules governing the relationship between federal and regional powers become part of the country's constitutional law, not international law. The degree of constitutionally guaranteed autonomy varies substantially from one federation to another.
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- Wikipedia: Federated state (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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