Federated state

Federated states of various types exist within many of the modern federal states (represented in green color)

A federated state (also state, province, region, canton, land, governorate, oblast, emirate, or country) is a territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federation.^[1] A federated state does not have sovereignty since powers are divided between the other federated states and the federal government. Federated states are different from sovereign states.

Importantly, federated states do not have standing as entities of international law. Instead, the federal union as a single entity is the sovereign state for purposes of international law.^[2] Depending on the constitutional structure of a particular federation, a federated state can hold various degrees of legislative, judicial, and administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory and is a form of regional government.

In some cases, a federation is created from the union of political entities that are either independent or dependent territories of another sovereign entity (most commonly a colonial power).^{[upper-alpha 1]} In other cases, federated states have been created out of the administrative divisions of previously unitary states.^{[upper-alpha 2]} Once a federal constitution is formed, the rules governing the relationship between federal and regional powers become part of the country's constitutional law and not international law.

In countries with federal constitutions, there is a division of power between the central government and the component states. These entities – states, provinces, counties, cantons, Länder, etc. – are partially self-governing and are afforded a degree of constitutionally guaranteed autonomy that varies substantially from one federation to another.^{[upper-alpha 3]} Depending on the form the decentralization of powers takes, a federated state's legislative powers may or may not be overruled or vetoed by the federal government. Laws governing the relationship between federal and regional powers can be amended through the national or federal constitution, and, if they exist, state constitutions as well.

In terms of internal politics, federated states can have republican or monarchical forms of government. Those of republican form (federated republics) are usually called states (like states of the US) or republics (like republics in the former USSR).

List of constituents by federation

The federated units in the table below have inherent governmental authority in the federation's constitutional system, while the "other units" are delegated authority by the federal government or are administered directly by it.^{[citation needed]}

Federation	Federated units	Other units
23 provinces:	1 autonomous city: Template:Country data Buenos Aires[upper-alpha 4]
Australia[3]	6 states:	3 internal territories: Template:Country data Australian Capital Territory[upper-alpha 4] Jervis Bay Territory Template:Country data Northern Territory
		7 external territories: Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australian Antarctic Territory  Christmas Island Template:Country data Cocos (Keeling) Islands Coral Sea Islands Territory Heard Island and McDonald Islands  Norfolk Island
Austria[4]	9 states:
Belgium[5]	3 regions:[upper-alpha 5] Template:Country data Flemish Region  Wallonia Template:Country data Brussels-Capital Region[upper-alpha 4]
	3 communities:[upper-alpha 6] Template:Country data Flemish Community Template:Country data French Community Template:Country data German-speaking Community
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 entities:[upper-alpha 7]  Republika Srpska Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	1 self-governing district: Brčko (officially condominium of both constituents)
	The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is itself a federation of 10 cantons:
Brazil[7]	26 states:
	1 federal district: Template:Country data Brazilian Federal District[upper-alpha 4][upper-alpha 8]
Canada[8]	10 provinces:	3 territories:  Northwest Territories  Nunavut  Yukon
Comoros	3 islands:[upper-alpha 7] Template:Country data Anjouan Template:Country data Grande Comore Template:Country data Mohéli
Ethiopia[9]	12 regions:	2 chartered cities: Addis Ababa[upper-alpha 4] Dire Dawa
Germany[10]	16 states:
India[11]	28 states:	8 union territories: Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chandigarh Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu National Capital Territory of Delhi[upper-alpha 4] Jammu and Kashmir[upper-alpha 9] Ladakh[upper-alpha 9] Lakshadweep Puducherry
Iraq[12]	19 governorates:	1 autonomous region:  Iraqi Kurdistan[upper-alpha 7] (region overlaps the area of the governorates)
Malaysia[13]	13 states:	3 federal territories: Template:Country data Putrajaya Template:Country data Kuala Lumpur[upper-alpha 4] Template:Country data Labuan
Mexico[14]	31 states:
	1 autonomous city: Template:Country data Mexican Federal District[upper-alpha 4]
Micronesia[15]	4 states: Template:Country data Chuuk Template:Country data Kosrae Template:Country data Pohnpei Template:Country data Yap
Nepal	7 provinces:
Nigeria[16]	36 states:	1 territory: Federal Capital Territory[upper-alpha 4]
Pakistan[17]	4 provinces: Template:Country data Balochistan Template:Country data Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Template:Country data Punjab Template:Country data Sindh	2 autonomous territories:[upper-alpha 7]  Azad Jammu and Kashmir[upper-alpha 9] Template:Country data Gilgit-Baltistan[upper-alpha 9]
		1 federal territory: Template:Country data Islamabad[upper-alpha 4]
Russia[18][19]	48 oblasts:
	24 republics:[upper-alpha 7]
	9 krais:
	4 autonomous okrugs:[upper-alpha 7] Template:Country data Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Template:Country data Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug Template:Country data Nenets Autonomous Okrug Template:Country data Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
	3 federal cities: Template:Country data Moscow[upper-alpha 4] Template:Country data Saint Petersburg Template:Country data Sevastopol[upper-alpha 10]
	1 autonomous oblast:[upper-alpha 7] Template:Country data Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1 autonomous island: Template:Country data Nevis	Saint Kitts: Template:Country data Saint Kitts
Somalia[20][21]	5 federal member states:[upper-alpha 11]
South Sudan	10 states:[22]	3 administrative areas:[22] Abyei[upper-alpha 9] Pibor Ruweng
Sudan[23]	18 states:	1 special administrative status area:[24] Abyei[upper-alpha 9]
Switzerland[25]	26 cantons:
United Arab Emirates[26]	7 emirates:
United States[27]	50 states:	1 federal district:  District of Columbia[upper-alpha 4]
		1 incorporated territory:   Palmyra Atoll
		13 unincorporated territories:  American Samoa  Guam  Northern Mariana Islands  Puerto Rico  U.S. Virgin Islands Baker Island Howland Island Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Atoll Navassa Island Wake Island Bajo Nuevo Bank[upper-alpha 9] Serranilla Bank[upper-alpha 9]
Venezuela[28]	23 states:	1 capital district: Template:Country data Caracas Distrito Capital[upper-alpha 4]
		1 federal dependency: Template:Country data Federal Dependencies of Venezuela

See also

• Associated state
• Federal district
• Federal territory
• Federation
• List of administrative divisions by country
• List of autonomous areas by country
• List of sovereign states
• Supranational union
• -stan

Notes

References

0.00 (0 votes) Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federated state. Read more