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A
federation
is a union of a number of self-governing
states
or regions, which are joined together under a central government. The central government is not able to do a lot of things that central government in more centralized states can. These things are done by the states (or regions) in a federalized state.
The
United States of America
is a federation. The federal (central) government has the highest executive role. However, state governments can exercise any powers as long as those powers are not assigned to the federal government (by the
United States Constitution
) and if those powers are not prohibited by the states themselves.
Australia
became a Federation in 1901.
After the 1971
civil war
,
Pakistan
became a Federation adopted in the
1973 Constitution of Pakistan
.
Other examples of federal states are
Austria
,
Belgium
(since 1993),
Canada
,
Germany
,
Russia
and
Switzerland
.
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