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federation

Also known as federative state, federated states, federal state, federal union

sammanslutning av flera självständiga stater, delstater eller organisationer

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: form of government
Subclass of: political union
Has part: federal republic
Image: Carte suisse2.png

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opposite of: unitary state
topic's main category: Category:Federal countries
Commons category: Federación
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
facet of: federalism
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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En federation (efter latin foedus, 'fördrag', 'förbund'), federal stat eller förbundsstat är en sammanslutning av flera självständiga enheter: stater, delstater eller organisationer. Statsrättsligt är en federation detsamma som en förbundsstat, en politisk union (realunion) av delstater (eller förbundsländer, som det heter i Tyskland och Österrike).

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