Federation

From MicroWiki

Types of Government

Anarchy Yardistani Anarchy* Oligarchy Autocracy Totalitarianism Fascism Police State Monarchy Absolute Monarchy Constitutional Monarchy Democratic Monarchy* Weighted Monarchracy* Dinarchy Dictatorship Benevolent Dictatorship Aristocracy Feudalism Imperial Republic* Plutocracy Corporate Republic Meritocracy Technocracy Theocracy Aryez Theocracy* Cedrist Theocracy* Horjinic Theocracy* Soloralist Triumvirate* Representation Direct Democracy Timed Democracy* Imperial Democracy* Republic Confederation/Federation Federal Republic Democratic Republic Demesos* * Listed government is unique to micronations.

A Federation is a form of government characterised by the existence of several autonomous or semi-autonomous States, Constituent Countries or Communities with their own individual governments answerable to a single central government. Typically, Federations are Federal Republics, all though the term may also apply to Monarchies or Oligarchies with Principalities or similar puppet states answering to a single central authority. Unlike a Confederation in which membership is entirely voluntary, a Federation is a nation within it's own right. As such, the central government exercises a great deal more power than in a Confederation.

The best example of a macronational Federation is the United States of America, with another major example being the Russian Federation. On MicroWiki, the Cheslovian Federation, the Empire of New Europe, the Federal Republic of St.Charlie and the Union of Socialist Micronational Republics are good examples of three active Federal states. All three of these nations have distinctly similar federative systems, yet at the same time each has adapted it's system to their own individual culture and political persuasion.