federacy
Sign in to saveA federacy is a form of government where one or several substate units enjoy considerably more independence than the majority of the substate units. To some extent, such an arrangement can be considered to be similar to asymmetric federalism.
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It is catalogued under topics including Constitutional state types, Federalism and Incomplete lists from August 2008.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Federacies
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia and Norfolk Island
- Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan
- China, Hong Kong and Macau {{Citation needed|reason=Communist China is still a unitary state and even notional devolution is now nominal (in name only), with draconian "security" law post-2020 protest|date=September 2023}}
- Fiji and Rotuma
- Finland and Åland
- France and its overseas lands
- Iraq and Kurdistan
- Kashmir and India/Pakistan
- Mauritius and Rodrigues
- Moldova and Gagauzia
- Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
- New Zealand, Cook Islands and Niue
- Nicaragua, North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
- Papua New Guinea and Bougainville
- Philippines and Bangsamoro
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Serbia, Vojvodina and Kosovo
- Tajikistan and Gorno-Badakhshan
- Tanzania and Zanzibar
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Ukraine and Crimea
- United States and Puerto Rico
- Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan
- Comparison to other systems of autonomy
- Associated states
- Asymmetric federations
- British Overseas Territories
- Crown Dependencies
- Devolution
- Criticisms
- The case of Puerto Rico
- See also
- References
A federacy is a form of government where one or several substate units enjoy considerably more independence than the majority of the substate units. To some extent, such an arrangement can be considered to be similar to asymmetric federalism.
==Description== A federacy is a form of government with features of both a federation and unitary state. In a federacy, at least one of the constituent parts of the state is autonomous, while the other constituent parts are either not autonomous or comparatively less autonomous. An example of such an arrangement is Finland, where Åland, which has the status of autonomous province, has considerably more autonomy than the other provinces. The autonomous constituent part enjoys a degree of independence as though it was part of federation, while the other constituent parts are as independent as subunits in a unitary state. This autonomy is guaranteed in the country's constitution. The autonomous subunits are often former colonial possessions or are home to a different ethnic group from the rest of the country. These autonomous subunits often have a special status in international relations.
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