Several ancient chiefdoms and kingdoms, such as the 4th-century-BCE League of Corinth, Noricum in Central Europe, … See more

The component states are in some sense sovereign, insofar as certain powers are reserved to them that may not be exercised by the central government. However, a federation is more than a mere loose alliance of i… See more

Certain forms of political and constitutional dispute are common to federations. One issue is that the exact division of power and responsibility between federal and regional governments is often a source of controversy… See more

The federal government is the common government of a national or supranational federation. A federal government may have distinct powers at various levels authorized or delegated to it by its member states. The structure o… See more

• Anti-Federalism – 1780s political movement in the U.S.
• Canadian Confederation – 1867 unification of Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick… See more

• "Federal Government" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905. See more