A Federal State

Federal state

States in which the federal government shares power with semi-independent regional governments. In many cases, the central government is (in theory) a creation of the regional governments; a prime example is the United States.



Argentina (23 provinces and 1 autonomous city)
Australia (6 states and 2 territories)
Austria (9 states)
Belgium (3 regions and 3 linguistic communities)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska and Brčko District)
Brazil (26 states and 1 federal district)
Canada (10 provinces and 3 territories)
Comoros (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mohéli)
Ethiopia (9 regions and 3 chartered cities)
Germany (16 states)
India (28 states and 7 union territories)
Iraq (Currently 18 governates and 1 region)
Malaysia (13 states and 3 federal territories)
Mexico (31 states and 1 federal district)
Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap)
Nigeria (36 states and 1 federal capital territory)
Pakistan (4 provinces and 2 territories)
Palau (16 states)
Papua New Guinea (18 provinces, 1 autonomous region and 1 capital district)
Russia (46 oblasts, 21 republics, 9 krais, 4 autonomous okrugs, 2 federal cities, 1 autonomous oblast)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (14 parishes)
South Africa (9 provinces)
Switzerland (26 cantons)
United Arab Emirates (7 emirates)
United States (50 states, 2 commonwealths, 1 federal district, and 14 territories)
Venezuela (23 states, 1 capital district and 1 federal dependency)