Federal state
"Federal state" in a Sentence (8 examples)
Near-synonyms: federation (usually synonymous); see also Thesaurus:federal country
The United States of America, Canada, Australia and Switzerland are all federal states. Federalism combines unity with diversity.
The Republic of Austria is a Federal State composed of nine autonomous federal provinces.
Ceará is one of the federal states of Brazil and is located in the semi-arid northeast.
New South Wales (NSW) is one of the six federal states of Australia.
In this context, the integration of security committees in the federal states of Mexico with the highest incidence is promoted: Coahuila, Durango, State of Mexico, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Veracruz, ...
Since reunification in 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany has had 16 rather than just eleven Länder or federal states, the five new states being Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
Administration in the Länder (provinces, or federal states) is the duty of the state governments, the Landesregierungen.