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Revision as of 21 : 28, 16 August 2017 by ThecentreCZ ( talk contribs ) ( → ‎ Historic ) ( diff ) ← Previous revision Latest revision ( diff ) Newer revision → ( diff ) Part of the Politics series Basic forms of government Power structure Separation Associated state Dominion Chiefdom Federalism Federation Federacy Confederation Devolution Integration Associated state Colony Dominion Empire Hegemony Protectorate Puppet state Transcontinental state Tributary state Unitary state Vassal state Administrative division Power source Democracy power of many Representative Liberal Delegative democracy Direct Sortition Social democracy Athenian democracy Cellular democracy Military Illiberal democracy Totalitarian democracy Semi Guided democracy Multi-party system Separation of powers Fusion of powers Westminster system Rule of law others Oligarchy power of few Aristocracy Military junta Noocracy Stratocracy Plutocracy Corporatocracy Geniocracy Timocracy Theocracy Kritarchy Particracy Meritocracy Technocracy Two - party system Autocracy power of one Despotism Dictatorship Civilian dictatorship Military Dictatorship Semi-authoritarian One - party state Dominant - party system Hybrids Anocracy Electoralism Semi-democracy Guided democracy Power ideology Monarchy vs. Republic socio - political ideologies Absolute Constitutional Federal Elective monarchy Diarchy Crowned republic Federal republic Constitutional Republic Democratic republic Socialist republic Directorial Legalist ( Chinese ) Parliamentary Semi-presidential Presidential Authoritarian vs. Libertarian socio - economic ideologies Colonialism Capitalism Corporatism State capitalism Business nationalism Communism National Communism World Communism Anarcho - Communism Anarcho - Capitalism Marxism - Leninism Marxism Maoism Stalinism Leninism Trotskyism Fascism Nazism Neo-Nazism Islamism Salafism Wahhabism Qutbism Christian Fundamentalism Socialism Centrism Liberalism Classical liberalism Neoliberalism Conservatism Traditional conservatism Paleoconservatism Neoconservatism Populism Nationalism Chauvinism Cosmopolitanism Monarchism Militarism Imperialism Distributism Feudalism Tribalism Pluralism ( political philosophy ) Anarchism vs. Statism civil - liberties ideologies Anarchy Anarcho - Communism Anarcho - Capitalism Minarchy Police state Authoritarianism Totalitarianism Global vs. Local geo - cultural ideologies Globalism Central City - state National unity World Politics portal A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. At its core, the literal meaning of the word republic when used to reference a form of government means : `` a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader ( such as a president ) rather than by a king or queen ''. In a federal republic, there is a division of powers between the federal government, and the government of the individual subdivisions. While each federal republic manages this division of powers differently, common matters relating to security and defense, and monetary policy are usually handled at the federal level, while matters such as infrastructure maintenance and education policy are usually handled at the regional or local level. However, views differ on what issues should be a federal competence, and subdivisions usually have sovereignty in some matters where the federal government does not have jurisdiction. A federal republic is thus best defined in contrast to a unitary republic, whereby the central government has complete sovereignty over all aspects of political life. This more decentralized structure helps to explain the tendency for more populous countries to operate as federal republics. Most federal republics codify the division of powers between orders of government in a written constitutional document. The political differences between a federal republic and other federal states, especially federal monarchies under a parliamentary system of government, are largely a matter of legal form rather than political substance, as most federal states are democratic in structure if not practice with checks and balances. However, some federal monarchies, such as the United Arab Emirates are based upon principles other than democracy. Contents 1 Contemporary 2 Historic 3 See also 4 Notes and references 5 External links Contemporary Federal state Official name and style Subdivisions Head of state Argentina Argentine Republic Provinces and one autonomous city President Austria Republic of Austria States President Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Entities, Cantons and one federal District Collective presidency Brazil Federative Republic of Brazil States and one federal district President Comoros Union of the Comoros Autonomous islands President Ethiopia Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Regions President Germany Federal Republic of Germany States President India Republic of India States and territories President Iraq Republic of Iraq Provinces President Mexico United Mexican States States and one autonomous entity President Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia States President Nepal Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Provinces President Nigeria Federal Republic of Nigeria States and one federal territory President Pakistan Islamic Republic of Pakistan Provinces President Russia Russian Federation Federal subjects President Somalia Federal Republic of Somalia Regions President South Sudan Republic of South Sudan States President Sudan Republic of Sudan States President Switzerland Swiss Confederation Cantons Federal council United States United States of America States and one federal district President Venezuela Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela States, one capital district and federal dependencies President Historic Federation Official name and style Period Subdivisions Dutch Republic Republic of the Seven United Netherlands 1581 -- 1795 Provinces Great Colombia Republic of Colombia United States of Colombia 1819 -- 1831 1863 -- 1886 States Federal Republic of Central America United Provinces of Central America Federal Republic of Central America 1823 -- 1838 Mexico United Mexican States 1824 -- 1835 Confederate States Confederate States of America 1861 -- 1865 States China Republic of China 1912 -- 1949 Provinces Germany German Reich ( Weimar Republic ) 1919 -- 1933 States Russian SFSR Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( Russian Federation from 25 December 1991 ) 1917 -- 1993 Federal subjects Soviet Union Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1922 -- 1991 Republics Yugoslavia Federal People 's Republic of Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1945 -- 1992 Republics Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Federal Republic of Yugoslavia State Union of Serbia and Montenegro 1992 -- 2003 2003 -- 2006 Republics Burma Union of Burma 1948 -- 1962 States Indonesia Republic of the United States of Indonesia 1949 -- 1950 States Cameroon Federal Republic of Cameroon 1961 -- 1972 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Czech and Slovak Federative Republic 1969 -- 1990 1990 -- 1992 Republics See also Form of government List of republics Federal monarchy Notes and references Jump up ^ `` republic ''. Jump up ^ Forum of Federations : ( 1 ), Schram, Sanford. Handbook of Federal Countries : United States, pg 373 - 391, 2005. Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Austria, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Bosnia and Herzegovina, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Brazil, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Ethiopia, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Germany, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : India, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Mexico, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Nepal, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Nigeria, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Pakistan, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Russia, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Switzerland, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : United States, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ CIA World Factbook : Venezuela, 14 May 2009 Jump up ^ Government continued in Taiwan. ^ Jump up to : The CIA World Factbook officially dated October 15, 1991 Jump up ^ The states lived on until a final treaty in 1956 in which Republic of South Maluku and the State of Eastern Sumatra agreed to devolve into the Republic of Indonesia. 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Question: what is meant by federal democratic republic state
Answer: a division of powers between the federal government, and the government of the individual subdivisions