Federal republic

A federal republic is a federation of a lot of states, with a republican form of central governments. It differs from a unitary state in that in a federal republic, the authorities of the state governments cannot be taken back by the central governments.

A republic is a country belonging to the people, whereas a federation is a form of government where by regional divisions are not branches of the central government. Thus, a federal republic has power divisions and regional governments fall under the power domain of the national government. 

Many countries have a federal republic government; some examples are the Republic of Austria, Federal Republic of Brazil, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of India, United Mexican States, Swiss Confederation, Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Boliviari Republic of Venezuela, and the United States of America.  As this list shows, some of these countries use "Federal Republic" in their name, and some do not. Federal Republics usually have presidents.

There can be more than one type of Federal republic. For example, the United States is a Constitutional Federal Republic. Ethiopia also has a Federal Republic government

 History of the American Federal republic 

The American Federal republican system has grown over the past 225 years. 

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Category:Republics