Assertion: federal republic | /r/HasProperty | state
Facets:
value: according to the 2004 cia world
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to the 2004 CIA world FactBook (which changes its definitions over time with definitions changing noticeably between administrations), “a Federal republic [is] a state in which the powers of the central government are restricted and in which the component parts (states, colonies, or provinces) retain a degree of self-government; ultimate sovereign power rests with the voters who chose their governmental representatives…