Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Eight of the 26 Cantons â `` Uri , Obwalden , Nidwalden , Glarus , Zug , Appenzell Innerrhoden , Basel-City and Geneva â `` have always existed without the district level of government .
Simplified: Uri , Obwalden , Nidwalden , Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Glarus , Zug , Basel-City and Geneva .