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The monarchs of the member states of the German Confederation meet at Frankfurt in 1863.
The monarchs of the member states of the German Confederation meet at Frankfurt in 1863.

A confederation is a group of empowered states or communities, usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution. Confederations tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defense, foreign affairs, foreign trade, and a common currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all members. Defence International trade is exchange of Capital, Goods, and Services across International borders or Territories. A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of Goods and/or services It is one form of Money, where money is A confederation, in modern political terms, is usually limited to a permanent union of sovereign states for common action in relation to other states. [1] The main differences with a federation are: (1) No real direct powers: many confederal decisions are externalised by member-state legislation. (2) Decisions on day-to-day-matters are not taken by simple majority but by special majorities or even by consensus or unanimity (veto for every member). (3) Changes of the constitution, usually a treaty, require unanimity.

The nature of the relationship between the entities constituting a confederation varies considerably. Likewise, the relationship between the member states and the central government, and the distribution of powers among them, is highly variable. Some looser confederations are similar to international organizations, while tighter confederations may resemble federations. International Organization is a peer-reviewed Academic journal that covers the entire field of International affairs. A federation ( Latin: foedus, covenant is a union comprising a number of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central ("federal"

In a non-political context, confederation is used to describe a type of organization which consolidates authority from other semi-autonomous bodies. Examples include sports confederations or confederations of Pan-European trades unions. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming

The noun confederation refers to the process of (or the event of) confederating; i. e. , establishing a confederation (or by extension a federation). In Canada, Confederation generally refers to the British North America Act, 1867 which initially united four colonies of British North America (Province of Upper Canada, Province of Lower Canada, Province of New Brunswick and Province of Nova Scotia), and to the subsequent incorporation of other colonies and territories. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the The Constitution Act 1867 (formerly called the British North America Act 1867, and still known informally as the BNA Act) constitutes a major part of The Province of Upper Canada (French Province du Haut-Canada) was a British colony located in what is now the southern portion of the Province of Ontario The Province of Lower Canada (French Province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's Despite this use of the word "confederation", Canada is a federal state. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page


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List of entities considered to be confederations

Note that historical confederations, especially those predating the 20th century, may not fit the current definition of a confederation, may be proclaimed as a federation but be confederal, and may not show any qualities that are today recognized as those of a federation. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on

Today

Historic confederations

Some have more the characteristics of a personal union, but they are still listed here because of their own self-styling. A personal union is the combination by which two different States are governed by the same Monarch, while their boundaries their laws and their interests remain distinct

Fictional confederations

See also

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary
  2. ^ How the court made a federation of the EU Josselin (U de Rennes-1/CREM) and Marciano (U de Reims CA/CNRS). The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in The Confederation of the Rhine or Rhine Confederation (Rheinbund États confédérés du Rhin officially and Confédération du Rhin in practice) lasted Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The German Confederation (Deutscher Bund was the association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to serve as the successor to Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The North German Confederation (Norddeutscher Bund came into existence in August 1866 as a military alliance of 22 states of northern Germany with the Kingdom of Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification The Clone Wars are a series of fictional intragalactic battles in George Lucas 's Science fiction saga Star Wars. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded Government and Politics The Terran Confederation is a representative Democracy organized on the federal system (making its name something of a Wing Commander (retroactively referred to as Wing Commander I or WC1) is the first eponymous game in Chris Roberts Blizzard Entertainment's 1998 bestselling Real-time strategy game series StarCraft revolves around interstellar affairs in a distant sector of the galaxy StarCraft is a Military science fiction Real-time strategy Video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. In the Fictional BattleTech Universe, the Capellan Confederation is the smallest Successor State, ruled by House Liao. BattleTech is a Wargaming and Science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation and currently owned by WizKids. Once Upon a TimeSpace ( Il était une fois l'Espace) was a French Animated TV series from 1982, directed by Albert Barillé See also Form of government This article lists forms of government and Political systems according to a series of different ways of categorising them Multi-speed Europe or two-speed Europe (called also variable geometry Europe or Core Europe depending on the form it would take in practice is a concept The English noun commonwealth dates from the fifteenth century. A federal Europe is a proposal that much of Europe be unified in the manner of a Federation. See also European Court of Justice and Federal Europe. This article refers to the European Union court not the European Court of Human Rights of the Council of Europe The Court of Justice A federal Europe is a proposal that much of Europe be unified in the manner of a Federation.

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Dictionary

confederation

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  1. A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
  2. The act of forming an alliance.
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