Federation facts for kids
A federation is a union of a number of self-governing states or regions, which are joined together under a central government. The central government is not able to do a lot of things that central government in more centralized states can. These things are done by the states (or regions) in a federalized state.
The United States of America is a federation. The federal (central) government has the highest executive role, but the states have their own special rules in some special cases.
Australia became a Federation in 1901. After the 1971 civil war, Pakistan became a Federation adopted in the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan.
Images for kids
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The pathway of regional integration or separation
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A map of Argentina, showing its twenty-three provinces constituent and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
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A map of the United Mexican States (Mexico), showing its thirty-one constituent states and Mexico City
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The Swiss Confederation and its 26 cantons.
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The United Provinces of Central America was a short-lived federal republic
