Federation

:This article is about federal states. For alternative meanings, see Federation (disambiguation).

Footnotes

• Whether or not the Russian Federation is a genuine federation is a matter of dispute. See: Russia and the European Union section.
• The USSR was a federation according the letter of its constitution, but, at least until its final days in the late eighties and early nineties, its governance was highly centralised in practice. See: Soviet Union section.
• The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was officially proclaimed in 1963. Prior to this the communist Yugoslav state was named Democratic Federal Yugoslavia in 1945 and the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia in 1946. See: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• The Imperial Federation was intended to supersede the British Empire, in which all colonies and dominions would be represented by a single Imperial Parliament under the Imperial Crown. The idea however was ahead of its time and the Imperial Federation gave way to the Commonwealth of Nations.