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| - A Federation is group of partially independent states, worlds to even whole galaxies, that united under one centralized (federal) government, giving up, in the process, certain rights and responsibilities, generally in foreign affairs. This make Federation is both a step-up (more connected) but also a setback (members are less freedom) than a Confederation. In Federation, self-governing status of the component polities, as well as the division of power among them and the federal government, are usually entrenched in constitution and cannot be altered by any unilateral decision of either party, the states or the federal political body. Hence secesionism, while still possible, is usually unlikely.
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| - A Federation is group of partially independent states, worlds to even whole galaxies, that united under one centralized (federal) government, giving up, in the process, certain rights and responsibilities, generally in foreign affairs. This make Federation is both a step-up (more connected) but also a setback (members are less freedom) than a Confederation. In Federation, self-governing status of the component polities, as well as the division of power among them and the federal government, are usually entrenched in constitution and cannot be altered by any unilateral decision of either party, the states or the federal political body. Hence secesionism, while still possible, is usually unlikely. On interstellar scale, a federation is a cluster of worlds and civilizations, dividing sovereignty power among central authority and their constituent members, so that each of them retains different specific levels of control over internal affairs. The majority of interstellar federations are parliamentary or presidential democracies, although there are few that run in different forms, such as military oligarchy, kratocracy or even feudal monarchy. Some notably examples are the Dorssia, the NKR,.... There are also quasi-federations, such as the GACS, whereas a star nation or organization is de facto a federation. Most federations usually encompass vast space coverage, easily spanning billions worlds (such as HFD, USA, Oceania or Eastasia), or even star systems. They're also multi-species, multi-civilizations, although neither are necessary the case. One advantage of federations is to encourages other common interests, reduces differences between space-faring territories, and gives them all even more common ground.
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