federated state

{{Short description|Territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federal union}}

{{Redirect|Federated states|the western Pacific state|Federated States of Micronesia}}

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A federated state (also state, province, region, canton, land, governorate, oblast, emirate, or country) is a territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federation.The Australian National Dictionary: Fourth Edition, pg 1395. (2004) Canberra. {{ISBN|978-0-19-551771-2}}. A federated state does not have international sovereignty since powers are divided between the other federated states and the federal government. Unlike international sovereign states, which have what is often referred to as Westphalian sovereignty (such as exercised by their federal government), federated states operate under their domestic or federal law with relation to the rest of the world.

Importantly, federated states do not have automatic standing as entities of international law. Instead, the federal union (federation) as a single entity is the sovereign state for purposes of international law.Crawford, J. (2006). The Creation of States in International Law. Oxford, Clarendon Press. Depending on the constitutional structure of a particular federation, a federated state can hold various degrees of legislative, judicial, and administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory and is a form of regional government. A federated state may nonetheless establish offices internationally, for example, to promote trade or tourism, while still operating only within the trade policy or other applicable law of their federation, and their host country. They also may enter into international regional agreements under the laws of their federation and state, such as to protect a cross-border resource like water or other shared matters.

In some cases, a federation is created from the union of political entities that are either independent or dependent territories of another sovereign entity (most commonly a colonial power).{{efn-ua|Examples are Australia, Canada and the United States.}} In other cases, federated states have been created out of the administrative divisions of previously unitary states.{{efn-ua|This occurred in Belgium in 1993. The Belgian regions had previously devolved powers.}} Once a federal constitution is formed, the rules governing the relationship between federal and regional powers become part of the country's constitutional law and not international law.

In countries with federal constitutions, there is a division of power between the central government and the component states. These entities – states, provinces, counties, cantons, Länder, etc. – are partially self-governing and are afforded a degree of constitutionally guaranteed autonomy that varies substantially from one federation to another.{{efn-ua|For instance, Canadian provinces and Swiss cantons possess substantially more powers and enjoy more protection against interference and infringements from the central government than most non-Western federations.}} Depending on the form the decentralization of powers takes, a federated state's legislative powers may or may not be overruled or vetoed by the federal government. Laws governing the relationship between federal and regional powers can be amended through the national or federal constitution, and, if they exist, state constitutions as well.

In terms of internal politics, federated states can have republican or monarchical forms of government. Those of republican form (federated republics) are usually called states (like states of the US) or republics (like republics in the former USSR).

List of constituents by federation

The federated units in the table below have inherent governmental authority in the federation's constitutional system, while the "other units" are delegated authority by the federal government or are administered directly by it.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

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style="width:18%;" \| Federation	style="width:63%;" \| Federated units	style="width:21%;" \| Other units
style="vertical-align: top" \| {{flag\|Argentina}}{{cite book \|last=Daniel \|first=Kate \|author2=Special Broadcasting Service Corporation \|author2-link=Special Broadcasting Service Corporation \|title=SBS World Guide: The Complete Fact File on Every Country, 16th ed. \|publisher=Hardie Grant Books \|year=2008 \|location=Prahran, Victoria, Australia \|page=827 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wU1LMAAACAAJ&q=SBS+World+Guide:+The+Complete+Fact+File+On+Every+Country \|id=p26 \|isbn=978-1-74066-648-0 \|access-date=2020-11-11 \|archive-date=2021-07-27 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727022927/https://books.google.com/books?id=wU1LMAAACAAJ&q=SBS+World+Guide:+The+Complete+Fact+File+On+Every+Country \|url-status=live }} \| 23 provinces: {{columns-list\|colwidth=10em\| {{plainlist\| {{flagcountry\|Buenos Aires Province}} {{flag\|Catamarca}} {{flag\|Chaco}} {{flag\|Chubut}} {{flag\|Córdoba}} {{flag\|Corrientes}} {{flag\|Entre Ríos}} {{flag\|Formosa}} {{flag\|Jujuy}} {{flag\|La Pampa}} {{flagcountry\|La Rioja (Argentina)}} {{flag\|Mendoza}} {{flag\|Misiones}} {{flag\|Neuquén}} {{flagcountry\|Río Negro (Argentina)}} {{flag\|Salta}} {{flag\|San Juan}} {{flag\|San Luis}} {{flag\|Santa Cruz}} {{flag\|Santa Fe}} {{flag\|Santiago del Estero}} {{flag\|Tierra del Fuego\|name=Tierra del Fuego}} {{flag\|Tucumán}} }} }} \| 1 autonomous city: {{plainlist\| {{flag\|Buenos Aires}}{{efn-ua\|name=fedcap\|Federal capital district, region or territory.}} }}
rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: top" \| {{flag\|Australia}}SBS World Guide 2008, p38 \| rowspan="2" \| 6 states: {{columns-list\|colwidth=10em\| {{plainlist\| {{flag\|New South Wales}} {{flag\|Queensland}} {{flag\|South Australia}} {{flag\|Tasmania}} {{flag\|Victoria}} {{flag\|Western Australia}} }} }} \| 3 internal territories: {{plainlist\| {{flag\|Australian Capital Territory}}{{efn-ua\|name=fedcap}} {{flagicon image\|Flag of Australia (converted).svg}} Jervis Bay Territory {{flag\|Northern Territory}} }}
7 external territories: {{plainlist\| {{flagicon image\|Flag of Australia (converted).svg}} Ashmore and Cartier Islands {{flagicon image\|Flag of Australia (converted).svg}} Australian Antarctic Territory {{flag\|Christmas Island}} {{flag\|Cocos (Keeling) Islands}} {{flagicon image\|Flag of Australia (converted).svg}} Coral Sea Islands Territory {{flagicon image\|Flag of Australia (converted).svg}} Heard Island and McDonald Islands {{flag\|Norfolk Island}} }}
style="vertical-align: top" \| {{flag\|Austria}}SBS World Guide 2008, p46 \| 9 states: {{columns-list\|colwidth=10em\| {{plainlist\| {{flag\|Vienna\|state}}{{efn-ua\|name=fedcap}} {{flag\|Lower Austria\|state}} {{flag\|Upper Austria\|state}} {{flag\|Styria\|state}} {{flag\|Tyrol\|state}} {{flag\|Carinthia\|state}} {{flag\|Salzburg\|state}} {{flag\|Vorarlberg\|state}} {{flag\|Burgenland\|state}} }} }} \|
style="vertical-align: top" rowspan="2" \| {{flag\|Belgium}}SBS World Guide 2008, p74 \| 3 regions:{{efn-ua\|Flanders and Wallonia are subdivided into five provinces each, which are mandated by the Constitution of Belgium. Provincial governance is the responsibility of the regional governments.}} {{plainlist\| {{flag\|Flemish Region\|name=Flanders}} {{flag\|Wallonia}} {{flag\|Brussels-Capital Region\|name=Brussels}}{{efn-ua\|name=fedcap}} }} \| rowspan="2" \|
3 communities:{{efn-ua\|The communities and regions of Belgium are separate government institutions with different areas of responsibility. The communities are organized based on linguistic boundaries, which are different from regional boundaries.}} {{plainlist\| {{flag\|Flemish Community\|name=Flemish}} {{flag\|French Community\|name=French}} {{flag\|German-speaking Community\|name=German-speaking}} }}
rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: top" \| {{flag\|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} \| 2 entities:{{efn-ua\|name=autonarea\|autonomous area}} {{plainlist\| {{flag\|Republika Srpska}} {{flagicon image

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style="width:18%;" | Federation

style="width:63%;" | Federated units

style="width:21%;" | Other units

style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Argentina}}{{cite book |last=Daniel |first=Kate |author2=Special Broadcasting Service Corporation |author2-link=Special Broadcasting Service Corporation |title=SBS World Guide: The Complete Fact File on Every Country, 16th ed. |publisher=Hardie Grant Books |year=2008 |location=Prahran, Victoria, Australia |page=827 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wU1LMAAACAAJ&q=SBS+World+Guide:+The+Complete+Fact+File+On+Every+Country |id=p26 |isbn=978-1-74066-648-0 |access-date=2020-11-11 |archive-date=2021-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727022927/https://books.google.com/books?id=wU1LMAAACAAJ&q=SBS+World+Guide:+The+Complete+Fact+File+On+Every+Country |url-status=live }}

| 23 provinces:

{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|

{{plainlist|

{{flagcountry|Buenos Aires Province}}
{{flag|Catamarca}}
{{flag|Chaco}}
{{flag|Chubut}}
{{flag|Córdoba}}
{{flag|Corrientes}}
{{flag|Entre Ríos}}
{{flag|Formosa}}
{{flag|Jujuy}}
{{flag|La Pampa}}
{{flagcountry|La Rioja (Argentina)}}
{{flag|Mendoza}}
{{flag|Misiones}}
{{flag|Neuquén}}
{{flagcountry|Río Negro (Argentina)}}
{{flag|Salta}}
{{flag|San Juan}}
{{flag|San Luis}}
{{flag|Santa Cruz}}
{{flag|Santa Fe}}
{{flag|Santiago del Estero}}
{{flag|Tierra del Fuego|name=Tierra del Fuego}}
{{flag|Tucumán}}

}}

| 1 autonomous city:

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Buenos Aires}}{{efn-ua|name=fedcap|Federal capital district, region or territory.}}

}}

rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Australia}}SBS World Guide 2008, p38

| rowspan="2" | 6 states:

{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|

{{plainlist|

{{flag|New South Wales}}
{{flag|Queensland}}
{{flag|South Australia}}
{{flag|Tasmania}}
{{flag|Victoria}}
{{flag|Western Australia}}

}}

| 3 internal territories:

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Australian Capital Territory}}{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Australia (converted).svg}} Jervis Bay Territory
{{flag|Northern Territory}}

}}

7 external territories:

{{plainlist|

{{flagicon image|Flag of Australia (converted).svg}} Ashmore and Cartier Islands
{{flagicon image|Flag of Australia (converted).svg}} Australian Antarctic Territory
{{flag|Christmas Island}}
{{flag|Cocos (Keeling) Islands}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Australia (converted).svg}} Coral Sea Islands Territory
{{flagicon image|Flag of Australia (converted).svg}} Heard Island and McDonald Islands
{{flag|Norfolk Island}}

}}

style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Austria}}SBS World Guide 2008, p46

| 9 states:

{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Vienna|state}}{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}
{{flag|Lower Austria|state}}
{{flag|Upper Austria|state}}
{{flag|Styria|state}}
{{flag|Tyrol|state}}
{{flag|Carinthia|state}}
{{flag|Salzburg|state}}
{{flag|Vorarlberg|state}}
{{flag|Burgenland|state}}

}}

style="vertical-align: top" rowspan="2" | {{flag|Belgium}}SBS World Guide 2008, p74

| 3 regions:{{efn-ua|Flanders and Wallonia are subdivided into five provinces each, which are mandated by the Constitution of Belgium. Provincial governance is the responsibility of the regional governments.}}

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Flemish Region|name=Flanders}}
{{flag|Wallonia}}
{{flag|Brussels-Capital Region|name=Brussels}}{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}

}}

| rowspan="2" |

3 communities:{{efn-ua|The communities and regions of Belgium are separate government institutions with different areas of responsibility. The communities are organized based on linguistic boundaries, which are different from regional boundaries.}}

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Flemish Community|name=Flemish}}
{{flag|French Community|name=French}}
{{flag|German-speaking Community|name=German-speaking}}

}}

rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

| 2 entities:{{efn-ua|name=autonarea|autonomous area}}

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Republika Srpska}}
{{flagicon image

} Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

}}

| rowspan="2" | 1 self-governing district:

{{plainlist|

Brčko (officially condominium of both constituents)

}}

| The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is itself a federation of 10 cantons:

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{{plainlist|

{{flagicon image|Flag of Una-Sana.svg}} Una-Sana
{{flagicon image|Flag of Posavina.svg}} Posavina
{{flagicon image|Flag of Tuzla Canton.svg}} Tuzla
{{flagicon image|Flag of Zenica-Doboj Canton.gif}} Zenica-Doboj
{{flagicon image|Flag of Bosnian Podrinje.svg}} Bosnian Podrinje
{{flagicon image|Flag of Central Bosnia.svg}} Central Bosnia
{{flagicon image|Flag of Herzegovina-Neretva.svg}} Herzegovina-Neretva
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg}} West Herzegovina
{{flagicon image|Flag of Sarajevo Canton.png}} Sarajevo{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.svg}} Canton 10{{cite web |title=Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Canton 10 |url=http://www.ustavnisudfbih.ba/hr/open_page_nw.php?l=hr&pid=158 |publisher=Constitutional Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |access-date=3 February 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731121839/http://www.ustavnisudfbih.ba/hr/open_page_nw.php?l=hr&pid=158 |url-status=live }}

}}

| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Brazil}}SBS World Guide 2008, p101

| 26 states:

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Acre}}
{{flag|Alagoas}}
{{flag|Amapá}}
{{flag|Amazonas}}
{{flag|Bahia}}
{{flag|Ceará}}
{{flag|Espírito Santo}}
{{flag|Goiás}}
{{flag|Maranhão}}
{{flag|Mato Grosso}}
{{flag|Mato Grosso do Sul}}
{{flag|Minas Gerais}}
{{flag|Pará}}
{{flag|Paraíba}}
{{flag|Paraná}}
{{flag|Pernambuco}}
{{flag|Piauí}}
{{flag|Rio de Janeiro}}
{{flag|Rio Grande do Norte}}
{{flag|Rio Grande do Sul}}
{{flag|Rondônia}}
{{flag|Roraima}}
{{flag|Santa Catarina}}
{{flag|São Paulo}}
{{flag|Sergipe}}
{{flag|Tocantins}}

}}

| rowspan="2" |

| 1 federal district:

{{plainlist|

{{flagcountry|Brazilian Federal District}}{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}{{efn-ua|The Brazilian federal district has a level of self-ruling equal to the other main federal units.}}

}}

| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Canada}}SBS World Guide 2008, p132

| 10 provinces:

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Alberta}}
{{flag|British Columbia}}
{{flag|Manitoba}}
{{flag|New Brunswick}}
{{flag|Newfoundland and Labrador}}
{{flag|Nova Scotia}}
{{flag|Ontario}}
{{flag|Prince Edward Island}}
{{flag|Quebec}}
{{flag|Saskatchewan}}

}}

| 3 territories:

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Northwest Territories}}
{{flag|Nunavut}}
{{flag|Yukon}}

}}

| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Ethiopia}}SBS World Guide 2008, p239

| 12 regions:

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|

{{plainlist|

{{flagicon image|Flag of the Afar Region.svg}} Afar
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Amhara Region.svg}} Amhara
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region.svg}} Benishangul-Gumuz
{{flagdeco|Central Ethiopia Regional State}} Central Ethiopia
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Gambella Region.svg}} Gambela
{{flagicon image|Harari Flag.svg}} Harari
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Oromia Region.svg}} Oromia
{{flagicon image|Flag of Sidama.svg}} Sidama
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Somali Region (1994-2008).svg}} Somali
{{flagdeco|South Ethiopia Regional State}} South Ethiopia
{{flagicon image|Flag of South West Ethiopia.svg}} Southwest
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Tigray Region.svg}} Tigray

}}

| 2 chartered cities:

{{plainlist|

{{flagicon image|Flag of Addis Ababa.svg}} Addis Ababa{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.png}} Dire Dawa

}}

| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Germany}}SBS World Guide 2008, p275

| 16 states:

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Baden-Württemberg}}
{{flag|Bavaria}}
{{flag|Berlin}}{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}
{{flag|Brandenburg}}
{{flag|Bremen}}
{{flag|Hamburg}}
{{flag|Hesse}}
{{flag|Lower Saxony}}
{{flag|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern}}
{{flag|North Rhine-Westphalia}}
{{flag|Rhineland-Palatinate}}
{{flag|Saarland}}
{{flag|Saxony}}
{{flag|Saxony-Anhalt}}
{{flag|Schleswig-Holstein}}
{{flag|Thuringia}}

}}

| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|India}}SBS World Guide 2008, p328

| 28 states:

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|

{{plainlist|

}}

| 8 union territories:

{{plainlist|

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
National Capital Territory of Delhi{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}
Jammu and Kashmir{{efn-ua|name=sovdisp|Sovereignty over territory actively disputed by another sovereign state or the international community.}}
Ladakh{{efn-ua|name=sovdisp|Sovereignty over territory actively disputed by another sovereign state or the international community.}}
Lakshadweep
Puducherry}}

| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Iraq}}SBS World Guide 2008, p346

| 18 (official) governorates:

{{columns-list|colwidth=7.5em|

{{plainlist|

{{flagicon image|}} Al Anbar
{{flagicon image|}} Erbil
{{flagicon image|Flag of Babylon Governorate.png}} Babylon
{{flagicon image|}} Baghdad{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Basra Governorate.svg}} Basra
{{flagicon image|}} Dhi Qar
{{flagicon image|Flag of Diyala Governorate.png}} Diyala
{{flagicon image|}} Dohuk
{{flagicon image|}} Halabja (unofficial)
{{flagicon image|}} Karbala
{{flagicon image|Flag of Kirkuk Governorate (2025-present).png}} Kirkuk
{{flagicon image|}} Maysan
{{flagicon image|}} Muthanna
{{flagicon image|}} Najaf
{{flagicon image|Flag of Nineveh Governorate.png}} Nineveh
{{flagicon image|}} Al-Qādisiyyah
{{flagicon image|Flag of Saladin Governorate, Iraq.svg}} Saladin
{{flagicon image|}} Sulaymaniyah
{{flagicon image|}} Wasit

}}

| 1 federal region:

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Kurdistan Region}}{{efn-ua|Has the authority to manage its internal affairs, provided it does not conflict with the provisions of the constitution of Iraq and/or the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government.}} (overlaps the area of Duhok, Erbil, and Sulaymaniyah—including Halabja—governorates)

}}

| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Malaysia}}{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2022 |title=CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022 |url=https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputaktap/1721506_BI/Act%20A1642.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928194927/https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputaktap/1721506_BI/Act%20A1642.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |access-date=April 24, 2024 |website=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia }}

| 13 states:

{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Johor}}
{{flag|Kedah}}
{{flag|Kelantan}}
{{flag|Malacca}}
{{flag|Negeri Sembilan}}
{{flag|Pahang}}
{{flag|Penang}}
{{flag|Perak}}
{{flag|Perlis}}
{{flag|Sabah}}
{{flag|Sarawak}}
{{flag|Selangor}}
{{flag|Terengganu}}

}}

| 3 federal territories:

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Putrajaya}}
{{flag|Kuala Lumpur}}{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}
{{flag|Labuan}}

}}

| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Mexico}}SBS World Guide 2008, p481

| 31 states:

{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Aguascalientes}}
{{flag|Baja California}}
{{flag|Baja California Sur}}
{{flag|Campeche}}
{{flag|Chiapas}}
{{flag|Chihuahua}}
{{flag|Coahuila}}
{{flag|Colima}}
{{flag|Durango}}
{{flag|Guanajuato}}
{{flag|Guerrero}}
{{flag|Hidalgo}}
{{flag|Jalisco}}
{{flag|State of Mexico}}
{{flag|Michoacán}}
{{flag|Morelos}}
{{flag|Nayarit}}
{{flag|Nuevo León}}
{{flag|Oaxaca}}
{{flag|Puebla}}
{{flag|Querétaro}}
{{flag|Quintana Roo}}
{{flag|San Luis Potosí}}
{{flag|Sinaloa}}
{{flag|Sonora}}
{{flag|Tabasco}}
{{flag|Tamaulipas}}
{{flag|Tlaxcala}}
{{flag|Veracruz}}
{{flag|Yucatán}}
{{flag|Zacatecas}}

}}

| rowspan="2" |

| 1 autonomous city:

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Mexican Federal District|name=Mexico City}}{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}

}}

| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Micronesia}}SBS World Guide 2008, p486

| 4 states:

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Chuuk}}
{{flag|Kosrae}}
{{flag|Pohnpei}}
{{flag|Yap}}

}}

| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Nepal}}

| 7 provinces:

{{columns-list|colwidth=7.5em|

{{plainlist|

}}

| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Nigeria}}SBS World Guide 2008, p537

| 36 states:

{{columns-list|colwidth=7.5em|

{{plainlist|

{{flagicon image|Abia State Flag.gif}} Abia
{{flagicon image|Adamawa State Flag.svg}} Adamawa
{{flagicon image|Flag of Akwa Ibom State.svg}} Akwa Ibom
{{flagicon image|Flag of Anambra State.png}} Anambra
{{flagicon image|Bauchi State Coat of arms.png}} Bauchi
{{flagicon image|Flag of Bayelsa State.svg}} Bayelsa
{{flagicon image|Seal of Benue State.png}} Benue
{{flagicon image|Borno State Flag.gif}} Borno
{{flagicon image|Cross River State Flag.svg}} Cross River
{{flagicon image|Delta State Flag.gif}} Delta
{{flagicon image|Seal of Ebonyi State.png}} Ebonyi
{{flagicon image|Edo State Flag.png}} Edo
{{flagicon image|Ekiti State Flag.gif}} Ekiti
{{flagicon image|Enugu State Flag.svg}} Enugu
{{flagicon image|Flag of Gombe State.svg}} Gombe
{{flagicon image|Imo State Flag.svg}} Imo
{{flagicon image|Jigawa State Flag.png}} Jigawa
{{flagicon image|Kaduna State Flag.png}} Kaduna
{{flagicon image|Kano State flag official.png}} Kano
{{flagicon image|Flag of Katsina State.svg}} Katsina
{{flagicon image|Seal of Kebbi State.png}} Kebbi
{{flagicon image|Kogi State Flag.svg}} Kogi
{{flagicon image|Kwara State Flag.jpg}} Kwara
{{flagicon image|Lagos State Flag.gif}} Lagos
{{flagicon image|Flag of Nasarawa State.png}} Nasarawa
{{flagicon image|}} Niger
{{flagicon image|Ogun State Flag.jpg}} Ogun
{{flagicon image|Flag of Ondo State.png}} Ondo
{{flagicon image|Flag of Osun State, Nigeria.svg}} Osun
{{flagicon image|Oyo State Flag.svg}} Oyo
{{flagicon image|Plateau State Flag.jpg}} Plateau
{{flagicon image|Rivers State Flag.svg}} Rivers
{{flagicon image|Sokoto State Flag.svg}} Sokoto
{{flagicon image|Taraba State Coat of Arms.png}} Taraba
{{flagicon image|Yobe State Flag.png}} Yobe
{{flagicon image|Zamfara State Flag.svg}} Zamfara

}}

| 1 territory:

{{plainlist|

{{flagicon image|Flag of Abuja.svg}} Federal Capital Territory{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}

}}

| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Pakistan}}SBS World Guide 2008, p549

| rowspan="2" | 4 provinces:

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Balochistan}}
{{flag|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa}}
{{flag|Punjab}}
{{flag|Sindh}}

}}

| 2 autonomous territories:{{efn-ua|name=autonarea}}

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Azad Kashmir|name=Azad Jammu and Kashmir}}{{efn-ua|name=sovdisp}}
{{flag|Gilgit-Baltistan}}{{efn-ua|name=sovdisp}}

}}

| 1 federal territory:

| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Russia}}SBS World Guide 2008, p600{{cite web |url=http://www.constitution.ru/en/10003000-04.htm |title=Chapter 3. The Federal Structure: Article 65 |work=The Constitution of the Russian Federation |access-date=2010-07-11 |archive-date=2018-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225132251/http://www.constitution.ru/en/10003000-04.htm |url-status=live }}

| 48 oblasts:

{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|

{{plainlist|

{{flag|Amur Oblast|name=Amur}}
{{flag|Arkhangelsk Oblast|name=Arkhangelsk}}
{{flag|Astrakhan Oblast|name=Astrakhan}}
{{flag|Belgorod Oblast|name=Belgorod}}
{{flag|Bryansk Oblast|name=Bryansk}}
{{flag|Chelyabinsk Oblast|name=Chelyabinsk}}
{{flag|Irkutsk Oblast|name=Irkutsk}}
{{flag|Ivanovo Oblast|name=Ivanovo}}
{{flag|Kaliningrad Oblast|name=Kaliningrad}}
{{flag|Kaluga Oblast|name=Kaluga}}
{{flag|Kemerovo Oblast|name=Kemerovo}}
{{flag|Kirov Oblast|name=Kirov}}
{{flagcountry|Kherson Oblast (Russia)|name=Kherson}}{{efn-ua|name=claimed}}
{{flag|Kostroma Oblast|name=Kostroma}}
{{flag|Kurgan Oblast|name=Kurgan}}
{{flag|Kursk Oblast|name=Kursk}}
{{flag|Leningrad Oblast|name=Leningrad}}
{{flag|Lipetsk Oblast|name=Lipetsk}}
{{flag|Magadan Oblast|name=Magadan}}
{{flag|Moscow Oblast}}
{{flag|Murmansk Oblast|name=Murmansk}}
{{flag|Nizhny Novgorod Oblast|name=Nizhny Novgorod}}
{{flag|Novgorod Oblast|name=Novgorod}}
{{flag|Novosibirsk Oblast|name=Novosibirsk}}
{{flag|Omsk Oblast|name=Omsk}}
{{flag|Orenburg Oblast|name=Orenburg}}
{{flag|Oryol Oblast|name=Oryol}}
{{flag|Penza Oblast|name=Penza}}
{{flag|Pskov Oblast|name=Pskov}}
{{flag|Rostov Oblast|name=Rostov}}
{{flag|Ryazan Oblast|name=Ryazan}}
{{flag|Sakhalin Oblast|name=Sakhalin}}
{{flag|Samara Oblast|name=Samara}}
{{flag|Saratov Oblast|name=Saratov}}
{{flag|Smolensk Oblast|name=Smolensk}}
{{flag|Sverdlovsk Oblast|name=Sverdlovsk}}
{{flag|Tambov Oblast|name=Tambov}}
{{flag|Tomsk Oblast|name=Tomsk}}
{{flag|Tver Oblast|name=Tver}}
{{flag|Tula Oblast|name=Tula}}
{{flag|Tyumen Oblast|name=Tyumen}}
{{flag|Ulyanovsk Oblast|name=Ulyanovsk}}
{{flag|Vladimir Oblast|name=Vladimir}}
{{flag|Volgograd Oblast|name=Volgograd}}
{{flag|Vologda Oblast|name=Vologda}}
{{flag|Voronezh Oblast|name=Voronezh}}
{{flag|Yaroslavl Oblast|name=Yaroslavl}}
{{flagcountry|Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Russia)}}{{efn-ua|name=claimed}}

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| 24 republics:{{efn-ua|name=autonarea}}

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{{flag|Adygea}}
{{flag|Altai Republic}}
{{flag|Bashkortostan}}
{{flag|Buryatia}}
{{flag|Chechnya}}
{{flag|Chuvashia}}
{{flag|Republic of Crimea|name=Crimea}}{{efn-ua|name=claimed|Claimed by Ukraine and considered by most of the international community to be part of Ukraine.}}
{{flag|Dagestan}}
{{flag|Donetsk People's Republic|name=Donetsk}}{{efn-ua|name=claimed}}
{{flag|Ingushetia}}
{{flag|Kabardino-Balkaria}}
{{flag|Kalmykia}}
{{flag|Karachay-Cherkessia}}
{{flag|Karelia}}
{{flag|Khakassia}}
{{flag|Komi}}
{{flag|Luhansk People's Republic|name=Luhansk}}{{efn-ua|name=claimed}}
{{flag|Mari El}}
{{flag|Mordovia}}
{{flag|North Ossetia-Alania}}
{{flag|Sakha Republic|name=Sakha}}
{{flag|Tatarstan}}
{{flag|Tuva}}
{{flag|Udmurtia}}

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| 9 krais:

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{{flag|Altai Krai}}
{{flag|Kamchatka Krai|name=Kamchatka}}
{{flag|Khabarovsk Krai|name=Khabarovsk}}
{{flag|Krasnodar Krai|name=Krasnodar}}
{{flag|Krasnoyarsk Krai|name=Krasnoyarsk}}
{{flag|Perm Krai|name=Perm}}
{{flag|Primorsky Krai|name=Primorsky}}
{{flag|Stavropol Krai|name=Stavropol}}
{{flag|Zabaykalsky Krai|name=Zabaykalsky}}

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| 4 autonomous okrugs:{{efn-ua|name=autonarea}}

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{{flag|Chukotka Autonomous Okrug|name=Chukotka}}
{{flag|Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug|name=Khanty–Mansi}}
{{flag|Nenets Autonomous Okrug|name=Nenets}}
{{flag|Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug|name=Yamalo-Nenets}}

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| 3 federal cities:

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{{flag|Moscow}}{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}
{{flag|Saint Petersburg}}
{{flag|Sevastopol}}{{efn-ua|name=claimed}}

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| 1 autonomous oblast:{{efn-ua|name=autonarea}}

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{{flag|Jewish Autonomous Oblast}}

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| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

| 1 autonomous island:

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{{flag|Nevis}}

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| Saint Kitts:

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{{flagicon|}} Saint Kitts

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| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Somalia}}{{cite web |title=The Federal Republic of Somalia – Harmonized Draft Constitution |url=http://dastuurkeenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/120708-Harmonized-Draft-Constitution-Eng-Tran-_incl-errata-changes.pdf |publisher=Federal Republic of Somalia|access-date=2 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120021519/http://dastuurkeenna.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/120708-Harmonized-Draft-Constitution-Eng-Tran-_incl-errata-changes.pdf|archive-date=20 January 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Guidebook to the Somali Draft Provisional Constitution |url=http://unpos.unmissions.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=v067edqd7a8%3D&tabid=9705&language=en-US|access-date=2 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120021547/http://unpos.unmissions.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=v067edqd7a8%3D&tabid=9705&language=en-US|archive-date=20 January 2013}}

| 6 federal member states:{{efn-ua|Adopted constitution accommodates existing regional governments, with the ultimate number and boundaries of the Federal Member States to be determined by the House of the People of the Federal Parliament.}}

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{{flag|Galmudug}}
{{flagicon image|Hirshabeelle.png|Flag of Hirshabelle}} Hirshabelle
{{flag|Jubaland}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Khaatumo State of Somalia.svg|Khatumo State}} Khatumo
{{flag|Puntland}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Southwestern Somalia.svg|Flag of South West Somalia}} South West{{efn-ua|name=autonarea}}

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| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|South Sudan}}

| 10 states:{{cite web |last=Mednick |first=Sam |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/6-years-war-peace-finally-south-sudan-200223114919537.html |title=After 6 years of war, will peace finally come to South Sudan? | News |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=2020-02-23 |access-date=2021-12-07 |archive-date=2020-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820130930/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/6-years-war-peace-finally-south-sudan-200223114919537.html |url-status=live }}

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{{flagicon image|Flag of Central Equatoria.png}} Central Equatoria
{{flagicon image|Flag of Eastern Equatoria.png}} Eastern Equatoria
{{flagicon image|Flag of Jonglei.png}} Jonglei
{{flagicon image|Flag of Northern Bahr el Ghazal.png}} Lakes
{{flagicon image|Flag of Northern Bahr el Ghazal.png}} Northern Bahr el Ghazal
{{flagicon image|Flag of Unity State.png}} Unity
{{flagicon image|Flag of Upper Nile State.png}} Upper Nile
{{flagicon image|Flag of Warrap State.png}} Warrap
{{flagicon image|Flag of Western Bahr el Ghazal.png}} Western Bahr el Ghazal
{{flagicon image|Flag of Western Equatoria.png}} Western Equatoria

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| 3 administrative areas:

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{{flagicon image|Flag of the Abyei Area.png}} Abyei{{efn-ua|name=sovdisp}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of Greater Pibor Administrative Area.png}} Greater Pibor
{{flagicon image|Flag of Ruweng.png}} Ruweng

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| style="vertical-align: top" | {{flag|Sudan}}SBS World Guide 2008, p687

| 18 states:

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{{flagicon image|Flag of Blue Nile State.png}} Blue Nile
{{flagicon image|Flag of Central Darfur State.png}} Central Darfur
{{flagicon image|Seal of East Darfur.png}} East Darfur
{{flagicon image|Seal of Gezira State.png}} Gezira
{{flagicon image|Flag of Kassala Wilayyah.svg}} Kassala
{{flagicon image|Flag of Khartoum Wilayah.png}} Khartoum{{efn-ua|name=fedcap}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of North Darfur State.png}} North Darfur
{{flagicon image|Seal of North Kordofan.png}} North Kordofan
{{flagicon image|Seal of Northern State (Sudan).png}} Northern
{{flagicon image|Flag of Al Qadarif State.png}} Al Qadarif
{{flagicon image|Seal of Red Sea State.png}} Red Sea
{{flagicon image|Seal of Sennar State.png}} Sennar
{{flagicon image|Flag of South Darfur State.png}} South Darfur
{{flagicon image|Seal of South Kordofan.png}} South Kordofan
{{flagicon image|Seal of River Nile State.png}} River Nile
{{flagicon image|Flag of West Darfur State.png}} West Darfur
{{flagicon image|Seal of West Kordofan.png}} West Kordofan
{{flagicon image|Seal of White Nile State.png}}White Nile

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|| 1 special administrative status area:{{cite web |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-protocol-resolution-abyei-conflict |title=Sudan: Protocol on the resolution of Abyei conflict – Sudan |website=ReliefWeb |date=26 May 2004 |access-date=2021-10-21 |archive-date=2021-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021094030/https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-protocol-resolution-abyei-conflict |url-status=live }}

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