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A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states united for purposes of common action. [1] Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defence, foreign relations, internal trade or currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all its members.
[12] [13] [14] They adopted a new constitution establishing a confederation government of "sovereign and independent states". [15] [16] [17] The federal government in Washington D.C. and states under its control were known as the Union. [9] [12] [18] The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when South Carolina's militia attacked Fort Sumter.
Eight of the nine CIS member states participate in the CIS Free Trade Area. Three organizations originated from the CIS, namely the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Eurasian Economic Union (alongside subdivisions, the Eurasian Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Space); and the Union State.
As a confederation of member states, Soviet constitutions formally defined each member republic as a sovereign state, whose membership was voluntary, and who could secede at any time. Soviet constitutions of 1936 onward defined the state as a federation.
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government. It was debated by the Second Continental Congress at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between July 1776 and November 1777, and finalized by the ...
A confederation, in modern political terms, is usually limited to a permanent union of sovereign states for common action in relation to other states. [5] The closest entity in the world to a confederation at this time is the European Union .
The neighbours in the impoverished Sahel region announced in January they would quit the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) - a decision the bloc has urged them to rethink, warning ...
This is a list of proposed state mergers, including both current and historical proposals originating from sovereign states or organizations.The entities listed below differ from separatist movements in that they would form as a merger or union of two or more existing states, territories, colonies or other regions, becoming either a federation, confederation or other type of unified sovereign ...