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A national polity governed as a single unit, with the central government exercising all or most political authority.
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A group of independent states or nations that yield some of their powers to a national government, with each state retaining a degree of sovereign authority.
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The spreading of policy ideas from one city or state to others, a process typical of U.S. federalism.
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