Regional state

In political geography, a regional state is a state more centralized than a federation, but less centralized than an unitary state. Regional states include federations in which power has become more centralized, and unitary states in which some power has been devolved to regional governments. This term has yet to become widely used.

Subnational regions are intermediate level between local and national government.

Examples

Regional State	Regional Units	Major Regional Units	Other Regional Units
Chile	Regions of Chile	15 regions
Indonesia	Provinces of Indonesia	33 provinces	5 special status provinces
Italy	Regions of Italy	15 regions	5 autonomous regions
Japan	Prefectures of Japan	47 prefectures
Peru	Departments of Peru	24 departments
Philippines	Regions of the Philippines	17 regions, 1 autonomous region	National Capital Region
Poland	Voivodeships of Poland	16 voivodeships
Portugal	Autonomous regions of Portugal	2 autonomous regions
South Africa	Provinces of South Africa	9 provinces
South Korea	Provinces of South Korea	8 provinces	1 special province + 7 cities
Spain	Autonomous communities of Spain	17 autonomous communities (nationalities and regions of Spain)	2 autonomous cities
Ukraine	Oblasts of Ukraine	24 oblasts	1 autonomous republic

See also

• Home rule
• Autonomous entity
• Subnational entity

References

• Glassner, Martin Ira. Political Geography, 2nd Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1995.