Talk:Federated state

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I've overhauled the article as it stood. However, it still needs an articulation of what a federal state is, how it bother differs from and is similar to a sovereign state, and how it relates to the federal/national level. Silverhelm 14:19, 25 September 2005 (UTC).[reply]

Re: Revert of Jan.8, 2009

i. state vs. province: The "states" (i.e. supra-national entities ) are not provinces in the sense of province as a division of a centralized state for the purpose of administration (even though the term "Province" may apply, e. g. in Canada), but, as a rule, they were historic units that joined to form a nation state while retaining some of their sovereign rights. A centralized state's province may actually have been equipped by the central government with greater admin. powers and more autonomy than some 'states' in fact still possess, but this appears irrelevant. Thus the term province should not appear in the definition of "State"

ii. strong vs.strongly: Germany's federal constitution is not a strong constitution, but the constitution is strongly federal. --Marschner (talk) 13:46, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

sovereign vs. creatures of the national government

Which are which? john k (talk) 21:05, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weird article

Is there such a thing as a "State (administrative division)"? Given that all states are sovereign entities that exist of and on their own and not as an administrative division of another entity, this seems impossible.