States are loosely joined and can leave freely
southern states in the United States tried to leave the Union to create a new government with this system
Multiple levels of government have different or shared powers between them
national government gives power to local governments
Constitution only gives power to national government
Constitution gives power to national and local governments
The nation is divided into different levels of government
Can have executive, judicial, and legislative system
The national government is the only government
Can take the power away from local governments
most uncommon form of government today
State laws are stronger than the central government
typically no constitution
France has a strong national government that controls the lower levels of government
Local governments give power to central government
National government can not take power away from local governments