Federal republic

A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. A federation is the central government. The states in a federation also maintain all political sovereignty that they do not yield to the federation. Usage of the term republic is inconsistent but, as a minimum, it means a state or federation of states that does not have a monarch as head of state.

In English, before the merger of the two German states in 1990, the phrase "Federal Republic" was often used to refer to West Germany (within its pre-1990 borders), in contrast with the German Democratic Republic, otherwise called East Germany.

1 List of federal republics 1.1 Contemporary 1.2 Historic 2 See also

Federation	Style	Subdivisions	Head of state
Argentina	Republic	Provinces of Argentina	President of Argentina
Austria	Republic	States of Austria	President of Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Republic	Divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil	Federative Republic	States of Brazil	President of Brazil
Comoros	Union	Islands of Comoros, Municipalities of Comoros	President of Comoros
Ethiopia	Federal Democratic Republic	Regions of Ethiopia	President of Ethiopia
Germany	Federal Republic	States of Germany	President of Germany
India	Republic	States of India	President of India
Iraq	Republic	Regions of Iraq	Prime Minister and President of Iraq
Madagascar	Republic	Provinces of Madagascare	President of Madagascar
Mexico	United Mexican States	States of Mexico	President of Mexico
FS Micronesia	Federated States	States of FS Micronesia	President of FS Micronesia
Nepal	Federal Democratic Republic	Yet to decide by the constituent assembly	President of Nepal
Nigeria	Federal Republic	States of Nigeria	President of Nigeria
Pakistan	Islamic Republic	Subdivisions of Pakistan	President of Pakistan
Russia	Federation	Subjects of Russia	President of Russia
South Africa	Republic	Provinces of South Africa	President of South Africa
Switzerland	Confederation	Cantons of Switzerland	Swiss Federal Council
United States of America	Constitutional republic	States of the United States	President of the United States
Venezuela	Bolivarian Republic	States of Venezuela	President of Venezuela

• Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (1581–1795)
• United Provinces of Central America (1824-1840)
• "Great Colombia" (1819-1831), later Colombia (federal republic until 1886; unitary republic after 1886)
• Weimar Republic (German Empire 1919-1933)
• Federal Republic of Cameroon (République Fédérale du Cameroun) (1961-1972)
• Czechoslovakia (1969-1992)
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-1991)
• Yugoslavia (1945-2003)
• Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006)
• Uganda (1962-1966)

• Form of government