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There are many countries that are not federations and are functioning fine, in practice. (E.g.: France, UK, Japan, many others...)
by umanwizard 7y ago
There are many countries that are not federations and are functioning fine, in practice. (E.g.: France, UK, Japan, many others...)
- ReptileMan 7y agoUK is not functioning quite well at the moment. And is something of a federation IIRC.
- umanwizard 7y agoThe UK is functioning okay, actually. Not being able to agree on what Brexit means is quite a minor problem by world standards. It doesn't change the fact that the UK is a highly developed country both in terms of GDP and HDI, has excellent infrastructure, plenty of food, etc. And the UK is not a federation, at all. The central Parliament in London wields all power and the devolved legislatures (in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) only have whatever authority the central state chooses to allow them to.
- peter_retief 7y agoSure, there are but in larger countries federations might make more sense.