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> most countries in the Americas are federal states This ain't true¹. Most of the landmass of the Americas is covered by federated states, sure, but the vast
by yellowapple 7y ago
> most countries in the Americas are federal states
This ain't true¹. Most of the landmass of the Americas is covered by federated states, sure, but the vast majority of states are unitary.
The more relevant factor is the size of the state's territory. With a few exceptions (like China), most big countries are federated, and most small countries are unitary.
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¹: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Map_of_unitary_and_federal_states.svg/1920px-Map_of_unitary_and_federal_states.svg.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ma...
- magicsmoke 7y agoGood point, I was using that map when I made my observation and overlooked the cluster of smaller countries in the Andes. My bad. After doing some back of the envelope calculations, about 17% of the countries in the Americas are federated and 16% in Europe, so it's actually pretty similar. But countries in the Americas have a much bigger size disparity than in Europe which really makes the federated areas stand out.