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  2. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is an example of a unitary state. Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland have a degree of autonomous devolved power, but such power is delegated by the Parliament of the United Kingdom , which may enact laws unilaterally altering or abolishing devolution.

  3. Unitary state, a system of political organization in which most or all of the governing power resides in a centralized government. In a unitary state, the central government commonly delegates authority to subnational units and channels policy decisions down to them for implementation.

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  4. The majority of states in the world have a unitary system of government. Of the 193 UN member states , 126 are governed as centralized unitary states, and an additional 40 are regionalized unitary states.

  5. Examples of Unitary States . Of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, 165 are unitary states. The United Kingdom and France are two well-recognized examples.

  6. Norway is an interesting example of a unitary state. Norway actually does have several overseas territories. However, the Norwegian federal government oversees even local matters in these territories. The Svalbard archipelago, for example, has no local governance despite being hundreds of miles from the mainland.

  7. The United Kingdom is one example of a unitary nation. Parliament holds the governing power in the U.K., granting power to and removing it from the local governments when it sees fit. France is also a unitary government. The national government rules over the various provinces or departments.

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