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A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority. The central government may create or abolish administrative divisions (sub-national units).
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A unitary state is a system of political organization where most or all power is centralized in a single government. Learn about the characteristics, variations, and examples of unitary states from Britannica's editors.
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A unitary state is a governing system in which a single central government has total power over all of its other political subdivisions. Learn how unitary states differ from federations and authoritarian states, and see examples of unitary states around the world.
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.
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Unitary state. A unitary state is a state whose three organs of state are ruled constitutionally as one unit, with central legislature. It differs from a federal state, in which the authority is divided between the head (for example the central government of a country) and the political units governed by it (for example the municipalities or ...
Unitary State. In a unitary state, the central or national government has complete authority over all other political divisions or administrative units. For example, the Republic of France is a unitary state in which the French national government in Paris has total authority over several provinces, known as departments, which are the ...
