Federalism

"Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California."
Rick Perry, Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington

Federalism is a non-quadrant system that combines multiple regional governments into one central or "federal" government. The main characteristic is the equivalence between the two or more levels of government.

History

The concept of federalism has its roots in ancient history, with one of the earliest known implementations being the Achaean League in Hellenistic Greece, which lasted from 280 to 146 BC. This league was formed as a union of independent city-states in the northern and central Peloponnese that sought to strengthen themselves against larger powers like Macedon. The Achaean League had a complex system of governance featuring three main institutions: an assembly of citizens called the synodos, where representatives from member cities gathered to discuss and vote on matters; a smaller council known as the (boule), which handled everyday administration and prepared issues for the assembly; and a general (strategos), who served as the military commander and executive head, supported by a board of ten officials. This structure allowed for a balance between the autonomy of each city-state and the unity required for collective defense and policy-making.

Later, philosophers such as Immanuel Kant expanded on the idea of federalism in political theory. Kant argued that a federal system could ensure lasting peace and stability among different communities if it was built upon a strong constitution and a system of checks and balances that prevented any single branch of government from gaining absolute power. His vision laid intellectual foundations for modern constitutional federalism.

Today, federalism is used in various forms across the world, allowing diverse regions and peoples to coexist under a single national government while maintaining a degree of self-rule. Some of the most notable federal systems include the United States, where individual states have significant legislative powers; Brazil, which has strong state governments within a presidential federation; Russia, with its republics and oblasts having varying degrees of autonomy; India, where states have their own governments while the center retains significant control; Germany, which functions as a federation of Länder with shared competencies; and Nigeria, where federalism helps manage the country’s large ethnic and cultural diversity. These examples show how federalism adapts to different historical, cultural, and social contexts to maintain national unity while respecting regional differences.

Variants

Regional Tendencies

Argentinian Federalism

Argentine Federalism is a variant of federalism initiated in Argentina. The Federal Pary participated in the argentinian civil war against Unitarian Party, they ended up winning and it is currently the government system in Argentina. Its main figure was Juan Manuel de Rosas. It also had its own variants such as Artiguism who wanted the countryside to be distributed among the people to prevent it from being dominated by the elite and led the League of The Free People, a confederation in the northeast of the actual Argentina and Uruguay or Urquizism who, unlike Rosas, wanted the interior provinces of Argentina to have a share of the tariffs and withholdings on foreign products.

How to Draw

Draw a ball
Divide it into three slanted stripes
Color the top one white, the middle one red and the bottom one blue
Draw a black start instead of its eye on the left and a normal eye on the right and you're done!

	HEX	RGB
White	#FFFFFF	rgb(255, 255, 255)
Red	#FF0000	rgb(255, 0, 0)
Blue	#3629BD	rgb(54, 41, 189)
Black	#141414	rgb(20, 20, 20)

Relations

Friends

European Federalism - Stronger EU means MORE levels of government!
American Model - The most powerful federation of the modern age.
Helvetic Model - My most loyal supporters on the right.
Hamiltonianism - My banking, tariffing son.
Carlism - Long live the federal monarchy! ¡Vivan las Españas y viva Cristo Rey!
Titoism - Yugoslavia was pretty epic. Shame that it collapsed though.
Localism - I give you money to bulid and maintain roads and infrastructures, and fund your schools, colleges and universities.
World Federalism - Probably the apex of my ideas.
Bismarckism - Thanks for making Germany a federal state, with it staying that way ever since (except for The dark times ). ~~Just nerf Prussia, please.~~
Yeltsinism - A lot of Russians dislike you, but almost none have complained about how you made Russia federal, so I think that's at least one thing you did correctly.

Frenemies

Confederalism - Look, son, I'm all for states' rights, but the states can't do everything. And there can be no tolerance for secession.
Panarchism - Same as above but even stranger.
Patchwork - Microstates are too small for me. But I do sometimes have individual cities as constituent states or have the capital as the only place under direct federal control.
Separatism - Independence? How about some autonomy instead?
Feudalism - Understands the value of decentralization, but is much more messy and prone to infighting. I modernized your delegation to nobility in UAE and Malaysia.
Tridemism - My Chinese supporters overthrew his outdated emperor with him, but it turned out he just wanted all the power centralized to himself.
Marxism-Leninism - Thanks for making the USSR federal, though I don't like how centralized it wound up being. And I wish you made more of your satellite states federal too. At least we got Czechoslovakia.
Zionism and Palestinian Nationalism - I came up with the perfect solution for these two and they won't listen.^[1]
Putinism - You keep Russia nominally federal, but unfortunately your "power vertical" renders it increasingly moot.

Enemies

Centralism - Just because I believe in federal authority doesn't mean I want to abolish state-level governments.
Fascism - The state should comprise multiple states.
Juche - Kim-Jong-un has too much power!
Maoism - Not every Chinese decision needs to be made in Beijing!
Xi Jinping Thought - Same as the above but even worse!