With fifty member states that retain their own rights, the United States is an example of a(n) __________ state.

A federal state divides governing power between a national government and smaller political units, such as states, which retain some of their own rights. The United States has this arrangement, so it is a federal state. An autocratic state is ruled by a single authority, while a unitary state concentrates power in the national government.

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