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 provinces of the country), and also granting some degree of autonomy to those political subdivisions (e.g. As the permission to create their own regional laws, for example).

These are examples of unitary states:

v t e Autonomous types of first-tier subdivision administration
Federalism	Confederation Federal monarchy Federal republic Federation Asymmetric federalism Corporative federalism Dual federalism Ethnic federalism Federacy Federated state Fiscal federalism Symmetric federalism List of federal countries
Unitary state	Devolution Regional state
Unions	Composite monarchy Continental union Dual monarchy Dynastic union Empire Colonial empire Multinational state Personal union Political union Real union Superstate Supranational union
Subordinacy	Associated state Client state Colony Dependent territory Direct rule Dominion Indirect rule Mandate Protectorate Puppet state Satellite state Trusteeship Tributary state Vassal state
Development	Annexation Cession Detachment Irredentism Military occupation Partition Secession Separatism Territorial dispute
See also	Autonomy Autonomous area Decentralization Hegemony Home rule Stateless nation Subsidiarity Suzerainty Tribal sovereignty