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A federal republic is a Federation of State s with a Republican form of government. A federation is composed of a number of self-governing states united by a federal government. In a federation, unlike in a Unitary State , the self-governing status of autonomous regions is constitutionally entrenched and cannot be revoked by a unilateral decision of the central government. The states in a federation also maintain all Political Sovereignty that they do not yield to the federation. Usage of the term ''republic'' is inconsistent but, as a minimum, it means a state or federation of states that does not have a Monarch as Head Of State . Three states explicitly describe themselves as federal republics. These are the Federal Republic Of Germany , the Federal Republic Of Nigeria , and the Federal Democratic Republic Of Ethiopia . A close variant is the term ''federative republic'', which appears in the full official title of Brazil . Not every federation is a republic; for example Canada , Australia , and Malaysia are each Federal Constitutional Monarchies . In English, the phrase "Federal Republic" was often used to refer to West Germany , in contrast with the German Democratic Republic , otherwise called East Germany. LIST OF FEDERAL REPUBLICS Contemporary
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