FederalStates in which the federal government shares power with semi-independent regional governments. In many cases, the central government is (in theory) a creation of the regional governments; prime examples are Switzerland and the United States.
- Argentina (23 provinces and one autonomous city)
- Australia (six states and three territories)
- Austria (nine states)
- Belgium (three regions and three linguistic communities)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska and Brčko District)
- Brazil (26 states and the Brazilian Federal District)
- Canada (ten provinces and three territories)
- Comoros (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mohéli)
- Ethiopia (nine regions and three chartered cities)
- Germany (16 states)
- India (28 states and seven union territories)
- Iraq (18 governorates and one one region (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- Malaysia (13 states and three federal territories)
- Mexico (31 states and one federal district (Mexico City)
- Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap)
- Nepal (14 zones)
- Nigeria (36 states and one federal territory (the Federal Capital Territory)
- Pakistan (4 provinces, 2 autonomous areas and 2 territories)
- Russia (46 oblasts, 21 republics, nine krais, four autonomous okrugs, two federal cities, one autonomous oblast)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (two states)
- Sudan (25 states)
- Switzerland (26 cantons)
- United Arab Emirates (seven emirates)
- United States (50 states, one incorporated territory, and one federal district (District of Columbia))
- Venezuela (23 states, one capital district and one federal dependency)
