You may know that the Unites States is the oldest surviving federation. A definition of federation is a sovereign state characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central government. In a federation, the self-governing status of the component states is typically constitutionally entrenched and may not be altered by a unilateral decision of the central government.
 
Those are big words that say that the United States is a union made up of 50 states, a capital city and a few territories. Each state has its own governing body. So not only ...