Global Centralization Index

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  Unitary states

  Devolutionary states

  Federal states

  Confederal states

  Commonwealths

  Client states

  Hegemonies

  Empires

  Other

The Global Centralization Index is an index complied and published annually by StaticaGIRISKO, a Giriskonese based non-profit that conducts research, analysis, and advocacy on government centralization and the division of powers and responsibility within governance. The Index measures the state of centralization in a country based on a variety of factors including the powers of the central government, the powers and restrictions on administrative subdivisions, the power structure, the division of responsibility regarding planning, decision-making, framing strategies, and policies. Each nation is then categorized in one of four forms of government: Unitary states, Unitary states with devolution (Devolutionary states), Federal states, Commonwealth states, and Other. The other category are countries which are either somehow part of more than one category, or have systems that can't be properly defined by the index.

Methodology

The Index is based on each answer compared to each other with careful analysis by experts, based on a variety of factors impacting centralization in a country. Based on how experts score each country in each category, a score is produced, which is used to categorize the country depending on each answer. The pool of experts StaticaGIRISKO draws is reviewed carefully each year to determine fairness in the reporting.

The index can be taken here.

Unitary states

A unitary state is a state or sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority. The central government may create or abolish administrative divisions (sub-national or substate units). Such units exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate. Although political power may be delegated through devolution to regional or local governments by statute, the central government may alter the statute, to override the decisions of devolved governments or expand their powers. Unitary states are a common form of governance in small states. However, sometimes, the administrative strain put on central governments can cause a unitary state to implement devolution, or even become federal.

Devolution compared to federalism

A unitary system of government can be considered to be the opposite of federalism, as on federal systems, states have designated powers that can't easily be altered or revoked by the central state, and their existence can't easily be dissolved. Even with devolution, the administrative divisions within a unitary state are still fully reliant on it.

Federalism

A federal state is a mode of government that combines a general government (the central or federal government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial, or other subunit governments) in a single political system, dividing the powers between the two. Federalism is pretty common in large countries that struggle to administer themselves with a central government.

Federalism differs from confederalism, in which the general level of government is subordinate to the regional level, and from devolution within a unitary state, in which the regional level of government is subordinate to the general level. It represents the central form in the pathway of regional integration or separation, bounded on the less integrated side by confederalism and on the more integrated side by devolution within a unitary state

Confederations

A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defence, foreign relations, internal trade or currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all its members. Confederalism represents a main form of inter governmentalism, defined as any form of interaction around states that takes place on the basis of sovereign independence or government.

The nature of the relationship among the member states constituting a confederation varies considerably. Likewise, the relationship between the member states and the general government and their distribution of powers varies. Some looser confederations are similar to international organisations. Other confederations with stricter rules may resemble federal systems. These elements of such confederations, the international organisation and federalist perspective, has been combined as supranational unions. Sometimes, unequal scale of power within confederations can slowly transform them into federations, or even combine into a proper unitary state, devolutionary or not.

List of unitary states

• Saratov
• Sconia

List of devolutionary states

• Hapatmitas
• Rawa Principality
• Reykanes
• Tumland

List of unitary/devolutionary empires

• Creeperopolis
• Pavulturilor

List of federal states

• Adentia
• Araucarlia
• Baltanla
• Jackson
• Kersevonia
• Monsilva
• Montesayette
• New Illyricum
• Sequoyah

List of confederate states

• Entropan
• Kwazulu-Ciskei

List of empires

• Storosnova

List of states whose government centralization has no proper definition

• Majocco

List of states under significant third party influence and client states

• El Salvador (Devolutionary empire, member of CODECO)
• Girisko (Devolutionary empire, member of the Guishan Commonwealth)
• Noundures (Unitary state, internationally recognised part of Salisford)
• State of the Church (Unitary state, member of CODECO, satellite of Creeperopolis)

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