No country is a confederation today. Switzerland is a confederation only by name, but truly is federal republic with a directional system and direct democracy.
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Relations with all these countries were tense.
relations with all of these countries were tense
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Switzerland is an example of a country that has a confederation system of government, with power shared between the central government and its cantonal governments.
Switzerland is a confederation of 26 semi-independent cantons. A canton is equivalent to what is called a state in English-speaking federal countries.
United States and Great Britain
There actually are no countries that are confederate ones today. Switzerland is usually the first one to pop into mind, as it is known as the Swiss Confederation. However, Switzerland is only a confederation by name and has not been so since 1847. Many people refer to Belgium as a confederation, however, truly it is a federation. Canada also is mistaken for a confederation due to the Canadian Confederation process. The European Union, although not a country, is somewhat a mix of a confederation and federation. Serbia and Montenegro, which is no longer a country, was a confederation that existed between 2003 and 2006.
The United States' first constitution was called the Articles of Confederation. It was also formally called the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.
The states people cannot trade with foreign countries or travel to foreign countries.