Centralized government

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A centralized government is a form of government in which power is concentrated in a central authority to which local governments are subject. Centralization occurs both geographically and politically.

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A centralized government is characterized in which the local governments are designated by the central Government of the country, like the local administrative authorities. In this type of republic unlike a federal republic, there are not existing local congresses.

Nearly any government can be said to centralize their power to a degree. The term is applied to governments that vest limited authority to its subjects and often used in comparative terms, such as "highly centralized government" or "weakly centralized government".A centralized goverment is characher