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Differences between Federal and Confederal Systems of Government
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- Differences between Federal and Confederal Systems of Government
Below are the differences between Federal and Confederal Systems of Government in a tabulated form:
Federal Vs. Confederal Systems of Government:
| Federal | Confederal | |
| i. | Central government is strong in a federation. | The central government is weak in a confederation. |
| ii. | Component units are weak in a federation | The component units are strong in a confederation. |
| iii. | Federation operates a strong and rigid constitutionA constitution is a set of fundamental rules that determine how a country or state is run. More. | Confederalism operates a flexible and weak constitution. |
| iv. | The component states don’t have the right to secedethe action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state. More. | The component states have the right to secede. |