(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity. When the communities were subsumed under the EU in 1993, the EU inherited this executive authority. I'll take my gaggle of vassals, thanks. The term federation is used to refer to groupings of states, often on a regional basis, that establish central executive machinery to implement policies or to supervise joint activities. Alright, thanks for the suggestions guys. © Valve Corporation. They control war declarations - the most basic foreign diplomacy there is. The Congress lacked both an independent source of revenue and the executive machinery to enforce its will directly upon individuals.

(countable) The act of allying or uniting. Recommended EU realm for Alliance is Silvermoon realm with 94 627 Alliance characters, for Horde Draenor realm with 102 919 Horde characters. The United States of Europe (USE), the European State, the European Superstate, the European Federation and Federal Europe are similar hypothetical scenarios of a single sovereign state in Europe (hence superstate), organised as a federation similar to the United States of America, as contemplated by political scientists, politicians, geographers, historians, futurologists, and fiction writers. An example of confederal arrangements that gave birth to a federal union is the Articles of Confederation (1781–89) that preceded the Constitution of the United States. With the continued development of its organization, NATO gradually added a number of economic and cultural activities to its functions until it came to possess several of the features of a multipurpose supranational organization. The Franco-Ottoman alliance, also Franco-Turkish alliance, was an alliance established in 1536 between the king of France Francis I and the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Suleiman the Magnificent.The strategic and sometimes tactical alliance was one of the most important foreign alliances of France, and was particularly influential during the Italian Wars. Make sure you have more powerful allies than the enemy, don't declare war unless your target is relatively isolated. And to clarify it a little bit, as far as I know Federation is a bond between entities that consider themselves equal, while the alliance isn't necessarily the same thing. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. (obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally. You must log in or register to reply here. Loading... Unsubscribe from Chief Gironca? The Galactic Federation had until recently been bitterly opposed by the equally powerful dark "Anchara Alliance". It mainly functions as a means for establishing common policies and treaties rather than laws. As long as there are more positive reasons than negative reasons, the nation will accept the military alliance. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. btw you can use the same system to your advantage when facing coalitions forming against you. In practical politics however, members of a Federation should/would still be consulted by its President before a declaration of war. The reason I am making this thread is the damned AI and the way it works within an alliance and/or a Federation. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License; additional terms may apply. I am thinking of Federation as European Union. Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn!

The Commonwealth (formerly the British Commonwealth of Nations) is an example of a confederation born as the result of the decentralization and eventual disintegration of an empire. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military alliance established in April 1949, also is endowed with complex and permanent executive machinery, employing multilateral procedures and involving the continuous elaboration of plans for the conduct of joint military action by its member states. Español - Latinoamérica (Spanish - Latin America). In some cases such groupings are motivated primarily by political or economic concerns; in others, military objectives are paramount. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.