##  [Unitary State](/index.php/unitary-state) 

  ##  [Unitary State](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/unitary-state-0) 

  

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Definition

A system of government in which ultimate political authority is legally concentrated in a central government that may create, modify, or revoke the powers of subnational units by ordinary law; subnational institutions, where they exist, exercise authority derived from and subordinate to central authorization rather than from constitutionally protected sovereignty.