Central government  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search  A central government is the government
of a nation-state and is more typically a characteristic of a
unitary state. This is the same thing as a federal government
which may have distinct powers at various levels authorized or
delegated to it by its member states, though the adjective
'central' is sometimes used to describe it.[1] The structure of
central governments varies. Many countries have created
autonomous regions by delegating powers from the central
government to governments at a subnational level, such as a
regional, state or local level. Based on a broad definition of a
basic political system, there are two or more levels of
government that exist within an established territory and govern
through common institutions with overlapping or shared powers as
prescribed by a constitution or other law.   Generally, the
difference between a central government and a federal government
is that the autonomous status of self-g