Confederation ... A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states or chiefdoms united for purposes of common action. [1]

Confederation, primarily any league or union of people or bodies of people. The term in modern political use is generally confined to a permanent union of sovereign states for certain common …

A confederation (or confederacy) is a voluntary alliance of sovereign, independent states established to manage matters of common concern to the member states, such as defense.

When a group of people or nations form an alliance, it is called a confederation, allowing each member to govern itself but agreeing to work together for common causes.

In a confederation there are no centralized governmental institutions and no executive power to enforce international law against those states that violate it.

Nov 16, 2020 · A confederation is a political association of sovereign states formed primarily to achieve limited common objectives, most notably collective defense and external security.

May 27, 2016 · A confederation is a union or coalition of people, or of separate states or nations, which have joined together for a common cause. The states of the South banded together into a …