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A unitary state is a state governed as one single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions (subnational units) exercise only powers that their central government chooses to delegate. The majority of states in the world have a unitary system of government. Of the 193 UN member states, 165 of them are governed as unitary state.
Unitary states are contrasted with federal states (federations) and confederal states (confederation):
Devolution (like federation) may be symmetrical, with all subnational units having the same powers and status, or asymmetric, with regions varying in their powers and status.
Isle of Man, India, Canada, European Union, British Overseas Territories
Hong Kong, Beijing, Macau, Shanghai, Taiwan
Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen, Arabic language, Kuwait
South Korea, Tokyo, Hokkaido, Australia, China
Swedish language, European Union, Finland, Denmark, Lithuania
India, Malaysia, Argentina, Russia, Mexico
Sweden, Oslo, Iceland, Russia, Finland
United Kingdom, American Civil War, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Constitution of India, European Union
Dhaka, Albanian language, Public administration, Pakistan, Réunion
Indonesia, World War II, United Nations, Unitary state, Netherlands