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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
Um...neither of those countries are federal republics. As to why the current administration doesn't make them into one, there are two reasons: 1) with countries so small it's not really feasable and 2) (the real reason) neither Republicans nor Democrats these days are too fond of, or probably even understand, the concept of federal republics.
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Switzerland is quite a bit smaller and it has a federal system.
What's my point? Size doesn't matter when it comes to deciding on whether to adopt federalism or not. It's whether the country believes it's appropriate or not, based upon the political dynamics of that nation.
Mr Mephisto