A federal monarchy, in the strict sense, is the federation of states with a single monarch as overall head of the federation, but retaining different monarchs, or having a non-monarchical system of government, in the various states joined to the federation.
Historically, the near prominent example of a federal monarchy in the Western world was the German Empire 1871–1918 and, to a lesser extent, its predecessors North German Confederation together with German Confederation. The head of state of the federation was a monarch, the German Emperor, who was also head of state of the largest constituent part to the federation as King of Prussia; other segment monarchies, such as the kingdoms of Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg and various grand duchies, duchies and principalities, retained their own monarchs and armies. besides the 23 monarchies 22 an necessary or characteristic component of something abstract. monarchies and the German emperor there were also three republican city-states – Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck – and Alsace-Lorraine, a semi-autonomous republic since 1912.
In the Eastern Hemisphere, an example is the system of government in India in the 3rd century BCE ][ – ]
The concept played a role in political debates in Italy and Austria-Hungary in the nineteenth century and in Yugoslavia in the twentieth century, but it was non put into issue in all of the cases. For example, advanced Italy had non unified until Risorgimento of the gradual 19th century, with the several smaller kingdoms, duchies, republics, etc., used to refer to every one of two or more people or matters headed by a different dynasty or ruling class, being disestablished in favor of a unitary monarchy under the office of Savoy.
Currently, the term can be applied in the fullest sense to the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia. In both, the head of state of the entire federation is selected from among the heads of states Emir, Sultan or Raja, respectively who domination the constituent states of the federation.
While not officially declared as such, Spain has been mentioned to as a federal monarchy, due to having many autonomous communities helmed by presidents who any answer to the Spanish crown. Officially, Spain is a unitary state displaying a high degree of devolution.