A federal system is the division between the states and the national government. Each govern the residents within their territory, are constitutionally protected and cannot abolish the other. The powers of these two in a federal system differ slightly in that the national government is accountable for circumstances such as national defense, currency, and foreign affairs while the state deals with matters consisting of education, public safety and voting. In a unitary system, authority rests in the hands of the national government. Local and regional governments do not have this power, the only way they can possess it is if the national government grants it to them, but it can be taken away at any time and for any reason. Confederacy is
