Talk:Unitary state

India
Why isn't India listed as a unitary state? While it may be a Union of states, the "Central" gevernment has much authority over the states, it appoints the governors, can split, merge or eradicate the states and change their status at will. Note the automatic inclusion of the princely states into the Union at Independence. Was this a foregone conclusion or a fait accompli? --68.80.223.233 22:12, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Spain
Spain is just like the United Kingdom, a unitary state but with self-government areas (decentralised country with an asymmetric federalism). This article should not be centered on the English speaking countries only. Spain has 17 Autonomous areas plus 2 autonomous cities located in North Africa, it acts de facto as a Federal State, called in Spanish Estado de las Autonomías. Contrary to Spain and UK, there are other unitary states with more centralised powers, like France. 178.109.153.131 (talk)

Montenegro
The map below the “Overview” section of European countries shows Montenegro as a federation, although it is unitary.

Tanzania
The merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar might be unitary on their own right but their merger while maintaining their local laws and presidency complicates the Unitarian ness of it unless Zanzibar presidency and government was dissolved and absolved into Mainland Tanganyika and made a province with a local gvt hence it should be somehow be federal and unitary on their own 169.255.184.173 (talk) 10:33, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Brazil
Although a "federation" nominally, in practice Brazil is an Unitary State. States have minimal autonomy (legislative, tributary) and almost none veto power from whatever the "federal government" decides. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:D51:4721:7000:A4DB:AA4D:41AC:C94A (talk) 22:59, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Why split monarchies from republics?
Whether a state is a monarchy or a republic is an important constitutional consideration, but there is no meaningful connection between that status and a nation's position on the federal-unitary continuum. This is a wholly artificial division of the list, no more relevant than whether it is landlocked, transcontinental, or a member of various supranational organisations.

Are any reliable sources making this division, or is a a piece of WP:OR? Kevin McE (talk) 11:33, 16 December 2023 (UTC)