A governmental system in which sovereignty is vested entirely in subnational (state) governments
A confederacy is a union of states or people who are trying to achieve the same thing. They've entered this new confederacy because the central government's been unable to control the collapsing economy. the Confederate States in the American Civil War, the southern states of the US, which fought the northern states (the Union) and lost. confederacies a confederation. Iroquois Confederacy Maratha confederacy Maravi confederacy
A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means