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*Australia

**States (6 in total) - Significant autonomy

**Territories - less autonomy or different governance structures

* Canada

** Provinces (10) - more autonomy

** Territories (3) - directly governed by the federal government

* China

** Provinces (like Guangdong)

** Autonomous regions (like Tibet)

** Municipalities (like Beijing)

** Special administrative regions (like Hong Kong and Macau)

* India

** States (28) - have their own governments

** Union territories (8) - federally administered with varying degrees of autonomy

* Germany

** Länder (states) - considerable autonomy

** Three city-states (Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen)  

* Mexico

** States (31) - Has its own government and significant autonomy

** Federal District (Mexico City)

* Malaysia:

** States (or Negeri)  

*** Nine have monarchs

** Federal territories - directly administered by the federal government

* Russia

** Oblasts

** Krais

** Republics

** Autonomous okrugs

** Federal cities

** Autonomous oblast,

* Brazil

** States (26) - own governments and considerable autonomy

** Federal district (Brasília)

* Nigeria

** States (36)  

** Federal Capital Territory (Abuja)

* Switzerland

** Cantons (26) - autonomous and sovereignty within the federal system

* United Kingdom

** Countries within the UK  

*** England

*** Scotland

*** Wales

*** Northern Ireland

* [[United States]]

** States (like California or New York)

**[https://www.doi.gov/library/internet/insular Insular Areas of the United States and Freely Associated States]

***American Samoa

***Guam

***Republic of the Marshall Islands

***Federated States of Micronesia

***Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

***Republic of Palau

***Puerto Rico

***U.S. Virgin Islands