Question

A government in which the entire country is under the jurisdiction of a national government located in the capital city without smaller regional governments is called

A. a stateless nation.
B. a compact state.
C. a unitary system.
D. a federal system.
E. a confederation

Answer 1

C. a unitary system

Explanation:

A country that is run on a Unitary system is fully controlled by one single entity that has supreme authority in terms of creating legislations. In most cases, this single entity is referred to as the central government. They do not let their local districts have their own autonomy. Every single decisions and legislations that made by the Central government must be followed by all citizens in that country.

Typically, Unitary system could only work in a country with small area and typically low population. It would be really inefficient in large countries like United States or India. Example of successful countries that use Unitary System are: France, Finland, and Singapore.