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src="/media/images/40793000/jpg/_40793038_fed.jpg" /> </div> </td></tr> </table>  In this type of system, a central government shares power with a number of small local governments. <P> The USA is a type of this, called a federal republic. </div> <br /><br clear="all" /> </td> <td width="10" valign="top"><img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="/shared/img/o.gif" /></td> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div id="guidesstoryrhs"> <div id="topstories"> <h3> Guide to Types of Government </h3> <ul> <li> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_2150000/newsid_2151500/2151570.stm">Anarchy</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_2150000/newsid_2151600/2151613.stm">Federal government</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_2150000/newsid_2151600/2151606.stm">Dictatorship</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_2150000/newsid_2151600/2151656.stm">Republic</a> </li> <li> <a 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