Locate the following states on a blank outline political map of India:
Manipur, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh and Goa.

I. Similar Feature: India and Belgium both are democratic countries. They have divided their political powers between the constituent states and the national government. Both are the examples of holding federalism. In both countries the central governments tend to be more powerful vis-a-vis the states.
II. Different features: In feature India, some units of federation have unequal powers and some units have been granted special powers such as Jammu and Kashmir. But this is not prevailing in Belgium. In Indian Constitution, although the word ‘federation’ has not been used, the Indian Union is based on principle of federation.

(i) Federal form of government is in which the power is divided between a central authority and various constituent units of the country.
(ii) Under the unitary system of government there is only one level of government. There are no provincial state governments as we in India have. The units if any, are subordinate to the central government.