That's ok. Even we Americans are taught that the states are like counties of a single monolithic capitol with a dictator at the head we call a president. That's how it often works too.
The united States was intended by the ratifiers of the federal as well as the state constitutions to be a kind of unified collection of what are called nation states in other parts of the world. It had an extremely weak federal gt which was subservient to the states. Each landowner was considered a king of his land. Following the civil war, the northern states, coopted by the federal conquered the southern states and changed the structure eventually to a corporate body. Now each segment of the states are not truly autonomous, but rather clones of the others in as far as structure and most legal codes (so called laws). The differences are usually in quantity of taxes. Land ownership is no longer run by the kings. They were conquered and coopted so that the public servants now rule over the kings. The exact extortion payments of varying amounts from the "owners" at purchase and again and again every year.
The united States was intended by the ratifiers of the federal as well as the state constitutions to be a kind of unified collection of what are called nation states in other parts of the world. It had an extremely weak federal gt which was subservient to the states. Each landowner was considered a king of his land. Following the civil war, the northern states, coopted by the federal conquered the southern states and changed the structure eventually to a corporate body. Now each segment of the states are not truly autonomous, but rather clones of the others in as far as structure and most legal codes (so called laws). The differences are usually in quantity of taxes. Land ownership is no longer run by the kings. They were conquered and coopted so that the public servants now rule over the kings. The exact extortion payments of varying amounts from the "owners" at purchase and again and again every year.
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