Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 49 federating 47 unified 47 confederal 47 federated 46 balkanize 43 autonomous 43 Balkanization 42 monolithic entity 42 unifying 42 centralized 42 loose confederation 41 homogenous 41 homogeneous 41 federalism 41 statelets 40 decentralized 40 Balkanized 39 pluralistic democratic 39 confessionalism 39 semi autonomous 39 imperial domination 39 politico religious 39 hierarchical structures 38 balkanization 38 ethno nationalist 38 federate 38 centripetal 38 loosely organized 38 subsuming 38 subnational 38 uniting 37 nonstate actors 37 protectorates 37 noncontiguous 37 hierarchical structure 37 balkanized 37 factionalized 37 hierarchal 37 fiefs 37 Sunnis Shi'ites 37 mutually incompatible 36 unify 36 unitary 36 bitterly opposes 36 ministates 36 grouping 36 disaggregating 36 ancient kingdoms 36 Kurds Sunni Arabs 36 interlink 36 ethnic enclaves 36 Balkanisation 36 monolithic 36 fiefdoms 35 geographically disparate 35 regions bordering 35 personal ordinariates 35 secular nationalist 35 Arabized 35 heterogeneous 35 secedes 35 central 35 interconnecting 35 Subverting 35 backbone 35 disparate 35 principalities 35 panchayati raj institutions 35 amorphous 35 equitable distribution 35 Europeanized 35 decentralizes 35 ministate 35 interconnected 35 transnational 35 democratic pluralistic 35 manipulable 35 marginalize 35 mono ethnic 35 hierarchical 35 secularizing 35 ethnically pure 34 interrelations 34 marginalises 34 governable 34 multiethnic society 34 Islamise 34 vast 34 interconnections 34 superstate 34 democractic 34 clustering 34 autonomies 34 Uzbekistan Tajikistan 34 undifferentiated 34 Sunnites 34 coopted 34 centralism 34 oligarchical 34 fragmenting 34 largely ungoverned