confederated

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Gorbachev, who struggled to form even a loosely confederated union out of the fifteen Soviet republics, blamed Yeltsin and the leaders of Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Belarus for plotting illegally to dissolve the bloc.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 3, 2016

After all, it is the armed wing of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union, or the PYD, which wants autonomy for the Kurds within a future confederated Syria.

From Washington Times • Jul. 5, 2015

The request sought individual aid for affected Okanogan County residents and members of the Colville confederated tribes.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2014

It was issued the year before the Constitutional Convention that would send the confederated former colonies into the epic called the United States of America. 

From Forbes • Aug. 18, 2014

Out of confederated states it made a sovereign nation.

From A History of the Republican Party by Platt, George Washington